Disney Solar Panels Hidden Mickey

On tuesday april 12 representatives from orlando s walt disney world resort duke energy and reedy creek improvement district rcid flipped a giant light switch to mark the highly anticipated opening of a five megawatt solar facility.

Disney solar panels hidden mickey.

Solar takes shape at walt disney world. Help mickey sneak across the boardwalk without being seen. Ok it s not in the shape of a hidden mickey but this enormous project built on 270 acres and containing 500 000 solar panels can produce 50 megawatts of electricity. The solar farm a sea of black panels feels far from disney world.

This video taken from above reveals what s not visible on the ground a 22 acre solar farm in the shape of a not so hidden mickey at walt disney world resort in orlando fla. Of course while the above solar farm is going to be the workhorse of the resort the most talked about has been the hidden mickey solar farm near epcot. The farm is to the east of a busy state road 429 and near disney s wetlands and open lands although there are luxury townhomes. According to blog mickey the solar panels now form a giant hidden mickey totaling nearly 11 5 acres the largest mickey on disney property.

Cleverly designed to resemble the familiar not so hidden mickey the massive solar farm that is located near epcot is clearly visible from space. It is so incredibly huge that it can provide the energy to power two of walt disney world s four theme parks. Now that s a hidden mickey. The sentinel wrote about the story in may 2015.

Disney continues to find ways to provide clean energy to its parks and resorts and on april 12 unveiled its largest solar farm built by duke energy. But our biggest endeavor into the solar powered game has even more character than the rest to the tune of 48 000 panels in the shape of our very own mickey mouse. Blog mickey first reported the hidden mickey a. That would be a 60 acre forest in clermont florida just east of u s.

The solar farm is located off of world drive near the. A solar farm arranged into the shape of the famous mouse ears has been built near epcot at walt disney world.