Disney Solar Panels Hidden Mickey

A recent new york times article showed off the facility which is located within a 270 acre area dedicated to renewable energy just outside of disney s animal kingdom.

Disney solar panels hidden mickey.

Disney s solar farm isn t the largest hidden mickey however. The five megawatt solar facility on 22 acres near. Blog mickey first reported the hidden mickey a. Also in central florida disney with the help of duke energy opened a solar facility in 2016 that s famously shaped like mickey mouse s head.

A solar farm arranged into the shape of the famous mouse ears has been built near epcot at walt disney world. An electric light parade powered by solar panels on eight rooftops. Unlike the solar panel mickey this one is far less obvious and requires a bit more thought to make sense of. A 50 megawatt solar power facility is scheduled to open by the end of the year.

The solar farm is located off of world drive near the. Two theme parks and a hotel powered by geothermal energy. According to blog mickey the solar panels now form a giant hidden mickey totaling nearly 11 5 acres the largest mickey on disney property. Walt disney world is set to open a new 50 megawatt solar power facility by the end of the year that will be capable of completely powering two parks.

Disney estimates that the solar farm will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 57 000 tons per year. Solar powered hidden mickeys and more by thomas smith editorial content director disney parks with the arrival of the winter solstice next week our days will again start to stretch with sunshine. Now that s a hidden mickey. The hidden mickeys in disney parks that you won t find without a plane.

And while that means the promise of more mickey bars sunscreen and shorts for most of us it also means a burst of solar power. Adventure park powered by 1 400 high efficiency solar panels. That would be a 60 acre forest in clermont florida just east of u s. Located near the world drive and epcot center drive interchange the disney solar power farm has more than a half million solar panels arranged in a huge hidden mickey configuration.

A 5 mw 48 000 solar panel facility shaped like mickey mouse s head.