Hidden Mickey Solar Panels

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.

Hidden mickey solar panels.

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. 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 s the second to appear at disney world after the mickey mouse shaped solar creation in 2016 which spanned 22 acres. Disney s solar farm isn t the largest hidden mickey however.

According to blog mickey the solar panels now form a giant hidden mickey totaling nearly 11 5 acres the largest mickey on disney property. It was built in collaboration with the reedy. This 22 acre facility near epcot was recently commemorated by flipping a giant light switch. 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.

According to good morning america gma it s expected the new facility will generate enough energy to power two theme parks at walt disney world resort in florida. That compares to the hidden mickey solar farm at 5 megawatts which is about enough to power up to 1 000 homes. The farm s 48 000 solar panels will not just help meet walt disney world resort s energy requirements but also those of the surrounding hotels that house the park s visitors. The mickey shaped solar farm is about 22 acres part of a 15 year agreement that.

The sentinel wrote about the story in may 2015. Now that s a hidden mickey a solar farm arranged into the shape of the famous mouse ears has been built near epcot at walt disney world blog mickey first reported the hidden mickey a. In orlando disney got a 270 acre 50 megawatt solar facility near the walt disney world resort pretty close to the hidden mickey solar panel. This five megawatt solar farm the result of a partnership with duke energy and reedy creek improvement district is hiding in plain sight near epcot producing enough power.

New mickey solar farm. Yet some are visible only from the air duke energy s new solar farm in the shape of enormous mickey ears can be seen all the way from space.