Disney Solar Panels Hidden Mickey

Adventure park powered by 1 400 high efficiency solar panels.

Disney solar panels hidden mickey.

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. The sentinel wrote about the story in may 2015. An electric light parade powered by solar panels on eight rooftops. That would be a 60 acre forest in clermont florida just east of u s.

Blog mickey first reported the hidden mickey a. Disney estimates that the solar farm will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 57 000 tons per year. 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. 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.

Disney s solar farm isn t the largest hidden mickey however. 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. Unlike the solar panel mickey this one is far less obvious and requires a bit more thought to make sense of. 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.

The solar farm is located off of world drive near the. The hidden mickeys in disney parks that you won t find without a plane. 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. According to blog mickey the solar panels now form a giant hidden mickey totaling nearly 11 5 acres the largest mickey on disney property.

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. The five megawatt solar facility on 22 acres near. It is so incredibly huge that it can provide the energy to power two of walt disney world s four theme parks. A 5 mw 48 000 solar panel facility shaped like mickey mouse s head.

Two theme parks and a hotel powered by geothermal energy.