Disney Solar Panels Hidden Mickey

A 50 megawatt solar power facility is scheduled to open by the end of the year.

Disney solar panels hidden mickey.

Disney estimates that the solar farm will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 57 000 tons per year. Blog mickey first reported the hidden mickey a. 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. A solar farm arranged into the shape of the famous mouse ears has been built near epcot at walt disney world.

Disney s solar farm isn t the largest hidden mickey however. It is so incredibly huge that it can provide the energy to power two of walt disney world s four theme parks. The hidden mickeys in disney parks that you won t find without a plane. 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.

An electric light parade powered by solar panels on eight rooftops. Adventure park powered by 1 400 high efficiency solar panels. 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. The sentinel wrote about the story in may 2015.

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. 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. 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. Now that s a hidden mickey.

The solar farm is located off of world drive near the. 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 five megawatt solar facility on 22 acres near. Unlike the solar panel mickey this one is far less obvious and requires a bit more thought to make sense of.

Two theme parks and a hotel powered by geothermal energy.