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FPL Hammock - Hendry County Solar/Gas Power Plant
FPL Hammock - Hendry County Solar/Gas Power Plant
74.5 MW
Address
W of 833 & N of Big Cypress Reservation
FL
United States of America
Latitude:
26.69353960176727
Longitude:
-81.327604377465
Notes
Planned to be a hybrid power plant, but natural gas portion was defeated.
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Data Sources
Environmental Justice Analysis
Distance (miles)
0
2.5
5
10
25
American Indian
0.7%
0.7%
1.2%
1.1%
Asian
0.2%
0.2%
0.5%
0.7%
Black
0.4%
1.6%
4.4%
13.7%
Hispanic
61.4%
72.0%
65.1%
51.0%
White
36.2%
25.2%
28.2%
32.1%
32.1%
Population
1,830
1,947
15k
130k
Income
$35k
$37k
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GROUPS
Group
St.
Interest
Everglades Earth First!
Interested
Seminole Tribe of Florida
Interested
CORPORATION
Name
Relation
Ownership
Florida Power & Light
Owner
0%
McDaniel Reserve Realty Holdings
Developer
0%
LINK
Link
Fish & Wildlife Service letter
5/2/2011endangered specied impacts, location map
FPL Electric Power Plant Back To Square One?
6/14/2013 "In May 2011, at McDaniel's request, the County passed Ordinance 2011-07, which rezoned eleven parcels of land (3123 acres) from general agricultural use to a Planned Unit Development ...McDaniel subsequently sold the land to [FPL]"
FPL Power Plant in Florida Panther Refuge Stymied by Seminole Lawsuit
9/29/2014 "plans [] evolving from a 1,500-acre solar energy facility to a plant double that size and featuring three natural gas units with nine smokestacks each as high as 150 feet"
Florida Power plans two big new gas-fired power plants by 2023
4/7/2015 "listed as a Preferred or Potential Site in previous FPL Site Plans as a possibility for a future PV facility and/or natural gas-fired CC generation. "
Another Delay For Hendry FPL Plant Hearing
3/29/2016 "new plan to use the 3,127-acre area for solar power generation only, at least for 10 years. [] A massive gas-powered electric plant – one of the largest in the United States - was originally planned for the site."
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Unit Information
Power
Type
Status
Fuel
75 MW
Solar Photovoltaic
Operating
Sun
Burner: Internal Combustion Engine - Combined Cycle
Defeated
Natural Gas
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