Hidden Mickey Solar Panels

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.

Hidden mickey solar panels.

According to blog mickey the solar panels now form a giant hidden mickey totaling nearly 11 5 acres the largest mickey on disney property. 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. 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.

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. 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. 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. It was built in collaboration with the reedy.

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. Cleverly designed to resemble the familiar not so hidden mickey the massive solar farm that is located near epcot is clearly visible from space. Disney imagineers have strategically placed many hidden mickeys throughout walt disney world over the years.

This 22 acre facility near epcot was recently commemorated by flipping a giant light switch. Disney s solar farm isn t the largest hidden mickey however. New mickey solar farm. That would be a 60 acre forest in clermont florida just east of u s.

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. The sentinel wrote about the story in may 2015.