Disney Solar Panels Hidden Mickey

Adventure park powered by 1 400 high efficiency solar panels.

Disney solar panels hidden mickey.

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. The hidden mickeys in disney parks that you won t find without a plane. Two theme parks and a hotel powered by geothermal energy. 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.

A 50 megawatt solar power facility is scheduled to open by the end of the year. 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. It is so incredibly huge that it can provide the energy to power two of walt disney world s four theme parks. 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.

Blog mickey first reported the hidden mickey a. Unlike the solar panel mickey this one is far less obvious and requires a bit more thought to make sense of. The solar farm is located off of world drive near the. According to blog mickey the solar panels now form a giant hidden mickey totaling nearly 11 5 acres the largest mickey on disney property.

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. Disney s solar farm isn t the largest hidden mickey however. A 5 mw 48 000 solar panel facility shaped like mickey mouse s head.

That would be a 60 acre forest in clermont florida just east of u s. Disney estimates that the solar farm will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 57 000 tons per year. Now that s a hidden mickey. An electric light parade powered by solar panels on eight rooftops.

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.