Florida Power & Light Company today announced a plan to, "build the world's largest solar-powered battery system – four times the capacity of the largest battery system in operation – as part of an innovative modernization plan that will accelerate the retirement of two fossil fuel generation units."

The future FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center will have 409 megawatts of capacity when it begins serving customers in late 2021 and will be charged by an existing FPL solar power plant in Manatee County.

The FPL Manatee Energy Storage Center is part of a modernization plan to accelerate the retirement of two, 1970s-era natural gas generating units at FPL's neighboring power plant.

In addition to the energy storage system in Manatee County, FPL is planning smaller battery installations across the state, numerous solar power plants and efficiency upgrades to existing combustion turbines at other power plants to replace the 1,638 megawatts of generating capacity.

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