Disney Solar Panels Hidden Mickey

An electric light parade powered by solar panels on eight rooftops.

Disney solar panels hidden mickey.

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 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. Adventure park powered by 1 400 high efficiency solar panels. 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.

Two theme parks and a hotel powered by geothermal energy. According to blog mickey the solar panels now form a giant hidden mickey totaling nearly 11 5 acres the largest mickey on disney property. Disney s solar farm isn t the largest hidden mickey however. 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.

A 5 mw 48 000 solar panel facility shaped like mickey mouse s head. The hidden mickeys in disney parks that you won t find without a plane. A 50 megawatt solar power facility is scheduled to open by the end of the year. It is so incredibly huge that it can provide the energy to power two of walt disney world s four theme parks.

Now that s a hidden mickey. Unlike the solar panel mickey this one is far less obvious and requires a bit more thought to make sense of. Blog mickey first reported the hidden mickey a. Disney estimates that the solar farm will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by more than 57 000 tons per year.

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. The solar farm is located off of world drive near the. 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. That would be a 60 acre forest in clermont florida just east of u s.

The five megawatt solar facility on 22 acres near.