James Fenton, director of the Florida Solar Energy Center, was one of several experts to participate in a roundtable discussion on renewable energy policies in Florida with WMFE-FM radio host Mark Simpson. Simpson\u2019s show \u201cIntersection\u201d airs this week.<\/p>\n
FSEC is a Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ research institute that brings together researchers in alternative transportation systems, hydrogen fuel and fuel cells, energy-efficient buildings and solar energy.<\/p>\n
At Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½, a number of sustainable energy initiatives are taking place. They include a recent national competition aimed at having buildings reduce their energy use, in which Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ earned high marks for reducing energy consumption by 31 percent in Parking Garage C. The Environmental Protection Agency sponsors the contest every year.<\/p>\n
Construction is continuing on Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s new $10.2 million natural gas plant. The new plant will run on a 30-foot-long Mitsubishi engine powered by natural gas, and Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ will save about $2.5 million a year in fuel costs. Energy produced by the natural gas will reduce Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½\u2019s environmental impact by 30 percent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"James Fenton, director of the Florida Solar Energy Center, was one of several experts to participate in a roundtable discussion on renewable energy policies in Florida with WMFE-FM radio host Mark Simpson. Simpson\u2019s show \u201cIntersection\u201d airs this week. FSEC is a Â鶹ӳ»´«Ã½ research institute that brings together researchers in alternative transportation systems, hydrogen fuel and fuel cells,…","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":26762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[23,24],"tags":[5419,3947],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-26760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","category-science-technology","tag-james-fenton","tag-renewable-energy"],"yoast_head":"\n