• Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010
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Six Florida schools get solar power

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By Hannah Sampson | Miami Herald

The sun was bright and strong. Clouds, if they happened by, barely cast a shadow before moving on.

That was good news for the 18 hungry photovoltaic panels sunbathing Thursday outside Mandarin Lakes K-8 Academy in Naranja, the first Miami-Dade school with such a setup from Florida Power & Light.

As part of an FPL pilot program, six schools throughout Florida are getting solar-power installations

Read the full story at miamiherald.com.

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