Some interesting commentary today by St. Pete Times columnist Robert Trigaux regarding Florida's commitment at the state level to renewable energy (http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/energy/lack-of-state-leadership-kills-tecos-big-solar-plant-project/1099525). Basically, Trigaux describes the continued failure of the Florida Legislature and the Governor to deliver renewable energy legislation that would require (and subsidize) major utilities in the state to diversify their energy sources by using renewable energy sources such as solar. As such, Trigaux reports that a significant TECO energy-led solar project is now dead, and he calls into question this state's ability to attract additional solar opportunities given the lack of state leadership on this issue.
Here in central Florida, as detailed in yesterday's Florida Today (http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20100602/BUSINESS/6020327/1006/NEWS01/Intersil+donation+enables+UCF+solar+energy+research), our economic development folks are working on a "major project" that would leverage the University of Central Florida's solar energy research capabilities and create hundreds of new jobs related to the solar industry in our area. Let's hope our state leaders can come together and make sure that Florida has a renewable energy policy that can support this project...it seems to be more urgent than ever...
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