250KW PV system, largest in FL

It's a press release, but some interesting news all the same. I'd have thought 250KW would run more than 50 houses, to paraphrase Blazing Saddles, we're gonna a need a sh!tload o' panels at this rate.

The 250-KW photovoltaic (PV) system will be located at Rothenbach Park in Sarasota County, FL, on the site of the former Bee Ridge Landfill. Covering an area of 28,000 square feet, the solar energy system will utilize 1,200 photovoltaic panels and will connect directly to the distribution grid. When operational, the solar energy system will produce enough electricity to meet the needs of 50 homes on an annual basis, and prevent 10,500 tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide from entering the atmosphere over its operational life – the environmental equivalent of avoiding the use of 1.1 million gallons of gasoline.

PVOne negotiated the site lease with Sarasota County officials, and a Green Solar Tag Agreement for installation of the PV system. PVOne also brought together experienced industry and financial partners to develop the first solar energy system under Florida’s Sunshine Energy Program, a voluntary green power program offered to residential and commercial customers who want to support cleaner, renewable electric generation. PowerLight Corporation, a subsidiary of SunPower Corporation, will work with PVOne to deploy the solar power system, and provide operation and maintenance services; third-party financing will be used to finance the $2.5 million ‘brownfields to brightfields’ project.