Green Energy

Officials say it’s the largest floating solar array in the Southeast, and a big step toward the county’s goal to operate with 100% clean energy by 2035.

Potential pilot projects could explore converting sargassum into building material, types of “green” fuel and even an additive that could help reduce beach erosion.

“Florida is always in the political spotlight ... so, I think we also see some political experiments being tried here, in terms of what campaigns are catching fire, and what words are really buzzworthy and that voters are responding to," said Alissa Schafer with the Energy and Policy Institute.

A former phosphate mine in Central Florida's Bone Valley has a new role as the home for Duke Energy's first floating solar array. It's a small-scale pilot project that can have big implications for the future of power generation.

Construction started in Polk County Tuesday on what is being billed as the state's first "clean carbon" hydrogen production facility. Florida officials brokered the deal with companies in Tampa and South Korea.

Their billboards used to plaster South Florida. Their contractors went door-to-door, offering expensive and much-needed upgrades to roofs, windows and air conditioning units — with no money down, no credit check needed.

Kathleen Passidomo and Paul Renner made their comments as the Republican Party of Florida opened its Sunshine Summit.

Compared with Nashville, Jacksonville is doing relatively little to reduce its carbon footprint and does not have a climate action plan — although many believe the city is starting to move in the right direction and should look to examples like Nashville for the way forward.