{"id":346729,"date":"2024-10-14T18:06:42","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=346729"},"modified":"2024-10-14T18:06:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T16:06:45","slug":"lake-placid-solar-hurricane-milton-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=346729","title":{"rendered":"Lake Placid Solar | Hurricane Milton damage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" data-attachment-id=\"346730\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=346730\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0Screenshot-2024-10-14-180047.png?fit=1924%2C1084&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1924,1084\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2024\/10\/13\/lake-placid-solar-hurricane-milton-damage\/\">Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/author\/jeeztheadmin\/\">Charles Rotter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cms.ipressroom.com\/259\/files\/20249\/67091bb13d6332d90e35c073_DJI_20241010111433_0006_W\/DJI_20241010111433_0006_W.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lake Placid Solar Power Plant is located in Highlands County, Fla., and suffered damage during Hurricane Milton.&nbsp;The facility opened in December 2019 and is 45 megawatts, which is enough to power more than 12,000 homes at peak production.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a 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