INDIANTOWN, Fla. — In former swamplands teaming with otters and wild hogs, one of the nation's biggest utilities is running an experiment in the future of renewable power.
Across 500 acres north of West Palm Beach, the FPL Group utility is assembling 190,000 mirrors and thousands of steel pylons that stretch as far as the eye can see. When it is completed by the end of the year, this project will be the world's second-largest solar plant.