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POLK COUNTY, Fla. — Lakeland Electric is set to become the first utility company in the country to open a liquid nitrogen generation facility.
The pilot project aims to help keep power running for all its customers.
Through American Independent Power, the facility will use solar heat combined with liquid nitrogen to generate electricity.
Marketing manager Cathryn Lacy said the new facility will generate enough power for roughly 5,000 homes.
She said it will take up about half an acre at Lakeland Electric’s Socrum substation in north Lakeland, close enough to keep nearby neighborhoods powered.
“So, we anticipate that there’s less system loss over those electric lines,” said Utility Marketing Manager Cathryn Lacy. “And we also anticipate that there may be some reliability improvement simply because there’s less distance for something to go wrong.”
Construction on the new facility is expected to be completed around fall of next year.
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Spectrum News Staff
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