Dear editor,
We learned last month that a portion of Eglin reservation may soon be home to a solar energy farm, and that similar projects are planned for Navy property near Navarre and Pensacola.
The proposed facility would help Eglin reach the Air Force's goal of 1 gigawatt of on-site power production capacity by 2016, and the Department of Defense's mandate that 25 percent of the military's energy come from renewable sources by 2025.
Obviously, the DoD is interested in a higher level of energy security, but what about the rest of us?
Is Florida exploiting renewable energy or just waiting for the power to go off?
The League of Women Voters of Okaloosa County invites all interested citizens to find out during a presentation from Susan Glickman, Florida director of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
The event will be held 11 a.m. to 12:30 pm Thursday, Feb. 19 at Northwest Florida State College, 1170 Martin Luther King Blvd., Fort Walton Beach.
The meeting is free and the public is welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: LETTER: Presentation to shed light on Eglin solar energy farm