About the Project
The FPL Chautauqua Solar Energy Center is a solar project proposed at a location north of DeFuniak Springs, Florida. This solar energy center will harvest the sun’s rays to generate power, and the region will benefit from quiet, clean, environmentally friendly energy, the creation of hundreds of construction jobs, and hundreds of thousands of dollars annually in local tax revenues for Walton County.
Preserving the Community’s Rural Way of Life
Solar energy centers make an ideal neighbor for agricultural and rural communities for a variety of reasons:
- Protecting against urban sprawl: Unlike commercial developments, a solar energy center can easily transition back to agricultural use at the end of its lifecycle.
- Increasing biodiversity: The perennial ground cover planted throughout solar energy centers reduces potential for erosion, stabilizes soil, and facilitates biodiversity.
- Providing habitats for native wildlife: FPL’s solar energy centers are environmentally enhanced to provide habitats for native wildlife and to coexist with the flora and fauna across our great state.
Experience a Solar Energy Center
Footage from the Blue Indigo Solar Energy Center in Jackson County
Get Informed
We believe in building strong partnerships and supporting the communities our solar energy centers call home. Get the facts and learn how the Chautauqua Solar Energy Center can enhance Walton County and the DeFuniak Springs area.
The benefits of solar energy on health-related air quality are worth even more than the electricity itself.
Multiple studies have found solar projects have no significant impacts on property values.
Solar energy has among the least environmental impacts of any form of electric generation.
Sunsetting is removing all components of the solar project and returning the land to original condition.