Article: Tampa Electric, USF Partner with Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo to Develop New Renewable Energy Project.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Electric, the University of South Florida's Power Center for Utility Explorations (PCUE) and Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo will partner on a project to develop, design and test a renewable solar energy system at the zoo to be funded in part by a grant from the Florida High Tech Corridor.

The 15-kilowatt photovoltaic (PV) project can generate enough clean energy to power the zoo's Skyfari sky ride and will be connected to the electric grid through the zoo's main power system. The project, which includes solar panels and an inverter, and educational displays that will be installed at the sky ride entrance, will cost approximately $575,000.

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