Lauren Engineers & Constructors (www.laurenec.com) recently signed a contract with Florida Power & Light Co. (Miami, Florida, U.S.) as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for a new 75-MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant located near Indiantown, Florida.

This project, named the Martin Next Generation Solar Energy Center, will be located on 500 acres (200 hectares) of land adjacent to FPL's Martin Plant. Using parabolic trough technology to capture heat from the sun, this project will include approximately 200,000 parabolic mirrors. Total power produced for this new solar plant will be 155,000 MWh of power annually — enough power for 11,000 homes or 26,000 people.

Using the latest in solar thermal technology, this revolutionary solar project will help to advance the field of solar power by producing clean energy at a competitive price. According to FPL's Web site, the Martin facility is expected to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by approximately 2.75 million tons over a 30-year period, which is the equivalent of removing more than 18,700 cars from the road annually for the next 30 years.

“Lauren is proud to build this project and is dedicated to a project approach which minimizes disruption to the local community and ecosystem,” said Cleve Whitener, CEO of Lauren Engineers & Constructors.