TALQUIN ELECTRIC

Talquin Electric, alongside Seminole Electric and Origis Energy, have opened new solar farms to generate renewable energy for North Florida. These three substations, in Wakulla, Gadsden, and Liberty counties, are the first of several planned installations in North Florida. Tracy Bensley, the General Manager from Talquin Electric, said at the Solar Dedication in Wakulla that these three new sites would bring renewable energy to about 1400 more homes around the areas they’re installed in. Talquin has increased its total percentage of renewable energy to 9%, with 7% coming from the Jackson Bluff dam and 2% from these new solar sites. The rest of the energy is purchased from Power Plants further west along the coast, though Bensley stated that he hopes to change that. According to him, Talquin is starting the process of making their energy clean and renewable, and wants to slowly expand upon the solar grid, and hopes to get 20% of Talquin’s power to be renewable in the next five years. Photo by Legion Taylor