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2. Investigators

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6. Solar Power Installations on Closed Landfills: Technical and Regulatory Considerations

7. Top Five Retailers of Electricity, with End Use Sectors, 2012 ( Florida) EntityType of ProviderAll Sectors (MWh) Florida Power & Light CoInvestor-Owned102,127,929 Duke Energy Florida, IncInvestor-Owned36,380,683 Tampa Electric CoInvestor-Owned18,408,580 JEAPublic11,663,369 Gulf Power CoInvestor-Owned10,662,634 Total Sales, Top Five Providers 179,243,195 Percent of Total State Sales 81 Retail Electricity Sales Statistics, 2012 (Florida) Item Investor OwnedPublicFederalCooperative Number of Entities533NA16 Number of Retail Customers7,376,1141,381,365NA1,065,715 Retail Sales (Megawatthours)168,241,45434,162,933NA18,269,397 Percentage of Retail Sales76.215.5NA8.3 Revenue from Retail Sales (thousand dollars)17,157,478.63,756,806.3NA2,114,288.5 Percentage of Revenue74.516.3NA9.2 Average Retail Price (cents/kWh)10.2011.00NA11.57 Total 9,823,195 220,674,333 100.0 23,028,602. 4 100.0 10.44

8. 1)The best efficient solar panel available in market is developed by Professor Martin Green, director of the Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics at the University of NSW. It has achieved 40.4 per cent "conversion efficiency" by using commercially available solar cells combined with a mirror and filters that reduce wasted energy. Source - http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/solar-energy-world-first-in-australia-20141208-121w8n.htmlhttp://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/solar-energy-world-first-in-australia- Financial feasibility and other factors 2) Traditional solar energy production uses one solar cell, which limits the conversion of sunlight to electricity to around 33 percent. 1)Federal Incentives for solar energy use can be found on this page – source - http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?State=US&ee=0&re=0 http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?State=US&ee=0&re=0 Corporate Deduction Corporate Depreciation Corporate Exemption Corporate Tax Credit Federal Grant Program Federal Loan Program Personal Exemption Personal Tax Credit 2) Florida state incentives can be found on this page – source - http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?re=0&ee=0&spv=0&st=0&srp=1&state=FL http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/index.cfm?re=0&ee=0&spv=0&st=0&srp=1&state=FL Corporate Tax Credit Local Loan Program Local Rebate Program Other Incentive PACE Financing Property Tax Incentive Sales Tax Incentive

10. Solar Cell Efficiencies