{"id":285856,"date":"2026-05-27T07:35:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285856\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T07:35:16","slug":"airports-roofs-will-generate-vast-electrical-power-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/285856\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport\u2019s roofs will generate vast electrical power supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamitodaynews.com\/contact-us\/\" title=\"www.miamitodaynews.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BOM2026_002-scaled.jpg\" width=\"120\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"www.miamitodaynews.com\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamitodaynews.com\/author\/admin\/\" title=\"Posts by Miami Today\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Today<\/a> on May 27, 2026<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Breaking-News7.jpg\" alt=\"Airport\u2019s roofs will generate vast electrical power supply\" class=\"postimage\" width=\"483\" height=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A plan to rip the roofs off the North, Central and South terminals at Miami International Airport and add $125.7 million in new roofing includes a solar voltaic system that will move the airport toward generating 7 megawatts of power, a county committee heard this month.<\/p>\n<p>That equates to generating enough electricity to power 4,200 to 7,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by Commissioner Natalie Milian Orbis whether the replacement of the terminals\u2019 roofs would end the airport\u2019s solar panel placements, Aviation Director Ralph Cuti\u00e9 said more would be ahead: \u201cWe look to expand to our parking garages as well to reduce our electric bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The entire process of roof replacement for the terminals is to take four years, according to a contract with Miami-based LEGO Construction Co. that the Airport and Seaport Committee endorsed last week, sending it to the county commission for a final decision.<\/p>\n<p>The present roofs, about 16 years old, \u201chave exceeded their useful life and are experiencing leaks and deficiencies that pose risks and water damage to facilities and equipment,\u201d said a memo from county Chief Operating Officer Jimmy Morales.<\/p>\n<p>The new 410,000-square-foot roof system is to get a 20-year manufacturer\u2019s warranty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now, these solar panels apply only to this project,\u201d Mr. Cuti\u00e9 said. \u201cWe are looking to expand the solar panel program to also have solar panel on the roof of our Dolphin, Flamingo and our new Ibis garages as well. Ultimately, if we implement all of these phases, we\u2019ll be generating close to 7 megawatts of power, which is a big number\u2026. It will make us the airport with the biggest power generation in the state and it will serve to reduce our power consumption.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Advertisement Written by Miami Today on May 27, 2026 A plan to rip the roofs off the North,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":78138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-285856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}