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NextEra Energy Resources 
Type Subsidiary Headquarters Juno Beach, Florida Owner(s) NextEra Energy Inc. Website nexteraenergyresources.com NextEra Energy Resources is an wholesale electricity supplier based in Juno Beach, Florida. It is a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), a Fortune 200 company. Prior to 2009, NextEra Energy Resources (NER) was known as FPL Energy.[1]
NER is North America's largest owner and operator of wind and solar electricity generating assets. The company has 85 wind facilities in seventeen US states and three Canadian provinces. NER also co-owns and operates Solar Electric Generating Systems (SEGS), the world's largest solar power generating facility.
In addition to wind and solar, NextEra Energy Resources owns and operates generating plants powered by natural gas, nuclear fuel, and oil. The combined capacity of NER's facilities is 18.9 gigawatts (GW).[2]
Hancock County Wind Energy Center in Hancock County, Iowa, with 148 Vestas V47-660kW wind turbines for a total nameplate capacity of 97.68 MW. Half of the wind turbines are southwest of Klemme and the other half are south-southeast of Duncan. NextEra Energy owns the wind farm, which began operating in 2002.
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Natural Gas
NextEra Energy owns or co-owns 13 natural gas fired power plants in 10 US States. The largest of these plants are the 1,792 MW Forney Energy Center in Forney, Texas, the 1,000 MW Lamar Energy Center in Paris, Texas, and the 668 MW Calhoun Energy Center in Eastaboga, Alabama.[3]
Wind Power
NextEra Energy is currently the largest owner and operator of wind turbines in the US, and second in the world after Iberdrola. As of September 30, 2009, NextEra Energy, through its subsidiaries, currently operates 68 wind farms across 16 states and two Canadian provinces, with a gross capacity of 6,610 megawatts.[4] It owns and operates the Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center in Taylor County, Texas, the second largest wind farm in the United States.[5] In 2008, NextEra accounted for roughly 25 percent US wind power installed.[6] Google Energy is an investor and customer of NextEra, having invested $38.8 million in two sites in North Dakota, and entered into a purchase agreement for 100MW at a fixed rate for 20 years.[7][8][9]
Notable NextEra Wind Farms:
- Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center
- Capricorn Ridge Wind Farm
- Peetz Table Wind Energy Center
Nuclear Power
NextEra is also majority owner and operator of the Seabrook Station nuclear power plant. On January 27, 2006, FPL Energy closed the sale transaction of 70% ownership in Duane Arnold Energy Center, located in Iowa [3]. On October 1, 2007, FPL completed a purchase of the Point Beach Plant north of Two Rivers, Wisconsin from Milwaukee-based WE Energies for $924 million.[10]
Solar Power
NextEra Energy is a co-owner of the SEGS solar power plants, the largest solar array in the world.[11][12]
See also
- Wind power industry
- List of onshore wind farms
- Wind power in the United States
- Wind power in Pennsylvania
- Wind power in Texas
- NextEra Energy Resources 250 (NASCAR race sponsored by NextEra)
References
- ^ FPL Energy is Now NextEra Energy Resources
- ^ http://www.nexteraenergy.com/pdf/profile.pdf
- ^ http://www.nexteraenergyresources.com/content/where/portfolio/pdf/portfolio_by_fuel.pdf
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ GE led wind energy industry with top 2008 turbine sales
- ^ Google Blog. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/reducing-our-carbon-footprint-with.html.
- ^ "Google to use wind energy to power data centers". Reuters. July 20, 2010. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE66J3BL20100720.
- ^ MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38329483/ns/business-going_green/.
- ^ . http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/CLM04601102007-1.htm.[dead link]
- ^ "SEGS III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX". NextEra Energy Resources. http://www.nexteraenergyresources.com/content/where/portfolio/contents/segs_viii.shtml. Retrieved 2009-04-18.[dead link]
- ^ "SEGS III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII & IX (2010)". NextEra Energy Resources. http://www.nexteraenergyresources.com/content/where/portfolio/pdf/segs.pdf. Retrieved 2010-08-27.
External links
Wind power in the United States American Wind Energy Association · List of wind farms in the United States Wind power by state 
Large wind farms Alta Wind Energy Center · Altamont Pass · Biglow Canyon · Buffalo Gap · Capricorn Ridge · Fowler Ridge · Horse Hollow · Lone Star · Panther Creek · Peetz · Peñascal · Roscoe · San Gorgonio Pass · Klondike · Shepherds Flat · Sweetwater · Tehachapi Pass · Twin Groves · Windy Point/Windy FlatsWind power companies Clipper Windpower · Deepwater Wind · General Electric · Iberdrola Renewables · National Wind · Native Wind · NextEra Energy Resources · PacWind · Siemens Power Generation · Southwest Windpower · Vestas · Wind Capital GroupCategories:- Wind power companies of the United States
- Companies based in Florida
- Energy companies of the United States
- Nuclear power companies of the United States
- FPL Group
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