FPL Energy Extends Its Position as the Leader in (US) Renewable Energy

[jpak]

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20060816005433&newsLang=en

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FPL Energy, through its subsidiaries, currently operates 47 wind farms throughout the U.S. with a gross capacity of 3,912 megawatts - enough capacity to provide electricity for nearly one million average U.S. homes. FPL Energy subsidiaries own 3,703 of the 3,912 megawatts it currently operates. Since July 2005 FPL Energy has added more than 790 megawatts of new wind and has more than 310 megawatts under construction and expected to reach commercial operation by the end of the year. With a strong pipeline of wind projects and corresponding equipment contracts in place, FPL Energy expects to add at least 1,500 megawatts to its portfolio, excluding acquisitions, over the course of the 2006/2007 period.

FPL Energy's clean energy strategy goes beyond wind and includes other renewable generation sources such as solar energy and hydropower. FPL Energy operates the largest solar field in the world in the Mojave Desert and generates more power from the sun than anyone else in the U.S. In addition, FPL Energy owns and operates more than 360 megawatts of hydropower in Maine.

"More than 90 percent of the nearly 13,000 megawatts of power we generate for our customers comes from clean or renewable sources," said Jim Robo, president of FPL Energy. "Clean energy is not just a slogan for us; it's what we believe in and where we invest our capital."

In 2005, FPL Energy operated wind turbines generated nearly 7.3 million megawatts hours of electricity. Together these wind projects offset approximately 4.9 million tons of carbon dioxide, more than 13,000 tons of sulfur dioxide and nearly 9,000 tons on nitrogen oxide and had a cumulative direct economic impact of more than $80 million benefiting communities
across the country.

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[JohnWxy]

1. Now, where do we bury all that waste?... oh, I forgot - NO TOXIC WASTE

NOTHING TO SEQUESTER FOR 14,000 YEARS!

[jpak]

2. Stop making sense

please

:evilgrin:

[don954]

3. It is a crime against humanity that here in Florida, a state with

such abundant natural energy, that we burn ANY fossil fuels. Solar roofs need to become part of the Florida building code for new homes.