NextEra Energy Ranked as Top Green Utility in North America as part of EI Energy Intelligence Global Ranking

NextEra Energy, Inc. recently announced that it has been ranked as the top "green utility" in North America and No. 4 in the world based on carbon emissions and renewable energy capacity, according to the latest annual report from EI Energy Intelligence, an independent provider of global energy and geopolitical news, analysis, data and research.   

"At NextEra Energy, we've been steadily investing in clean and renewable energy for decades, and we're pleased to be recognized once again as one of the top clean energy companies in North America and the world," said Jim Robo, chairman and chief executive officer of NextEra Energy. "NextEra Energy's carbon dioxide emissions rate is 53 percent lower than our industry's average. We're proud to be the largest generator in North America of renewable energy from the wind and sun, along with maintaining a balanced generation mix that includes not only renewables but a strong portfolio of emissions-free nuclear power plants and clean, combined-cycle natural gas-fueled power plants."

Highlights of the company's "green" portfolio include the following:

• NextEra Energy generated* 52 percent of its power in 2013 from clean natural gas, 27 percent from emissions-free nuclear, and 16 percent from wind.
• The company's eight emissions-free nuclear units at five sites in Florida, New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin can power 5 million homes. 
• NextEra Energy's leading wind energy portfolio includes nearly 9,300 wind turbines at 100 wind farms in 19 states and four Canadian provinces.
• The company produces solar energy in Florida, California, Nevada, New Jersey and New Mexico, as well as Canada. In Florida, NextEra Energy's principal rate-regulated utility subsidiary, Florida Power & Light Company (FPL), has 110 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar in operation at three sites, and recently indicated it now believes it can bring into service in 2016 three roughly 75-MW solar PV projects that will prove cost-effective for its customers.
• FPL is modernizing 1960s-era power plants, and building clean and highly efficient natural gas-fueled facilities that are reducing FPL's environmental footprint by cutting carbon dioxide emissions rates in half, when compared with former plant designs.
• FPL in 2013 completed a multi-billion-dollar upgrade of its St. Lucie and Turkey Point nuclear power plants, expanding their combined capacity to generate emissions-free electricity by approximately 520 MW (equivalent to a medium-sized power plant). The upgrade is projected to save FPL customers billions of dollars on fossil fuel costs over its lifetime.              

The EI analysts selected 100 of the largest power generators from around the world, accounting for more than half of global capacity. The evaluation considered carbon dioxide emissions per megawatt hour, volume of renewable energy capacity, and proportion of renewables to total capacity.


To view the full ranking, please download here: www2.energyintel.com/e/19202/green-utilities-report-2014/gcgbk/392430354

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