Items Tagged with "Nextera Energy"

FPL's 3 new power plants triple utility's solar capacity

Florida Power and Light broke ground Feb. 11 on three new solar projects that will each have 74.5 MW of capacity. The installations will be online by the end of 2016, and will triple the company's current solar capacity, which currently totals approximately 110 MW, the company said in a ne Read More...

NextEra terminates bid for Hawaiian Electric after regulators reject $4.3B deal

Following a decision by state regulators to reject NextEra Energy Inc.'s proposed bid for Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc., the two companies announced July 18 they are calling off their plans to merge. The news comes about 18 months after NextEra first announced plans to purchase Ha Read More...

Iron Mountain inks Texas wind energy supply contract

Storage and information management services company Iron Mountain Inc. has entered into a new renewable energy supply agreement to fufill a portion of the electrical load for its Texas operations.  Through the deal, Iron Mountain will have power sourced from NextEra Energy's Blue Read More...

IBM, NextEra win bid for 6 MW Colorado solar project

IBM Corp. and a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Inc. are partnering up to build a 6 MW solar array at the global technology company's resiliency services facility in Boulder, Colo., after winning a request for proposals from Xcel Energy Inc.'s Colorado utility through its Large Solar*Rewards program.&n Read More...

DSM North America invests in Oklahoma wind farm

Health, nutrition and materials company DSM announced Nov. 13 that it will be operating on 40% renewable electricity in the U.S. following an agreement to purchase power from an Oklahoma wind farm. The company, which has committed to using 100% renewable energy for its global operations through Read More...

NextEra Energy is Fortune’s “Most Admired” Utility

NextEra Energy topped the list of Fortune’s “The World’s Most Admired Companies” among electric and gas utilities. Dominion Energy ranked second, with Sempra Energy, Xcel Energy, and Duke Energy rounding out the top five for this segment.NextEra Energy has captured the t Read More...

Denton, Texas approves 100 MW solar PPA

The Public Utilities Board of Denton, Texas voted unanimously to approve a 15-year contract with NextEra for the output of the Bluebell 2 solar plant, a 100-MW project to be built in West Texas and operational by November. Denton was the second Texas city to commit to sourcing 100% of its electricit Read More...

AT&T expands RE in Texas

AT&T announced on June 15 – Global Wind Day – that it is expanding its renewable energy program in Texas by way of a PPA for 300 megawatts from two new wind farm projects.In a statement, AT&T noted the agreement with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources will source energy fro Read More...

Google plots 1.6 million solar panels in TN and AL

Google announced a deal with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to purchase 413 megawatts of power generated by 1.6 million solar panels from several solar farms, which will be used to power two new, energy-efficient data center campuses currently being built in Tennessee and Alabama.A post from G Read More...

Iron Mountain signs largest on-site solar PPA

Iron Mountain Incorporated signed their largest on-site solar PPA to date with a 7.2 MW installation to be implemented at their data center in Edison, N.J.The storage and information management company expects the solar project to generate more than 9 million kWh per year and provide approximately 1 Read More...

NextEra Energy Sets 2045 Goals

NextEra Energy announced its plans to eliminate carbon emissions from its operations by no later than 2045.The goals require the energy company to transform its generation fleet by eliminating all Scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions across NextEra Energy's operations. The company set interim milestones e Read More...