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FPL Energy is a leading clean energy provider with natural gas, wind, solar, hydroelectric and nuclear power plants in operation across the nation. A subsidiary of FPL Group, Inc., FPL Energy is a competitive energy supplier with a presence in 25 states. FPL Energy promotes the generation of clean energy through the use of clean-burning fuels and renewable resources. Currently, our portfolio of facilities totals more than 15,500 net megawatts of generating capacity.
The U.S. Leader
We are the U.S. leader in wind energy generation. Approximately 32 percent of our generating capacity comes from wind power, representing more than 5,000 net megawatts.
We also operate the world's largest solar fields and are a leading producer of hydroelectric power.
Our operations are focused on several regions across the U.S. and reflect diverse fuel sources. This diversity of geography and fuel sources helps FPL Energy to manage its power generation business more efficiently and economically, even when energy markets are volatile.
In the Northeast region, we maintain a diverse portfolio of nuclear, hydroelectric, natural gas and oil-fired power plants.
Our nearly 3,000 megawatts in this region are made up of natural gas facilities in Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts and on Long Island. We own a controlling interest in the Seabrook nuclear plant in New Hampshire and own hydroelectric and oil-fired power plants in Maine.
The Mid-Atlantic Region has an operating portfolio of more than 2,800 megawatts, most of which is natural gas-fired generation from plants located in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Alabama and Virginia.
We also have a total of six wind energy facilities in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
In addition, we have waste coal and waste-to-energy facilities in Pennsylvania.
FPL Energy, through its subsidiaries, has a significant presence in the Central Region, generating more than 7,200 megawatts of power.
Our Texas facilities provide most of that generation from natural gas and wind energy facilities. In 2007, FPL Energy completed the purchase of the Point Beach Nuclear Plant, located near Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The addition of Point Beach will add significantly to FPL Energy's power generation assets in the Midwest. The Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center in Texas leads the portfolio as the largest wind turbine farm in the world. In addition, FPL Energy's development activities in 2006 helped Texas supplant historic leader California as the top state in cumulative wind power capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). The Horse Hollow and Red Canyon wind projects alone represent an investment by FPL Energy subsidiaries of more than $1 billion in Texas.
At year end 2007, FPL Energy had over 5,000 megawatts of wind assets in the U.S. with more than 800 megawatts throughout Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Oklahoma and Wisconsin.
We have operating facilities in the Western Region totaling more than 2,400 megawatts of electricity.
Wind energy makes up the bulk of our portfolio in the Western Region with our Peetz Wind Energy Center in Colorado representing one of the largest U.S. wind energy generation facilities. Additional wind facilities are located in California, Oregon, New Mexico and Wyoming.
We also operate the largest solar fields in the world in Harper Lake and Kramer Junction, in the Mojave desert. Total capacity now stands at an unprecedented 310 megawatts with ownership of approximately 150 megawatts. In addition, we operate a 507-megawatt natural gas facility in Blythe, California.
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