Facts

Facts at a glance

as of 1/1/08

• One of the world's largest generators of wind power
• 55 wind farms in 16 states
• More than 5,000 net megawatts
  
• Approximately 33 percent of FPL Energy’s total generation
• FPL Energy wind facilities have enabled our customers who have purchased the renewable attributes to reduce 2007 emissions that would have otherwise been released into the atmosphere from other sources of power generation including:
  — nearly 9 million tons of carbon dioxide
  — more than 21,000 tons of sulfur dioxide
  — more than 13,000 tons of nitrogen oxide

Fun Facts

• The earliest known windmills were in Persia (Iran) and looked like large paddle wheels.
• Today, the largest wind turbines in the world have blades longer than a football field.
• A typical horizontal wind turbine stands as tall as a 20-story building and has three blades that span 200 feet across.
• One wind turbine can provide enough electricity for about 300 homes.
• U.S. wind farm installations totaled more than 16,800 megawatts in 2007, enough power to serve approximately 4.5 million average American households.
• Wind energy is generated in 30 different states. Those with the most wind production are Texas, California, Minnesota, Iowa and Washington.
• The U.S. ranks third in the world in wind power capacity, behind Germany and Spain.