Google signs 20-year deal to power data centers with wind energy

Jul 20th 2010
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Google signs 20-year deal to power data centers with wind energy

It\’s not the first investment Google has made in wind power, but anyone wondering about its commitment needn\’t look to any extent further than the company\’s just-announced take care of NextEra Energy. It\’s agreed to buy wind power from NextEra\’s wind farm in Iowa for a better 20 years, which it says will provide enough power to produce \” several\” of its data centers. What\’s more, Google says that the dimensions and length of the deal (taking 114 megawatts of energy off the market) will even bring about other indirect benefits for the wind power industry, and give NextEra the ability to speculate in additional clean energy projects. Head on past the break for NextEra\’s press release on the deal.

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NextEra Energy Resources Signs PPA with Google Energy to produce Wind Power

JUNO BEACH, Fla., Jul 20, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the competitive energy subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!nee/quotes/nls/nee (NEE 52.58, -0.19, -0.36%) and North America\’s leading generator of wind power, today announced that it has entered into a power purchase agreement with Google Energy, LLC. Google Energy will purchase 114 megawatts of unpolluted, renewable energy from NextEra Energy Resources\’ Story II Wind Energy Center in operation in Story and Hardin counties in Iowa.

\” We are thrilled to welcome Google Energy to our growing list of shoppers and appreciate their support of emission-free, renewable energy,\” said Mike O\’Sullivan, senior vp of development for NextEra Energy Resources. \” With the support of consumers like Google Energy, we\’ve built our wind fleet from fewer than 500 megawatts a decade ago to more than 7,600 megawatts — the biggest fleet in North America today.\”

The 150-megawatt Story II Wind Energy Center began operation in December 2009. Power deliveries to Google Energy will begin on July 30, 2010. The rest 36 megawatts from the Story II Wind Energy Center are currently being sold to town of Ames, Iowa.

NextEra Energy Resources is not any stranger to Iowa. The company currently has nearly 700 wind turbines in operation in Iowa with a nameplate capacity of more than 1,000 megawatts which can be able to generating enough power to serve more than 250,000 average homes.

NextEra Energy Resources now has more than 9,000 wind turbines in operation at 77 wind farms in 17 states and Canada. The company\’s North American wind fleet avoided approximately 14 million a whole bunch carbon dioxide emissions in 2009, that is the equivalent of removing approximately 2.4 million cars from the road, in line with the Environmental Protection Agency\’s carbon-equivalency calculator.

NextEra Energy Resources

NextEra Energy Resources, LLC is a clean energy leader and one of the vital largest competitive energy suppliers in North America. A subsidiary of Juno Beach, Fla.-based NextEra Energy, Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!nee/quotes/nls/nee (NEE 52.58, -0.19, -0.36%) , NextEra Energy Resources is the biggest generator in North America of renewable energy from the wind and sun. It operates clean, emissions-free nuclear power generation facilities in New Hampshire, Iowa and Wisconsin as component of the NextEra Energy nuclear fleet, that’s the third largest within the United states of america. NextEra Energy had 2009 revenues of more than $15 billion, nearly 43,000 megawatts of generating capacity, and more than 15,000 employees in 28 states and Canada. For additional info, visit www.NextEraEnergyResources.com.

SOURCE: NextEra Energy Resources, LLC

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