Clean Energy
1998
The company’s first wind site, Vansycle Ridge Wind Farm, came online near Helix, Oregon.
2001
The company began operations at Stateline Wind Energy Center in Umatilla County, Oregon, and Walla Walla County, Washington. When it came online, it was the largest wind farm in the world and the company’s 14th wind farm.
2002
The company began operations at Mountaineer Wind Energy Center in West Virginia. It was the largest wind farm in the eastern United States.
2002-2003
Between 2002 and 2003, the company built or acquired 17 different wind farms across the country, including in Texas, Iowa, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, California, New Mexico, Oklahoma, North Dakota and Minnesota.
2005
FPL Group was recognized on the first-ever list of Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World.
2008-2009
The company developed several wind energy centers between 2008 and 2009 in Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas and Colorado. Additionally, it acquired two wind farms in Canada.
2009
FPL Energy’s name was changed to NextEra Energy Resources to highlight the company’s growing role in the energy sector outside of Florida and continued commitment to exploring alternative energies.
2009
FPL Group broke ground on a 10-MW solar power facility at the Kennedy Space Center. The new solar power plant represented FPL’s and NASA’s commitment to providing Florida with clean energy.
2009
The company became the largest producer of wind and solar power in the nation.
2012
The company celebrated the commissioning of its 10,000th MW of wind energy.
2012
NextEra Energy Resources, together with PG&E, opened the 78.2-MW repowered Vasco Wind Energy Center near San Francisco, California.
2015
Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, one of the world’s largest solar projects, began commercial operation in Riverside County, California.
2016
FPL, in collaboration with Daytona International Speedway, completed the FPL Solar Circuit, a system of more than 7,000 solar panels constructed as canopy structures that offer shade to race fans, as well as generate electricity for FPL customers and power speedway operations.
2017
NextEra Energy Resources and Sonoma Clean Power launched the Golden Hills North Wind Energy Center in California, a repowering project that replaced 283 30-year old wind turbines with just 20 new 2.3-MW GE turbines capable of generating even more power with twice the efficiency.
2018
FPL is in the midst of executing one of the largest solar expansions ever in the eastern U.S. with eight new solar energy centers brought online in 2018.
2019
FPL announces groundbreaking plan called, 30-by-30, to install more than 30 million solar panels by 2030. This plan will make Florida a world leader in solar energy.
2022
NextEra Energy Resources, in partnership with Portland General Electric, commission the first utility-scale energy facilities in North America to co-locate wind, solar and battery storage, generating renewable power for customers. The Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facilities in Morrow County, Oregon includes 300 MW of wind, 50 MW of solar and 30 MW of battery storage.
2023
FPL’s first-of-its-kind clean hydrogen pilot project, the Cavendish NextGen Hydrogen Hub, in Okeechobee County, Florida begins producing hydrogen. Built with state-of-the-art technology, the hydrogen hub pilot project draws from Florida’s most abundant natural resources, solar energy, to produce clean hydrogen.