Energy Giant: Renewables Fastest Solution to New Demand

Half empty:s
Giant builder of electricity generation caves to Trump/Putin “Energy dominance” agenda.

Half Full:
Energy Giant CEO admits “renewables can be delivered right now, they can accommodate that (surging data center/AI) demand today…
Gas fired generation announced today, …won’t be ready til 2030 or beyond at scale,…and nuclear beyond that because a lot of it is first of a kind technology..”

Sierra Club:

Today, the President and CEO of NextEra Energy, John Ketchum, announced the energy company plans to add more gas plants to its fleet to fulfill Donald Trump’s “energy dominance” agenda. 

Additional gas plants would expose communities NextEra serves to worse air and water pollution, and all the illnesses associated with long-term exposure to such pollution. 

In 2022, NextEra energy announced its Real Zero initiative and committed to completely eliminate carbon emissions from its operations by 2045 by leveraging renewable energy. Today’s announcement moves in the opposite direction of that goal. 

In response, Sierra Club Florida Chapter Director Susannah Randolph issued the following statement:

“The best thing NextEra can do for its customers is follow through with its clean energy commitments that are better for the community it serves, for peoples’ wallets, and for the environment. The only ‘agenda’ that NextEra should seek to fulfill is that of its customers, not politicians like Donald Trump.

“As our community continues to heal from the devastations of Hurricane Milton, it is more pressing than ever that energy companies embrace renewable energy to tackle climate change and mitigate the impact of future climate disasters. By prioritizing dirty fossil fuels rather than cheaper, healthier and more reliable renewable energy options, it is clear that NextEra Energy is not serving the best interest of its customers, but instead is simply taking orders from Donald Trump.”