NextEra's business with tech and data center customers currently stands at seven gigawatts of renewable assets in operation and in backlog.
NextEra added 3,000 megawatts of renewable and storage projects to its order backlog in the second quarter.
"This marks our second best origination quarter ever," John Ketchum told analysts on the company's earnings call Wednesday. "These results support our belief that the bulk of the growth demand will be met by a combination of renewables and battery storage." Shares have gained nearly 23% this year and 12% over the last three months, as investor enthusiasm over the company's position to meet growing U.S. power demand.NextEra expects power demand to grow four times faster over the next decades compared to the prior 20 years on demand from data center, manufacturing and the electrification of the economy, Ketchum said.
Ketchum said natural gas has an important role to play as a bridge fuel during the energy transition. NextEra owns and operates a natural gas fleet in Florida. But the CEO said renewables are lower cost and faster to deploy.
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