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Avangrid in the Eastern U.S.
Avangrid in the Eastern U.S.
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Avangrid built and operates 14 onshore wind projects across the eastern part of the United States with a combined capacity of 1.2 GW. The Company generates energy from facilities in Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. As one of the nation’s leading wind energy generators, Avangrid’s projects in this region represent several notable achievements. For example, Avangrid’s Lempster project was the first commercial scale wind farm in New Hampshire, Blue Creek was the first utility-scale project in Ohio, and Deerfield was the first wind farm to be located on U.S. Forest Service land. A global sustainability leader, Avangrid built the Casselman wind project in Pennsylvania on land reclaimed for a former coal mining site. Meanwhile, Amazon Wind Farm US East, which ws built by Avangrid, is the only operating commercial-scale wind facility in North Carolina and the largest in the Southeastern U.S.
About Avangrid: Avangrid, Inc. (NYSE: AGR) aspires to be the leading sustainable energy company in the United States. Headquartered in Orange, CT with approximately $44 billion in assets and operations in 24 U.S. states, Avangrid has two primary lines of business: networks and renewables. Through its networks business, Avangrid owns and operates eight electric and natural gas utilities, serving more than 3.3 million customers in New York and New England. Through its renewables business, Avangrid owns and operates a portfolio of renewable energy generation facilities across the United States. Avangrid employs approximately 8,000 people and has been recognized by JUST Capital in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 as one of the JUST 100 companies – a ranking of America’s best corporate citizens. In 2024, Avangrid ranked first among utilities and 12 overall. The company supports the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals and was named among the World’s Most Ethical Companies in 2024 for the sixth consecutive year by the Ethisphere Institute. Avangrid is a member of the group of companies controlled by Iberdrola, S.A. For more information, visit www.avangrid.com.
About Iberdrola: Iberdrola is one of the world's biggest energy companies and a leader in renewables, spearheading the energy transition to a low carbon economy. The group supplies energy to almost 100 million people in dozens of countries. With a focus on renewable energy, smart networks and smart solutions for customers, Iberdrola’s main markets include Europe (Spain, the United Kingdom, Portugal, France, Germany, Italy and Greece), the United States, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. The company is also present in growth markets such as Japan, Taiwan, Ireland, Sweden and Poland, among others.
With a workforce of nearly 40,000 and assets in excess of €141.7 billion, across the world, Iberdrola helps to support 400,000 jobs across its supply chain, with annual procurement of €12.2 billion. A benchmark in the fight against climate change, Iberdrola has invested more than €130 billion over the past two decades to help build a sustainable energy model, based on sound environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles.
