FPL Prepares to Begin Construction on 100-Megawatt Windfarm in Iowa

SUGAR LAND--May 6, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, TX)--In April, FPL Energy LLC (NYSE:FPL) (Juno Beach, Florida) and its subsidiary Crystal Lake Wind LLC, along with general contractor D. H. Blattner & Sons (Avon, Minnesota), began site preparations for a 100-megawatt (MW) windfarm near Crystal Lake outside of Britt, Iowa. FPL and D. H. Blattner & Sons began civil site construction in the last part of 2007, but construction stopped when winter weather set in.