Florida’s high-flying utility NextEra has reported its first quarter earnings, with a solid increase in profit compared to Q1 2020 – the last quarter with minimal impact from Covid-19. Having managed continued growth through the pandemic, the company’s shift to clean energy, ahead of other US-based utilities, has been key to increasing shareholder value, while it lines up hydrogen as its next deep decarbonization technology. In its results for Q2 2021 this week, NextEra Energy posted a net income of $1.67 billion, up 34% from a year prior, despite a 19% dip in revenues, which sat at $3.73 billion for the quarter. Of the net income for the company, growth was seen in all areas. From NextEra’s Florida Power and…