Xcel Energy

Xcel Launches 220-MW Solar Phase in Minnesota Complex
Xcel Energy flips the switch on its massive solar complex in Minnesota, aiming to power 150,000 homes while phasing out coal. Solar future is bright!
Nov 20, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Minnesota, Xcel Energy, PV Power Plant
Xcel Energy's Sherco Solar 3 Project Approved in Minnesota
Xcel Energy's Sherco Solar 3 project marks a major step towards a cleaner, more sustainable energy future in Minnesota.
Jul 26, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Minnesota, Xcel Energy, PV Power Plant
Xcel Triples Solar with 710MW Sherco Park
The Minnesota PUC has announced a USD-406-million plan to expand Xcel Energy's Sherco Solar Park to 710 MW, which will triple the amount of solar energy available in the Upper Midwest and power over 150,000 homes annually. Construction has already begun and should be completed by 2025.
Sep 25, 2023 // Plants, USA, North America, Minnesota, Xcel Energy, PV Power Plant, Sherco Solar Park
Xcel Energy to Replace King Plant with 650 MW Solar, Storage
Xcel Energy (NASDAQ:XEL) launches RFP to replace coal-fired power plant in Wisconsin with 650MW of solar-plus-storage projects to generate electricity for 135K homes and reduce CO2 emissions by 85% by 2030. Explore potential future uses of plant site after shuttering.
Aug 14, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Xcel Energy, PV Power Plant
Xcel Energy suggests 250-MW enhancement to massive Upper Midwest solar project
Xcel Energy is proposing to include an extra 250-MW solar project near the existing Sherco plant site in Becker, Minnesota, which will soon be house to the Upper Midwest's largest solar advancement and also represents a crucial item of the business's clean energy future.
May 8, 2023 // Plants, Xcel Energy, PV Power Plant, Upper Midwest solar project
Xcel Energy eyes 4.7 GW of new solar, wind parks by 2032
United States utility Xcel Energy Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) has acquired regulative approval to install 4.65 GW of wind and also solar energy plants by 2032 as part of a larger plan to broaden its renewables portfolio and also generate 100% carbon-free electrical energy by 2050.
Feb 14, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Xcel Energy, Bob Frenzel
Xcel Energy intends up to 2.9 GW of added solar in Colorado by 2030
Xcel Energy has announced plans to double its renewables and battery storage capability in Colorado by 2030, as the utility progresses with efforts to get to 100% carbon-free electrical power generation throughout its service area by 2050.
Mar 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Colorado, Battery Storage, North America, distributed solar, Xcel Energy, energy transition, carbon neutrality
Xcel Energy Launches RfP For 500 MW Solar Energy Generation
UNITED STATE based Renewable Energy Provider, Xcel Energy has actually launched a Request for Proposals (RfP) for the generation of roughly 500 MW of solar power near its Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Station in Becker, Minnesota.
Jan 7, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Xcel Energy, PV Power Plant
Xcel Energy reveals plans for biggest solar project in western Wisconsin
Xcel Energy's clean power transition has actually taken one more substantial advance with a current arrangement with Western Mustang Solar, LLC to construct a 74-megawatt solar array to be situated on privately had land in Pierce County, Wis. When completed, it will be had as well as operated by Xcel Energy as well as be the biggest solar facility in western Wisconsin.
Oct 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, USA, Wisconsin, North America, Xcel Energy, Mark Stoering, Adam Cohen
The 6 Best Solar Supplies to Buy Right Now
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Aug 15, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, Duke Energy, Dominion Energy, Xcel Energy, NextEra Energy, Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure
Xcel Energy Proposes $3 Bn in Energy Investments in Minnesota
Minneapolis based Utility Xcel Energy has actually announced its proposal for one of the largest plans of energy financial investments in Minnesota
Jun 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Minnesota, Xcel Energy, Ben Fowke, Chris Clark
Xcel Announces Deal to Power Steel Mill with Solar
Xcel Energy has announced an agreement with Lightsource BP and EVRAZ North America to develop a $250-million, 240-MW solar power facility in Pueblo, Colorado. The plant will provide power to the EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel facility in Pueblo. Xcel said the plant will be the largest on-site solar facility dedicated to a single company.
Oct 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Colorado, Lightsource BP, North America, Kevin Smith, Xcel Energy, EVRAZ, Alice Jackson
Lightsource BP to power historic Colorado steel mill with 240MW solar plant
Lightsource BP will build and operate a 240MW solar facility that will sell energy to Midwestern utility Xcel Energy to power operations at a historic Colorado steel mill for 20 years.
Sep 30, 2019 // Plants, USA, Colorado, Lightsource BP, North America, Xcel Energy, EVRAZ