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enXco and Xcel Energy announce the Nobles Wind Project is fully operational(06/01/2011)
The 201-megawatt Nobles Wind Farm in southwestern Minnesota consists of 134, 1.5-megawatt General Electric wind turbines generating enough power to serve approximately 66,500 homes. enXco and Xcel Energy have announced the new Nobles Wind Project is fully operational and supplying electricity to the regional transmission grid. “The Nobles Wind Farm advances our efforts to provide our customers with more reasonably priced, renewable energy,” s... [more]
enXco and Xcel Energy close on the Wind Project Purchase and Sale Agreement for the Nobles Wind Project(06/04/2010)
The Nobles Wind Project, consisting of 134 GE 1.5 MW turbines, will produce enough electricity to power approximately 50,000 homes. enXco and Xcel Energy have announced they closed on the Wind Project Purchase and Sale Agreement (WPPSA) for the Nobles Wind Project, a 201 megawatt wind facility to be constructed in Nobles County in southwest Minnesota. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved the Nobles Wind Project on May 28, 2009. T... [more]
SunEdison to build five photovoltaic solar installations in New Mexico for Xcel Energy(08/01/2010)
SunEdison, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials (NYSE: WFR), and Xcel Energy’s regional operating company, Southwestern Public Service Company, have announced a deal for five photovoltaic solar installations in New Mexico that will total 50 megawatts (MW) in generation capacity. Once completed, it is estimated the five 10MW systems will: * Power more than 10,000 homes in the first full year of operation by producing 110 million kWh. ... [more]
Xcel Energy SolarRewards program gives rebates to customers who install solar photovoltaic systems(16/07/2009)
Xcel Energy plans to help customers save money by using less energy with a comprehensive series of new and expanded programs under its proposed 2010–2012 Conservation Improvement Program (CIP). The proposal filed with the Minnesota Office of Energy Security (OES), will guide the company’s electric and natural gas conservation and load management efforts for the next three years. Xcel Energy’s proposed CIP represents energy consumption savings ... [more]
Accenture Intelligent City Network brings utilities and cities together to accelerate smart-grid deployment(23/03/2009)
Smart electric grids are power systems that combine traditional and new technology to manage the flow of energy more effectively and efficiently than previously possible. Smart grids will ensure the reliable, economic delivery of high-quality, sustainable energy, particularly renewable energy sources such as wind and solar; support the growing trend of domestic electricity generation and the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles; and enable con... [more]
GridPoint provides platform to aggregate and control a variety of energy resources in the home or business(20/05/2008)
Xcel Energy has selected the GridPoint SmartGrid Platform™ for its SmartGridCity™ in Boulder, Colorado. The platform applies information technology to the electric grid to provide utilities with an intelligent network of distributed energy resources that controls load, stores energy and produces power. Xcel Energy’s smart grid system – estimated to be a $100 million effort when fully implemented over the next few years – will provide customers... [more]
Xcel Energy to significantly reduce mercury emissions(09/01/2008)
Xcel Energy is a major U.S. electricity and natural gas company with regulated operations in eight Western and Midwestern states. Xcel Energy has filed with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency plans to significantly reduce mercury emissions from Sherburne County (Sherco) Generating Plant Unit 3 and the Allen S. King Plant. “These plans outline a major effort to reduce mercury emissions at our Ki... [more]
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