Xcel Energy, a national leader in renewable energy, rolled out a clean energy vision in Denver today that will deliver 100% carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. As part of this vision, the company also announced plans to reduce carbon emissions 80% by 2030, from 2005 levels in the eight states it serves. The new…

The proposed Sagamore and Hale Wind Projects and their transmission lines would also reduce carbon emissions substantially.

Over the course of 20 years, landowners involved with the Courtenay project will receive a total of $26.5 million. The project employed 200 people during peak construction and created 10 full-time jobs.

Xcel Energy leads the nation as the number one utility wind energy provider for more than decade, and as part of its Upper Midwest plan proposed expanding wind energy

The new initiative will ensure that 33% of the base energy used at the State Capitol Complex comes from renewable sources.

The nation’s number one utility wind provider is adding more renewable energy to its system. Xcel Energy officially acquired the Border Wind Farm earlier this December, and Pleasant Valley Wind Farm came on-line in November. With the addition of these projects, Xcel Energy increases its wind capacity by 20% and more than doubles its ownership of wind…

For the 11th consecutive year, Xcel Energy has been named the country’s top utility wind energy provider by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA), the national trade association. For more than a decade, Xcel Energy has led the nation in providing wind energy to its customers “Xcel Energy is proud to have grown the use…

by Robert T. Bullard Storing excess electrical power has been a problem that has dogged utilities for years. Pumping water that comes out of a hydroelectric dam back to its reservoir was one power storage solution. Wind power seems to highlight the problem because unused wind power is just lost. But it need not be.…

Panelists had a lot to say at the recent AWEA Fall Symposium. The first session dealt with ides for driving demand for wind power, such as lower generation costs, wind power as a natural hedge against rising natural-gas prices, and competition as a way to generate more renewable energy. The panel chaired by Robert Crowell,…

Thanks to a more accurate method for weather forecasting, Xcel Energy says it has saved about $17 million, including about $7.8 million in 2011 alone, and has reduced its forecasting error by about 28% since 2009.  Forecasts from WindWX (pronounced wind wicks) from Global Weather Corp. cover 168-hour periods every 15 minutes for all of…

Wind developer EnXco won approval from North Dakota regulators to build its latest 150-turbine wind farm. A minor problem may be that the company does not yet have a customer for power from the Merricourt Wind Project. Intended buyer Xcel Energy dropped out in April, citing issues with protecting two endangered birds. EnXco President and…