At 8 p.m. on Feb. 17, Xcel Energy achieved a milestone when a record 1,713 megawatt-hours of electricity was generated by locally sourced wind power, representing nearly 33 percent of the company’s Upper Midwest customer electricity needs.
Wind farms produced almost 12 percent of the energy used by Xcel Energy’s Upper Midwest customers in 2012, putting the company well ahead of milestones established by Minnesota’s Next Generation Energy Act. That law establishes that Xcel Energy will generate 30 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, of which 25 percent will be from wind resources.
Xcel Energy is currently considering additional wind resources in Minnesota. On Feb. 15, the company issued a request for proposals for up to 200 megawatts of wind resources to come on line in time to qualify for the newly extended federal Production Tax Credit.
Source: Xcel Energy press release
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