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Cool Energy Teams With Xcel Energy On SolarFlow Testing
Cool Energy Inc., a developer of clean energy heat and power generating systems, says Xcel Energy will be providing research and analytical support for thefirst planned pilot field installation of the SolarFlow System in acommercial building located in Boulder, Colo. The SolarFlowSystem is a combined heat and power generation system sized forresidential and small commercial [...]
Xcel Tests Hybrid Solar/Coal Power Plant in Colorado
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy has started anexperimental power plant in Colorado, which uses both solar power andcoal to produce energy. The demonstration plant, called Cameo, will test new technologies that help cut greenhouse gas emissions. The plant, which is slated for shutdown by the end of 2010, has been converted to test the use of parabolic-trough [...]
Xcel Announces Minnesota Solar Rebate Program $XEL
Minnesota isn’t exactly the first state that comes to mind when mostpeople think of solar, but the Lone Star State and its associatedutility companies are making significant strides toward a renewableenergy future: Xcel Energy, the Minneapolis-based utility company thatservices a wide swath of Midwestern states—including Colorado, anotherburgeoning state for solar—unveiled yesterday its new Solar*Rewards program, which aims [...]
Colorado Solar Gardens Could Qualify for Xcel Rebate
Colorado’s state Congress may have an interesting bit of legislationbefore them this session: a bill that would allow solar panelsinstalled in community gardens to qualify for the solar rebatescurrently available through Xcel Energy. The brainchild of State RepClaire Levy (D-Boulder), the bill would allow multiple people to buyinto an off-site solar installation and, like shareholders, [...]
SunEdison To Build PV Installations in New Mexico For Xcel (XEL)
SunEdison, a subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, just announcedthat it has been selected by Xcel Energy’s subsidiary SouthwesternPublic Service Company to build five 10 MW solar PV installations inNew Mexico, for a total of 50 MW of solar power. Under the terms of theagreement, SunEdison will finance and build the installations and Xcelwill buy the [...]
SunEdison, Xcel to Develop 50mW of Solar PV in New Mexico
North America’s largest solar energy services provider, SunEdison,and Xcel Energy’s regional operating company, Southwestern PublicService Company, today announced a dealfor five photovoltaic (PV) solar installations in New Mexico. Togetherthe installations will total 50 megawatts (mWs) of solar generationcapacity — enough to power more than 10,000 homes. To be sited in Leaand Eddy counties in southeastern [...]
Pending Approval, Xcel to Offer Solar Rebates in Minnesota
Minnesotans looking to install a solar photovoltaic (PV) system have reason to be hopeful for the New Year. As we reportedon this blog in June, Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy has been developingplans to introduce in Minnesota their Solar Rewards program, its solarrebate initiative already on offer in Colorado and New Mexico. If theMinnesota Public Utilities Commission [...]
Best Power, Xcel Energy Ink PPA Deal (XEL)
Best Power Int’l LLC and Xcel Energy have formally entered into what the companies say is Minnesota’s first solar power purchase agreement (PPA). ThePPA stems from energy to be produced by the 400 kW Saint John’s SolarFarm, located at Saint John’s Abbey and University in Collegeville,Minn. The PPA is subject to approval by the Minnesota [...]
Xcel Proposes Reducing its Solar Rebates by $0.50
On Tuesday, Xcel announced that they are planning to reduce thesolar energy rebates by $0.50 in the next month or two, and they wantto reduce their portion of the rebate to $0.05 by 2014. The SolarRewards program currently provides residential and commercial solarsystems with a $3.50 per watt rebate. This consists of a $2 rebate [...]