Xcel Closing Nuclear Power Plants

Xcel energy has announced plans to retire its last two coal fired power plants in the upper midwest 10 years earlier than had been scheduled as it expands wind and solar generation cleaner burning natural gas and energy efficiency programs kallanish energy reports.

Diocese work teach and lead document. Xcel energy plans to close its last two coal fired power plants in minnesota by 2030 a decade earlier than scheduled while keeping its nuclear power plants running through at least 2040 the latest step in the eight state utilitys plan to reach 100 percent carbon free electricity by 2050. Xcel energy plans to close its last two coal fired power plants in minnesota by 2030 a decade earlier than scheduled while keeping its nuclear power plants running through at least 2040 the. That will enable the minnesota based utility company to be coal free by 2030.

In total our plants are capable of producing more than 17000 megawatts mw of electricity. Its two nuclear power plants in minnesota monticello and prairie island account for 13 of xcels total electricity generation. Monticello nuclear generating plant near monticello mn and prairie island nuclear generating plant near red wing mn.

Xcel energy plans to close two more coal fired power plants several years early and exit coal generation in minnesota by 2030 while at the same time extending the life of its monticello nuclear. Monticellos single 671 mwe boiling water reactor is currently licensed to operate until 2030 while prairie islands two 550 mwe pressurised water reactors are licenced to operate until 2033 and 2034 respectively. Xcel plans to close all four of its minnesota coal plants by 2030 as it adds more renewables.

Coal fired and nuclear power the historic workhorses of minnesotas electricity production are dispatchable meaning they can be provided on demand. Xcel energy owns and operates two nuclear power plants. Xcel energy announced monday it plans to close its two remaining coal power plants in the upper midwest a decade earlier than scheduled putting the utility on pace to be coal free in the region.

One megawatt of power generated by fossil fuels or nuclear fuel provides enough electricity to serve 750 typical homes. Power plants our facilities. It will also build a big natural gas power plant in the mid 2020s.