Xcel Nuclear Power Plants

The prairie island and monticello nuclear generating plants help xcel energy avoid producing hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gases or emissions.

Japan dumping nuclear waste meme. The monticello nuclear generating plant is a nuclear power plant located in monticello minnesota along the mississippi riverthe site which began operating in 1971 has a single nuclear reactor boiling water reactor of the general electric bwr 3 design generating 671 mwe. At xcel energy were proud to maintain one of the safest nuclear fleets in the nation. Power plants our facilities.

The charts below show by fuel type the energy on our systems in 2019. One megawatt of power provides enough electricity to serve nearly 1100 typical homes. In total our plants are capable of producing more than 17000 megawatts mw of electricity.

The plants avoid 13 million tons of carbon dioxide annually compared to fossil fuel plants the equivalent of removing 2 million cars from the road each year. But by lowering output nuclear plants lose. Xcel energy owns and operates three wind farms.

One megawatt of power generated by fossil fuels or nuclear fuel provides enough electricity to serve 750 typical homes. The prairie island and monticello nuclear generating plants help xcel energy avoid producing hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse gases or emissions compared to fossil fueled base load power plants. The unit 1 reactor began operating in december 1973 and the unit 2 reactor in december 1974.

A renewal license issued in 2006 allows it to continue operating until. Some featured jobs include. Xcel energy generates over 500 megawatts of hydroelectric power from 27 plants in wisconsin minnesota and colorado.

The reactor was originally licensed until 2010. Xcel has shown it can flex its three minnesota nuclear reactors gradually ramping down output as much as 25 to respond to renewable power flows. These plants produce nearly 30 percent of the electricity we provide to customers in the upper midwest.

Xcel energy said monday it plans to shut its minnesota coal plants its last two in the upper midwest a decade earlier than scheduled but seek a 10 year extension on its monticello nuclear plant. This accounts for only four percent of. Nuclear plant helpers assist in maintaining our plants power equipment repair and operation vehicle repair deliveries and.

Monticello nuclear generating plant near monticello mn and prairie island nuclear generating plant near red wing mn. The energy includes electricity produced at xcel energy plants purchased from others and supplied through our renewable choice programs for customers windsource renewableconnect.