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Minnesota’s community solar program is leaving poorer people in the shade

  “Correction: The article has been updated to note the Emerge Second Chance Community Solar Garden is 180 kilowatts, not megawatts, and to address errors about Cooperative Energy Futures: The co-op has 900 members, 700 of whom subscribe to community solar, not 700 members. About 85 percent of their solar capacity serves residential customers, but … [Read more…]

Xcel Energy blows away renewable energy record with its newest wind farm in Colorado

  “Xcel Energy set a record for wind energy this month thanks to 229 turbines spinning at the utility’s newest wind farm, a $743 million eastern Colorado project completed last month. The 500-megawatt Cheyenne Ridge Wind Project, built on 100,000 acres in Kit Carson and Cheyenne counties over the past year, joined other wind farms … [Read more…]