Like many exciting energy projects that have recently been finished or are in development, the Sherco facility is being built on the former site of a coal-powered power plant. Coal produces toxic ...

Xcel says the Sherco coal plant is expected to close by 2030, but that the new solar farm will maintain jobs and offset economic loss with an estimated $350 million in local economic impact.

Xcel Energy on Monday proposed refunding Minnesota customers $318 million as the first use of a federal nuclear energy tax ...

Xcel officials are proposing returning $318 million to customers in the state. According to a news release, more than half of the refund ($176 million) comes from federal tax credits for nuclear ...

On Friday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission voted 4-0 to reject a request for a permitting exemption on Amazon's plan to build 250 backup diesel generators for the site.

Amazon is proposing to install 250 diesel generators at its planned data center on a parcel of land near the Xcel Sherco coal-fired power plant, photographed Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025, in Becker, Minn.

The Sherco solar project will be built in two phases adjacent to the existing Sherco coal-fired power plant near Becker, Minnesota. All three units of the coal plant are scheduled to be retired by ...

The Sherco power plant in Becker has already begun phasing out its coal units as part of Xcel Energy’s plans to move toward renewable energy. In its place, the company launched the first stage ...

Amazon is proposing to install 250 diesel generators at its planned data center on a parcel of land near the Xcel Sherco coal-fired power plant photographed earlier this month in Becker ...

Savings from lower fuel costs make up $94 million, or 30%, of the overall refund amount and $48 million is related to a 2011 outage at the company’s Sherco coal plant. If approved by the ...