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Xcel to Retire 900 Megawatts of Coal-Fired Power
Xcel Energy, the largest electric utility in Colorado, Friday filed a plan with the Public Utility Commission that would bring it into compliance with the new Clean Air Clean Jobs Act aimed at making sharp cuts in emissions from coal-fired power plants.
World’s First Hybrid Solar-Coal Power Plant Opens in Colorado
The $4.5 million Colorado Integrated Solar Project connects thermal energy from a new parabolic-trough-concentrating solar plant built by Abengoa Solar with the steam cycle of Unit 2 at Xcel’s existing coal-fired power plant near Grand Junction, Colorado.
Cost of Boulder’s Smart Grid Soars, State Increases Oversight
Boulder, Colorado’s new smart-grid project is already stretching the limits of cost expectations and the rest of the state has to foot the bill.
World’s First Smart-Grid Enabled City Goes Live
Xcel Energy has completed construction of the infrastructure and launched the remaining software to enable all SmartGridCity operational functions in the city of Boulder, Colorado. According comapny officials, this step makes it the “first fully functioning smart grid enabled city in the world.”
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