gathered on Tuesday at Xcel Energy's Sherco Solar plant near St. Cloud to celebrate a milestone in the state's shift toward carbon-free electricity. The sun was hard to find, but its power was ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Xcel Energy said it wants to add around 500 MW of new large-scale solar generation near its coal-fired Sherco Power Plant in Minnesota. The Minneapolis-based utility is accepting proposals from ...

According to Xcel Energy, the plan includes adding 3,430 megawatts of wind energy by 2030, hooking it up to the Upper Midwest grid at the Sherco plant in ... One megawatt of power provides ...