A Minnesota Utility Is Swapping Coal for Solar. It’s Like Taking 780,000 Cars Off the Road
Xcel Energy is replacing its massive coal plant in Becker, Minnesota, with a 710-megawatt solar farm. It's reigniting debate over what society owes rural coal towns struggling amid the energy transition
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/12012024/todays-climate-minnesota-utility-xcel-coal-solar-sherco/
#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #Minnesota #USA #US
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