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		<title><![CDATA[Xcel's Wind Power Experiments May Only Multiply Questions for the Industry]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/energy/1000438/xcels-wind-power-experiments-may-only-multiply-questions-for-the-industry/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of ideas in the air to help bring wind power mainstream. The fickleness of the wind is a major inhibitor to its broad adoption; ideas for a solution include building massive transcontinental energy grids (after all, the wind is always blowing somewhere) and various schemes to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:21:29 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Xcel Energy Launches Groundbreaking Wind-to-Battery Project]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_Feb_28/ai_n24356070]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS -- Xcel Energy soon will begin testing a cutting-edge technology to store wind energy in batteries. It will be the first use of the technology in the United States for direct wind energy storage.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Xcel Energy Issues RFP for Wind Power]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5CNK/is_2007_Dec_18/ai_n25016342]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ENERGY RESOURCE-18 December 2007-Xcel Energy Issues RFP for Wind PowerC2007 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Xcel Energy Issues Request for Proposals for 500 Megawatts of Wind Power]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Dec_17/ai_n27476979]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS -- Xcel Energy today issued a Request for Proposals for 500 megawatts of wind power to help it meet Minnesota's Renewable Energy Standard. Under the company's preferred option, once built, project ownership would be transferred to Xcel Energy. The company will consider resources with commercial operation dates through 2011.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Xcel Energy Plans Major Wind Acquisition in Colorado; Would Become Largest Provider in U.S]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Dec_28/ai_n15971338]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER -- Xcel Energy announced today that it intends to acquire 775 megawatts of new wind power capacity for its Colorado system by 2007. The additional capacity would make Xcel Energy the nation's largest utility user of wind power.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wind Power Project Under Way In New Mexico.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4984/is_200510/ai_n18184047]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Staff       Portales, N.M.-- Roosevelt County Commissioners have authorized the  issuance of industrial revenue bonds to help finance construction of  Xcel Energy's $160-million San Juan Mesa wind power plant near  Elida, along highway US-70 in easter    Staff  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Xcel Energy Contracts for Additional Wind Power]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_March_16/ai_n13250718]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER -- Xcel Energy announced today that it has completed contract negotiations with two renewable energy developers to add 129 megawatts of wind power to the company's Colorado electric generating mix by the end of the year.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Xcel Energy Seeks Fast Track for Wind Power Bids]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER -- In order to take full advantage of the recent Congressional extension of the federal Production Tax Credit PTC for wind generation, Xcel Energy yesterday filed a request with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission to further expedite a company bidding process for new wind power in the state.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Integrating Large Amounts of Wind Energy With a Small Electric-Power System]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=168398]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The cost of building and operating wind farms continues to decline. And governments increasingly encourage development of renewable energy resources. As a consequence, the amount of wind capacity is growing, raising important questions about the integration of wind output with electric-power systems. These questions have physical especially reliability and economic...]]></description>
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