News
LCG, August 15, 2025--Xcel Energy announced that the company received state approval yesterday from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to extend operations of the Prairie Island nuclear plant through the early 2050s. Prairie Island has two units that have a combined generating capacity of 1,100 MW. The units’ current operating licenses expire in 2033 and 2034.
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LCG, August 7, 2025--Portland General Electric (PGE) today announced the completion of three, four-hour lithium-ion utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Oregon, adding 475 MW and more than 1.9 GWh of dispatchable capacity to serve the Portland metro area. Each of these BESS facilities can deliver power during peak demand or when other electric generating facilities are limited, which improves system flexibility, reliability and costs.
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Industry News
Invenergy Completes Wind Farm in Texas
LCG, July 13, 2007--Invenergy Wind LLC announced yesterday that commercial operations have commenced at the Camp Springs Wind Energy Facility in Scurry County, Texas. The electric generating capacity of the Camp Springs Wind Energy Facility is 130.5 MW.
According to Invenergy Wind, equity investors include affiliates of JPMorgan, Northwestern Mutual, Prudential Capital Group and Wells Fargo.
The project included the installation of 87, 1.5-MW wind turbines manufactured by General Electric. Invenergy Wind in May 2007 announced that it signed contracts with General Electric to buy 600 MW of wind turbines for use in projects scheduled for construction in 2008. In addition, Invenergy previously announced the purchase from General Electric of 600 MW for use in projects scheduled for construction in 2007. In total, Invenergy has ordered 1,200 MW of wind turbines for Invenergy's 2007 and 2008 development program in the U.S. and Canada.
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