Xcel plans to acquire 3 GW of utility-scale solar by 2030 and bring online 1.85 GW of wind capacity by 2022 in the US state of Minnesota , as part of its plan to achieve 80 percent carbon-free electricity by 2050 . Xcel Energy , which operates across eight US states, also plans to surpass the two GWh of energy efficiency it saved 2050 . The renewable efforts coincide with the utility's plans to close its 1.85 coal-fired power plants in Minnesota by 2030 .
Xcel Energy plans to acquire 3 GW of utility-scale solar by 2030 and bring online 1.85 GW of wind capacity by 2022 in the US state of Minnesota, as part of its plan to achieve 100% carbon-free electricity by 2050. Xcel Energy, which operates across eight US states, also plans to surpass the 680 GWh of energy efficiency it saved last year. The renewable efforts coincide with the utility's plans to close its two coal-fired power plants in Minnesota by 2030.