BuyerDeveloper
Xcel Energy
Track
30
Deals Tracked
$730M
Deal Value
8,532.3MW
Total Capacity
1
Executive Move
Wind
Top Technology
Deal Activity
Apr 14DeveloperXcel Energy Plant X Solar — 150 MW utility-scale solar PV, near Earth, TX (Lamb County), ~1,200 acres — entered commercial service April 1, 2026OtherSolar150 MW
Apr 14DeveloperXcel Energy Cunningham 1 Solar + Battery Storage — 72 MW solar + 36 MW BESS, near Hobbs, NM — entered commercial service April 1, 2026OtherSolar + Storage72 MW
Apr 8DeveloperXcel Energy CapacityConnect Phase 2 — 50–200 MW utility-owned battery storage program, $430M budget, approved by Minnesota PUC on April 8, 2026Regulatory & PermitsBESS$430M200 MW
Feb 24Developer1.9 GW clean energy package for Pine Island data center — 1,400 MW wind + 200 MW solar + 300 MW / 2,400 MWh LDES (Form Energy iron-air)Corporate M&ASolar + Storage1,900 MW
Feb 18DeveloperColorado Near Term Procurement (NTP) — 10 projects: ~3,200-4,100 MW solar, wind, storage, and gas across ColoradoRegulatory & PermitsSolar + Storage3,196 MW
Apr 22Developer100% renewable electricity for Andersen MN facilities: Renewal by Andersen (Cottage Grove), corporate HQ (Oak Park Heights), RD&I facility (Bayport), and all employee EV charging — avoids ~9,000 metric tons CO2/yr, 15 MW.Utility Green TariffOther15 MW
Dec 1BuyerDakota Range WindProject acquisitionWind304 MW
Feb 16BuyerNorthern WindProject acquisitionWind100 MW
Dec 17BuyerCrowned Ridge Wind II Energy CenterBuild-transfer acquisitionWind200.6 MW
Jan 15BuyerJeffers Wind 20Project saleWind50 MW
Jan 15DeveloperEcolab St. Paul HQ + MN R&D and engineering facilities — 100% renewable electricity from Xcel Renewable*Connect, ~552 million kWh over 25 years (~22 GWh/yr), 12 MW.Utility Green TariffOther12 MW
Dec 1BuyerLake Benton IIProject acquisitionWind100.2 MW
Oct 22BuyerFreeborn Wind FarmProject acquisitionWind218 MW
Aug 15DeveloperUponor MN facilities (Apple Valley, MN) 100% renewable electricity via Xcel Renewable*Connect — 230 MW expansion program (180 MW wind + 50 MW solar)Utility Green TariffOther10 MW
Aug 15DeveloperTennant Co. (cleaning equipment manufacturer, Golden Valley MN HQ) Xcel Renewable*Connect subscription — wind+solar from Odell Wind Farm and North Star/Elk River solar, 10 MW.Utility Green TariffOther10 MW
Aug 15DeveloperCity of St. Louis Park, MN — municipal facilities Xcel Renewable*Connect subscription (one of first government enrollees, supports city's Climate Action Plan toward 100% renewable goal), 10 MW.Utility Green TariffOther10 MW
Apr 24BuyerBlazing Star 2 Wind FarmProject acquisitionWind200 MW
Mar 11DeveloperRenewable*Connect WI program launch — wind+solar from Xcel's Upper Midwest (MISO) system; available to residential and business customers in northwestern Wisconsin and Michigan UP service territory, 25 MW.Utility Green TariffOther25 MW
Feb 28Developer3M Maplewood HQ (~409-acre, 30-building campus, 12,000 employees) 100% renewable electricity via Xcel Renewable*Connect / Windsource — ~180,000 MWh/yr wind from Pipestone, MN wind farms, equivalent to ~50 MWUtility Green TariffOther50 MW
Jul 3BuyerHale Community Wind FarmProject acquisitionWind478 MW
Jun 29BuyerBlazing Star Wind Farm 1Project acquisitionWind200 MW
Apr 5BuyerFoxtail WindProject acquisitionWind150 MW
Jul 1Developer17.8 million kWh/yr Renewable*Connect: 14 GWh for Minneapolis Convention Center (100% renewable) + 3.8 GWh for Columbia Heights drinking water campus, sourced from Odell Wind Farm (MN) and North Star Solar (Chisago County, MN), 10 MW.Utility Green TariffOther10 MW
Apr 1DeveloperMinnesota State Capitol building Xcel Renewable*Connect Government program — 3.3 MW solar+wind to cover ~33% of State Capitol complex electricity, sourced from North Star Solar (Chisago County) and Odell Wind FarmUtility Green TariffOther10 MW
Apr 1DeveloperUniversity of Minnesota Twin Cities campus — Xcel Renewable*Connect subscription (in addition to separate 2 MW Geronimo Energy community solar agreement); supports U of M sustainability targetsUtility Green TariffOther10 MW
Dec 3BuyerBorder Winds Wind FarmProject acquisitionWind150 MW
Nov 1BuyerPleasant Valley Wind FarmProject acquisitionWind200 MW
Jan 1BuyerCourtenay Wind FarmProject acquisitionWind$300M200 MW
Mar 31BuyerNobles Wind ProjectProject acquisitionWind201 MW
Jun 1BuyerGrand MeadowBuild agreementWind100.5 MW
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