Xcel Energy completes 710 MW Solar Phase in US

Xcel Energy, a US-based electric and natural gas utility, has completed Sherco Solar Phase 3 near Becker, Minnesota. The project has increased the site’s operational solar capacity to 710 MW using 1.7 million solar panels, making it Minnesota’s largest solar facility. Sherco Solar is being developed alongside the retiring Sherco coal plant as part of the site’s transition into a renewable energy hub. Xcel Energy has proposed a fourth 200 MW phase that would raise total capacity to 910 MW by 2029. The expansion is expected to create about 300 union construction jobs and generate $90 million in local economic benefits.