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Xcel Energy USA has offered orders to Vestas for two wind projects totaling 370 MW to repower the Pleasant Valley and Border Winds projects.

221 views Source:  Star Tribune Minnesota regulators on Wednesday approved Xcel Energy's $750 million wind farm "repowering" project, one of several proposals from the utility to help speed up the state's economic recovery from COVID-19. Xcel, the state's largest utility, said its plan to retool several existing wind farms will save ratepayers $160 million through efficiency gains. The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) unanimously agreed, though the Minnesota Department of Commerce opposed Xcel's plan. "I believe the record shows this will lead to substantial customer savings and ratepayer b...

>> the border between mexico and the u.s. follows the rio grand southeast. here the landscape talks over. you come to big ben state park, the most rural part of the state and you understand immediately why the ports of entree are used so often. the natural barrier makes it virtually impossible to cross, which is why a wall would be completely impractical. the border winds along the river through beautiful, unpopulated wilderness. a return of civilization and so the return of the wall. you can see the wall picking back up here for the obvious reason. it's possible for people to cross here. beyo...

What's your message to the president about this section right here? >> come down and finish the wall. >> reporter: where less than 100 people live, migrants improvise ways to cross the border. 20-year-old hernandez began the journey unguatemala. >> the border between mexico and the u.s. follows the rio grand southeast. here the landscape talks over. you come to big ben state park, the most rural part of the state and you understand immediately why the ports of entree are used so often. the natural barrier makes it virtually impossible to cross, which is why a wall would be completely impractic...