Xcel Energy is shutting down one of its existing coal-fired generators at the Sherco Generating Station in Becker, MN on the last day of the year. According to the schedule, all three will be history by 2030, replaced in the future by 3250 acres covered with a million solar panels now under construction. They will feed power into an array of batteries capable of storing 10 megawatts of power every 100 hours on a 10 acre site.
The switch from coal-fired electricity to its solar replacement doesn't seem to have generated much controversy since the move is meant to arrest the by-product, increased atmospheric CO2, which is deemed to be the cause of the ongoing climate crisis.
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