Planned power outage to impact roughly 2,000 Xcel Energy customers in Larimer County

Xcel Energy's Nobles Wind Facility in Minnesota has 134 turbines. After just 12 years, the estimated cost to decommission them was $85.5 million, while the cost to refurbish the project was $204 million. Why spend more than twice as much refurbishing it? The answer: Federal subsidies.The wind production tax credit originally pays operators for a project's first 10 years. By repowering an aging wind farm, replacing major components or installing new turbines, the project can qualify for another r

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