Colorado energy firm to build solar plant (8 MW PV)

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http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2006/09/25/news/regional/577c6dd60cd04243872571f300218e25.txt

DENVER (AP) -- Xcel Energy has selected a Baltimore firm to build a $60 million solar electric plant in Colorado, the largest solar power project in the country, the Rocky Mountain News reported Saturday.

Minneapolis-based Xcel, with 1.3 million ratepayers in Colorado, plans to build the 8-megawatt solar farm in the San Luis Valley, near Alamosa. The plant, expected to go online by the end of next year, would be capable of powering 2,600 homes.

The project went up for bid in March. Xcel plans to announce the contract Monday, but the newspaper on Saturday reported Baltimore's SunEdison had been selected to build the plant.

Xcel spokesman Tom Henley on Saturday said the company was not commenting on the report. A news conference is scheduled for Monday.

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1. IIRC Xcel is doing a lot of wind too

they are my (new) energy company so I'm still getting up to speed on them

they do a lot of coal fired plants too though.....