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Minnesota’s biggest solar project will help replace a huge coal plant

Xcel Energy’s 710-megawatt Sherco solar facility will create union jobs in a coal community, pilot long-duration storage tech, and advance the state’s climate goals.

By Eric Wesoff  . 

coal power plant with smokestacks against snowy scene
The Sherco coal power plant near Becker, Minnesota — soon to be partially replaced by a huge solar farm. (Tony Webster)

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