Minnesota Power Moves Forward with Generation Decarbonization
SUGAR LAND--February 19, 2019--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Minnesota Power (Duluth, Minnesota), the electric utility unit of ALLETE Incorporated (NYSE:ALE) (Duluth, Minnesota), recently took steps to further decarbonize its generation portfolio. The utility signed a windfarm power-purchase agreement and won approval from one set of regulators to build a natural gas-fired power plant in Wisconsin, which would have a capacity of between 525 and 625 megawatts (MW).
Within this article: Details on Minnesota Power's wide-ranging plan to adopt renewable-generation sources and reduce its reliance on coal.
