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DENVER - Xcel Energy said this week start-up of a second wind farm in Colorado would increase the amount of wind-generated power it offers to around 18,000 residential homes it serves in the state.
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Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy said in a statement a 30-megawatt wind farm in northeastern Colorado had started producing power, giving it a total of about 60 megawatts of wind electricity it provides to some of its 1.6 million customers in Colorado. One megawatt of wind power can serve around 300 residential homes, Xcel said. With the start of the wind facility, owned by Cinergy Global Power, an affiliate of Cincinnati-based Cinergy Corp. , Xcel Energy now has more than 17,000 customers in its Windsource program in Colorado, including more than 400 businesses and four wholesale customers. Xcel will purchase 77 gigawatt-hours of electricity per year from the new facility, known as the Peetz Table Wind power plant, through a 15-year contract. Xcel Energy also generates 30 megawatts of power at its Ponnequin Wind Facility in northern Colorado, south of the Wyoming state line near Cheyenne.
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