Tag: Xcel Energy

Xcel Energy Uses Power Wrench Portable Actuator to Combat Fatigue

Recently, Xcel Energy, a large energy company in the United States, selected the Sofis Power Wrench portable actuator as a tool to combat fatigue in manual valve operations.

MN plants returned to service

Xcel Energy said operators returned the 600 MW Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant near Monticello, Minn., and the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Unit 1, to full power August 20 after shutting them down the week prior. The Monticello plant was returned to full power after workers repaired a gasket on a pipe flange.

Calpine signs power purchase agreement with Xcel E

      Calpine Corporation subsidiary Calpine Energy Services L.P. Signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to provide Xcel Energy subsidiary Southwestern Public Services Co.

Areva to supply Monticello nuclear plant

Areva and U.S. utility Xcel Energy have signed a USD500 million integrated fuel supply contract to supply Minnesota’s Monticello nuclear power plant. The General Electric BWR-3 design plant, has a current output of 613MW.

Metso to modernize power plant automation

Metso will modernize the automation systems at Xcel Energy’s Sherburne County Generating Plant in Becker, Minn.