Renewable Racket: Minnesota Utility Wants to Sell "Renewable Energy Credits" to NC Power Companies
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Xcel Energy believes it has found a new way to make money off renewable energy, and it involves turkey droppings. The Minneapolis-based utility wants to sell the surplus renewable energy credits it collects from a power plant in Benson that burns turkey droppings. Utilities in North Carolina are interested in buying those credits to meet that state’s renewable energy mandate, which requires a portion of the power produced by its utilities to come from poultry litter.
Renewable Racket: Minnesota Utility Wants to Sell "Renewable Energy Credits" to NC Power Companies
Renewable Racket: Minnesota Utility Wants to…
Renewable Racket: Minnesota Utility Wants to Sell "Renewable Energy Credits" to NC Power Companies
Xcel Energy believes it has found a new way to make money off renewable energy, and it involves turkey droppings. The Minneapolis-based utility wants to sell the surplus renewable energy credits it collects from a power plant in Benson that burns turkey droppings. Utilities in North Carolina are interested in buying those credits to meet that state’s renewable energy mandate, which requires a portion of the power produced by its utilities to come from poultry litter.