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wiredInUSA - August 2013

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Wind project

for Xcel Energy

INDEX

RES America Developments

Inc, a subsidiary of Renewable

Energy Systems Americas Inc

(RES Americas), is working with

Xcel Energy to construct the

200MW Pleasant Valley wind

farm. The project, near Austin,

Minnesota, is adjacent to the

Grand Meadow wind project

owned by Xcel Energy.

“The Pleasant Valley wind

project, along with the other

wind purchases we are making,

will lower our customers’ bills,

offer protection from rising fuel

costs, and provide significant

environmental benefits,” said

Dave Sparby, president and

CEO of Northern States Power

Co Minnesota, an Xcel Energy

company.

RES Americas’ role will be

developer and constructor

of Pleasant Valley. Once

complete, RES Americas will

transfer ownership of Pleasant

Valley to Xcel Energy, who will

own and operate the project.

Development and construction

will be completed by the end of

2015.

Pleasant Valley wind farm is part

of600MWofwindpower recently

announced by Xcel Energy in its

Upper Midwest service territory.

Combined, the projects will

produce enough energy to

serve 180,000 homes and, over

the lives of the projects, lower

customer costs by $180 million.

At the same time, the projects

will reduce carbon emissions by

1.2 million tons each year in Xcel

Energy's Upper Midwest service

territory, where the company

already is on track to achieve a

30 percent reduction in carbon

emissions by 2020.