Clean Energy Goals
This was the year Xcel Energy committed to their ambitious carbon reduction goals.
What is 2018?
In this arid region of the United States, the photovoltaic solar resource is considerably greater than anywhere else in the United States.
What is the (American) Southwest?
Along with the coastline, this region of the United States has a considerably larger wind resource than other regions.
What is the Midwest or Great Plains region?
These types of vehicles run on both gas and electric.
What is a hybrid?
In regards to Energy Efficiency, the acronym DSM stands for this.
What is Demand Side Management?
Currently, this generation method is Xcel’s number 1 resource of clean energy
What is wind energy?
This is an individual or company that pays into a Community Solar Garden and receives a credit on their monthly bill.
What is a Subscriber?
As of March 2019, only this country generates more energy from wind than the US.
What is China?
This plug-in hybrid car first produced in 2011 is the overall best-selling electric vehicle as of 2019.
What is the Chevrolet Volt?
On average, this equipment consumes the most energy in your home.
What is HVAC?
Carbon emissions from this year are used as a baseline for Xcel’s ambitious 2050 carbon reduction goals.
What is 2005?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This state has the best solar resource of all of our service states.
What is New Mexico?
This wind-related profession has been one of the fastest growing jobs fields in the past few years in the US.
What is a Wind Turbine Service Technician?
On average, EVs can travel this far on a single charge.
(Hint, it’s a multiple of 10.)
What is 100 miles?
This U.S. Green Building Council certification program recognizes sustainable building strategies and practices for the commercial sector. Hint: Built in 2010, the building you are sitting in received the Platinum certification from the program, the highest possible award.
What is LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)?
These power plants use fission to generate heat. The heat powers steam generators which produce energy. One of these plants produces the same amount of energy as 2 coal plants on average.
What are nuclear power plants?
This tradable commodity is used by Xcel and other large corporations to meet renewable energy goals. If a customer participates in the Solar Rewards program, they agree to sell Xcel their units.
What are Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs?)
This is the standard length of turbine blades in the Midwest.
(It's a multiple of 10.)
What is 200 feet?
$1! That’s the cost per gallon equivalent of this fuel source compared to the cost of charging an EV.
What is Gasoline?
70%-90%. That’s how much energy these types of light bulbs save compared to traditional bulbs.
What are LEDs?
By 2008, Xcel Energy had reduced carbon emissions by this percentage compared to 2005 levels
What is 38%
This is the installed solar capacity required to power approximately 225 homes
What is 1-megawatt?
This massive 600 MW resource was completed in 2018. Once up and running, it increased Colorado’s wind generating capacity by 20%
What is the Rush Creek wind project?
Xcel Energy currently offers rebates on these two models of electric vehicles.
What is the Nissan Leaf and/or Mitsubishi Outlander?
DAILY DOUBLE!
This is the decade that Xcel Energy began offering energy-efficiency programs.
What is the 1990s?