Xcel Energy aims to reach zero carbon emissions by 2050
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, which serves 3.6 million electricity customers in eight states, says it will try to eliminate all its carbon emissions from electrical generation by 2050. It’s the first major U.S. utility owner to pledge to fully phase out carbon-dioxide emissions that cause global warming.
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Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton is the Executive Director of The Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative. Jim has over twenty-years of experience managing the entire life-cycle (siting, design, permitting, construction, closure, decommissioning, remediation and redevelopment) of large-scale manufacturing, energy and infrastructure facilities throughout North, Central and South America.