Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Xcel Energy to Use Soy Oil in Transformers

from (Mpls/St. Paul) Business Journal:

Xcel Energy Inc. said Tuesday that it would use renewable soy oil in new transformers beginning next year.

The Minneapolis-based utility ( NYSE: XEL) currently uses petroleum-based mineral oil. It said that it would be the first large utility in the nation to use soy-based transformers.

The soy oil will be used in all new single-phase pole- and pad-mounted transformers for residential and some light commercial applications.

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