July 29, 2024--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Two renewable energy developers were greeted with good news earlier this month when they were awarded key permits for important solar projects in their development areas. DP Energy (Buttevant, Ireland) got the go-ahead from the Alberta Utilities Commission to construct a 325-megawatt (MW) solar farm in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and Xcel Energy Incorporated (NASDAQ:XEL) (Minneapolis, Minnesota) received unanimous approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to build a third solar farm near the site of a retiring coal-fired plant in the state.