Xcel Energy's Sherco Solar Project will be one of the largest solar facilities in the upper Midwest. The project aims to partially replace the energy production of Unit 2 of the Sherco Power Plant. The Sherburne County Power Station, also known as Sherco, has three units with a combined capacity of 2,238 megawatts. This is expected to help the region's economy as Xcel shuts down the first of its three coal-fired units.