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background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xcelenergy.com/Company/Newsroom/News%20Releases/Pages/Xcel_Energy_launches_groundbreaking_wind_to_battery_project.aspx"><P class="maintitle">Xcel Energy launches groundbreaking wind-to-battery project </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.xcelenergy.com/Company/Newsroom/News%20Releases/Pages/Xcel_Energy_launches_groundbreaking_wind_to_battery_project.aspx"><DIV>MINNEAPOLIS - Xcel Energy soon will begin testing a cutting-edge technology to store wind energy in batteries.  It will be the first use of the technology in the United States for direct wind energy storage.</DIV></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); 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