Xcel Energy on Wednesday installed a 75-foot-long wind turbine blade at its headquarters plaza near 5th Street and Nicollet Mall.
The blade, which weighs 2,535 pounds, is representative of Minneapolis-based Xcel's wind-power efforts.
The company has been the nation's top wind-power utility for more than a decade and is in the midst of adding several large new wind farms in the Upper Midwest.
![Xcel installs a real wind turbine blade outside its headquarters on Nicolllet Mall in a commerce as display in time for the Super Bowl.] Richard Tsong-Taatarii/rtsong-taatarii@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/CGVAH67VWQECCKZBLGFTA34TUA.jpg?&w=1080)
![Xcel installs a real wind turbine blade outside its headquarters on Nicolllet Mall in a commerce as display in time for the Super Bowl.] Richard Tsong-Taatarii/rtsong-taatarii@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/RRTUXKYRXTFF4ONBXGNIT6E4EI.jpg?&w=1080)
