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Intelligent Utility
Kinsey Grant Baker
Kinsey Grant Baker
Energy Central Team
·Posted in Intelligent Utility
Tue, Aug 19

NEWS: Minnesota approves first stand-alone battery system, a key step toward a clean energy future

Minnesota regulators approved the state’s first standalone grid battery—the 150-MW Snowshoe project near Rochester. (MPRNews)

  • Built by Spearmint Energy, the 18-acre facility will store 4 hours of excess wind and solar, discharging during peak demand to stabilize the grid. Commissioners said projects like this could reduce the need for controversial new transmission lines and help utilities meet Minnesota’s 100% carbon-free by 2040 law.

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