MPR News | Nina Moini, Kirsti Marohn and Aleesa Kuznetsov, November 13 Earlier this month, Minnesota-based Xcel Energy announced it wants to double the amount of lithium battery storage it already planned to install next to its Sherco coal-fired power plant in central Minnesota. The batteries would allow Xcel to store energy produced at its wind, solar, nuclear andContinueContinue reading “How battery storage is playing a role in Minnesota’s clean energy transition”
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Wisconsin’s first large-scale energy storage project is up and running
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Rick Barrett, June 3 Wisconsin’s first large-scale energy storage project, the Paris Solar-Battery Park in Kenosha County, is now providing power to the grid. It’s comprised of around 12,000 lithium-ion batteries collectively capable of powering more than 130,000 homes for up to four hours, according to We Energies. On sunny days,ContinueContinue reading “Wisconsin’s first large-scale energy storage project is up and running”