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The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approves Xcel Energy’s horribly inefficient iron-air battery in Becker

July 7, 2023 by Isaac Orr

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved Xcel Energy’s request to construct a 10 megawatt (MW), 1,000 megawatt-hour (MWh) iron-air battery near the site of the Sherburne County Generating…

July 7, 2023 by Isaac Orr

Energy & Environment

Xcel Energy’s iron air battery in Becker will ‘hopefully’ cost $20 million, deliver 0.45% of the coal plant’s power output

May 18, 2023 by Isaac Orr

Yesterday I attended the Midwest Reliability Organization’s Hybrid Reliability meeting in St. Paul, Minnesota. One of the presenters was from Form Energy, a battery startup focused on building low-cost, iron-air…

May 18, 2023 by Isaac Orr