Locator: 49828NDENERGY.
The Bismarck Tribune has this story behind a paywall: North Dakota regulators on Wednesday approved the state's first energy storage facility. where will that storage facility be?
Google Gemini, no paywall:
- Key data points:
- key developer: NextEra Energy
- purpose: to store excess energy from nearby wind farms
- 140 megawatts; Bis-Man for four hours
- ND's first energy storage facility
- Emmons County, 20 miles NE of Linto
- second facility planned
- Burke County, 10 miles south of Columbus
How much energy could be stored, link here:
It would store up to 140 megawatts of power from a nearby wind farm in times of increased demand. As an example, that much power could keep the Bis-Man area and the Mandan refinery running up to four hours, according to the Public Service Commission.
How much would the Linton project cost: $180 million.
