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Midwest’s largest battery energy storage site to be built in central Minnesota

BECKER, Minn. (KVRR) — Xcel Energy has announced plans to build the Midwest’s largest battery energy storage site. It’ll be at the Sherco Energy Hub in Becker in central Minnesota. The proposal, filed with Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last Friday, would double the amount of battery storage adjacent to the Sherco coal plant which is scheduled to retire by the…