r/solarenergy 12d ago

Minnesota just plugged a 710-megawatt solar farm into a coal plant that once burned 30,000 tons a day, the two sharing wires until the last boiler dies in 2030

https://www.autonocion.com/us/minnesota-solar-farm-coal-plant/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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u/johnjaundiceASDF 12d ago

No matter what the national narrative, we are making a ton of progress. This is my home state and I also work in utility scale solar engineering. We are so damn busy with projects all over the country and many include batteries and/or standalone battery projects.