The transmission line is aimed at bolstering grid reliability as renewable energy replaces traditional coal-fired plants. It was one of 18 projects approved by the region's grid operator Monday.
A pilot project between Minnesota's second largest supplier of electricity, Great River Energy, and a Massachusetts start-up claims to have a breakthrough in battery technology that would allow for vast expansions of renewable energy on the power grid.
A hydroponic pod joined the trucks rolling through Wadena on Wednesday afternoon. The pod is an insulated shipping container designed to grow fresh fruits and vegetables all-year round as a part of a national program with the Electrical Power Research Institute.
