August 2024 Trivia Answer
The answer is A - The battery system can power 2,000 homes for up to 5 days.
Becker, Minnesota is one of two sites where Xcel is installing demonstration battery systems with Form Energy, a Massachusetts company. The battery arrays use readily available materials like water, air, and iron, and tap into existing transmission systems
We’re especially excited about this because it intersects with an argument we often hear from the mining industry - i.e. that we need certain metals for the transition to clean energy. These batteries show that there are options that don’t rely on dangerous sulfide mining. Learn more about this on our Mining the Climate Crisis page.