Huron Valley Group News: Midcontinent ISO has integrated a solar farm into its wholesale market for the first time

Friday, January 6, 2017

Midcontinent ISO has integrated a solar farm into its wholesale market for the first time

Midcontinent ISO has integrated a solar farm into its wholesale market for the first time. The 100-MW North Star solar farm outside of Minneapolis is the largest solar facility in the Midwest and will sell its output to Xcel Energy. Several large solar farms have been built in the MISO region, but North Star is the first that can trade its electrical output in the wholesale energy market.

http://www.utilitydive.com/news/miso-integrates-first-solar-project-into-its-wholesale-market/432791/

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About the Huron Valley Group

The Sierra Club is a non-profit, member-supported, public interest organization that promotes conservation of the natural environment by influencing public policy decisions--legislative, administrative, legal, and electoral.

The Huron Valley Group is part of the Michigan Chapter of the Sierra Club, which includes all of Michigan. The Huron Valley Group itself includes most of the Huron River watershed, including Washtenaw, Lenawee, and Monroe counties.

Purpose

To explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the Earth; to practice and promote the responsible use of the Earth's ecosystems and resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out these objectives. Since its founding in 1892, the Sierra Club has been our nation's most effective defender of wilderness and the environment.The Huron Valley Group represents Washtenaw, Lanawee and Monroe counties.