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Moorhead pursues hydrogen battery microgrid at City Hall with state grant and BWR Innovations
Summary
Council approved accepting Minnesota Department of Commerce microgrid grant funding and a related budget adjustment to install a hydrogen‑battery microgrid and telemetry system at City Hall for the IT server room, in partnership with BWR Innovations. The partnership grows from prior federal research funding and staff will schedule demonstrations.
The Moorhead City Council voted Feb. 9 to accept a Minnesota Department of Commerce grant to pilot a hydrogen battery microgrid at City Hall and approved a related budget adjustment and agreement with BWR Innovations.
Ethan Jonk of Community Development explained that the funding comes from the department’s "microgrids at community lifeline facilities" grant program, intended to support demonstration microgrids that can operate with the larger electric grid or in an islanded…
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