Minnesota is emerging as a hub for microgrid technology

Minnesota is emerging as a hub for microgrid technology

The red-and-blue office building just northeast of the I-494/Highway 100 interchange resembles a futuristic sailboat, or maybe a striped, robotic dog standing at attention.  Inside Open Access Technology International’s Bloomington headquarters, high-powered computer servers and scores of electrical engineers help coordinate the flow of electricity through most of North America’s high-voltage transmission lines.  Now, OATI is working to scale ne…