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 new software and AI-powered solutions for a much different scale: microgrids. The company’s home base is actually proof of concept built on its proprietary platform that synchronizes solar panels, batteries, an onsite cogeneration plant and emergency diesel generators to keep its offices and data center running when the main grid goes down.

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