Airgas, an Air Liquide company, has been given the go-ahead to start construction on a 17,000 square feet air separation unit (ASU) in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.
At a recent meeting of the Cottage Grove Economic Development Authority, there were no objections to the plant, which is expected to be on-stream in 2020.
According to city documents, the ASU will “occupy an 8.5-acre parcel of land” and “includes the construction of an Xcel Electric substation and the extension of a 115kV electrical transmission overhead powerline to provide the high-power demand required to operate the cooling towers and compression systems needed to liquify atmospheric gases”.
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