One More Time! "Clean Coal" Project Owners Want $15 Million From ND Government For CCS Pilot

The state’s coal research and development arm will consider a project that, if approved, would be the largest spend in its fund history. Minnkota Power Cooperative and partners will make the pitch for $15 million in funding from the North Dakota Industrial Commission to help pay for engineering and design work on a carbon dioxide capture system at the Milton R. Young Station near Center.

Project Tundra, as it’s called, is modeled after another, smaller carbon capture project in Texas called Petra Nova, completed by NRG Energy. The system is expected to capture up to 95 percent of carbon emissions from the Young Station’s Unit 2. The carbon would then be transported via pipeline to western North Dakota for use in enhanced oil recovery projects.

The total project cost is $31,164,414. Another $15 million will be requested from the U.S. Department of Energy in 2019. At the federal level, Minnkota would be in competition for half of a $30 million appropriation set aside for advanced carbon capture projects.

Stacey Dahl, Minnkota’s senior manager of external affairs, said receipt of the state dollars would be contingent upon the cooperative winning the federal funding. She said Minnkota also would invest more than $1 million through cash and in-kind contributions.

(Ed. - Gosh, the company would invest nearly 2.2% of total project costs from its own pocket!!)

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