
UND’s Energy & Environmental Research Center has been awarded a $38-million grant by the U.S. Department of Energy.
The money will advance the implementation of carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies at Rainbow Energy’s Coal Creek Station in McLean County.
UND also plans to complete site characterization and permitting efforts for a CO-2 storage hub in central North Dakota, with CO-2 to be sourced from electric generation and ethanol production … and about 200 million metric tons of total CO-2 storage capacity.
The grant was announced by the offices of North Dakota U.S. Senators John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer.


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