A carbon solution for
existing coal-based generation
A viable future for the coal industry is being developed in North Dakota, where Project Tundra partners seek to demonstrate how carbon dioxide emissions from a lignite-fired power plant can be captured, moved by pipeline to conventional oil fields in the Williston Basin, and utilized to enhance oil recovery from the fields or placed in permanent geologic storage. The project being developed on the northern plains has the potential to:
- Preserve the life of existing power plants that use coal to generate electricity
- Ensure national energy security by enabling an “all of the above” energy supply that includes coal, natural gas and renewables
- Develop paths for ultimate sequestration of CO2
- Reduce CO2 emissions
- Enhance the value of ND conventional oil resources
- Drive a technology leap for CO2 capture
