Innovative technologies are being designed to capture 90% of the CO2 produced from either generator at the Milton R. Young Station. This capture rate amounts to about 4 million metric tons per year, which is the equivalent to taking 800,000 gasoline-fueled vehicles off the road. North Dakota-based Minnkota Power Cooperative is leading the project, along with research support from the Energy & Environmental Research Center at the University of North Dakota.
As the world focuses on reducing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) that is emitted into the atmosphere, CO2 capture and storage technologies have become increasingly important. If successful, Project Tundra could be used as a blueprint to advance these next-generation technologies that help produce reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy.
North Dakota's geology is ideal for safe and permanent geologic storage of CO2. A deep porous rock layer will hold the CO2 more than a mile underground and overlying cap rock layers will seal the CO2 in the storage zone. The process of injecting and storing CO2 underground is being carefully studied and will need to be approved in a rigorous permitting process overseen by the state of North Dakota and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
As the world focuses on reducing the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) that is emitted into the atmosphere, CO2 capture and storage technologies have become increasingly important. If successful, Project Tundra could be used as a blueprint to advance these next-generation technologies that help produce reliable, affordable and increasingly clean energy.
North Dakota's geology is ideal for safe and permanent geologic storage of CO2. A deep porous rock layer will hold the CO2 more than a mile underground and overlying cap rock layers will seal the CO2 in the storage zone. The process of injecting and storing CO2 underground is being carefully studied and will need to be approved in a rigorous permitting process overseen by the state of North Dakota and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
CO2 reduction
Years of recoverable coal reserves in North Dakota
Equivalent number of cars removed per year
Billion dollars of capital investment
CO2 reduction
Equivalent number of cars removed per year
Years of recoverable coal reserves in North Dakota
Billion dollars of capital investment
CO2 reduction
Equivalent number of cars removed per year
Years of recoverable coal reserves in North Dakota
Billion dollars of capital investment
CO2 reduction
Years of recoverable coal reserves in North Dakota
Equivalent number of cars removed per year
Billion dollars of capital investment
Minnkota Power Cooperative submitted a permit application on May 28 to safely and permanently store carbon dioxide (CO2) as part of Project Tundra.
If Project Tundra moves forward, it would bring transformational energy technologies, jobs and more than $1 billion of investment into Oliver County.
The latest Project Tundra simulations show promising properties for CO2 injection and storage near Minnkota's Milton R. Young Station.
