(Fargo, ND) — Senator John Hoeven has announced a $5.1 million award to boost carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) at the Great Plains Synfuels Plant in Beulah, North Dakota.
The project, led by the Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), aims to make the Great Plains Synfuels Plant the largest coal-based CCUS facility using geologic storage in the world. It will also be the first in the U.S. to combine enhanced oil recovery and geologic storage.
“This $5.1 million award is a vital investment in the future of CCUS and reliable power,” said Hoeven. “EERC is developing cost-effective ways to monitor and verify CO2 storage, which is crucial for the DGC project and all coal-based CCUS projects in North Dakota.”
The funding will help advance CCUS technology at the Dakota Gasification Company’s (DGC) Great Plains Synfuels Plant, supporting the development of commercially viable carbon capture and storage methods.
