ND's Basin Electric Power Co-Op To Expand Carbon Capture -- September 13, 2021

Link to Amy R. Sisk at Bismarck Tribune via Billings Gazette:

BEULAH, N.D. — Basin Electric Power Cooperative plans to expand the carbon capture system at its Great Plains Synfuels Plant near Beulah to contain as much as 70% of the carbon dioxide the facility generates.

The co-op has secured a state permit to build a short pipeline slated to carry some of the carbon dioxide from the plant to a site nearby where it will be injected underground. Work on the line, which will extend north to Coteau Properties Co. land, is expected to begin next month. Coteau operates the mine that feeds coal to the synfuels plant.

Basin subsidiary Dakota Gasification Co. runs the plant and already captures about 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide each year from the facility, which produces synthetic natural gas from coal along with a host of other products. The gas is compressed into a liquid form and piped north into Canada where it’s sent underground into old oil fields to boost their production.

With the expansion, carbon capture will trend toward 3 million metric tons a year. 

Let's put this in perspective (link here):

• California's transportation emissions declined 3.5 million metric tons between 2018 and 2019. Total, statewide 2019 GHG emissions were 418.2 million metric tons.