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Electric co-op adds partner to renew pursuit of carbon capture at North Dakota coal plant

  • Jeff Beach

Minnkota Power Cooperative is hoping to revive its stalled carbon capture project by adding a business partner and the possibility of using CO2 to produce more oil in North Dakota.  Grand Forks-based Minnkota has for years been seeking to capture carbon at its coal-fired power plant near Center for what it calls Project Tundra. Minnkota […]

Data centers drive surging off-grid gas power demand
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Data centers drive surging off-grid gas power demand

  • By Alton Wallace | The Center Square

(The Center Square) - Strained electrical grids and long wait times to hook up to public utilities will push about 40% of all new data center capacity additions entirely off the main grid through 2030, according to energy research firm Enverus.

Oregon

Climate Commission proposes bigger goals for storing planet-warming gas in Oregon lands, waters

  • Alex Baumhardt

As the federal government pushes for more logging and grazing on Oregon’s lands, state climate commissioners are calling for more ambitious goals to protect the state’s land and water so they can capture carbon dioxide. The 13 voting members of the governor-appointed Oregon Climate Action Commission last week called to double goals they set just […]