The Tesla electric cars arrived before the guests, tires squeaking over the grass of the Nicollet Island Pavilion louder than the whisper quiet motors. During the Great Plains Institute’s inaugural Energy Innovation Celebration, the Teslas were a symbol of progress, but also of the distance left to travel. Continue reading »
Stakeholders Discuss Clean Power Plan Compliance Options in the Midcontinent
November 12, 2015 in Carbon Management Author: Erin Smith
The Bipartisan Policy Center and Great Plains Institute hosted a regional workshop, “The Final Clean Power Plan: Understanding the Options for the Midcontinent,” in Little Rock, AR, on October 19 to discuss compliance options under the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan. The workshop was the second in a series of stakeholder workshops in the midcontinent focused on implementing the Clean Power Plan. The event brought together state officials and stakeholders from the region, including those participating in the Midcontinent States Environmental and Energy Regulators group and the Midwestern Power Sector Collaborative. Continue reading »
One of the greatest attributes of biogas is the flexible nature of the resource. It can be generated from a variety of organic feedstocks such as food waste, livestock manure, crop residues, biosolids, or solid waste in a landfill. It is also flexible in the utilization of the gas. Biogas can be burned for electrical generation or heat, cleaned and used as a replacement for natural gas or compressed for use as a vehicle fuel. Continue reading »
Coalition Welcomes Bill to Encourage US Oil Production Using Captured CO2
May 14, 2014 in Carbon Management, News & Press
WASHINGTON – The expansion and reform of an existing federal tax incentive could help produce an additional 8 billion barrels of American oil over the next 40 years while safely storing 4 billion tons of carbon dioxide underground, according to analysis by the National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative (NEORI).
New legislation would increase oil production & reduce carbon emissions
May 5, 2014 in Carbon Management Authors: Brad Crabtree, Jennifer Christensen
New legislation introduced by Senator Jay Rockefeller of West Virginia will benefit the environment and economy, drive innovation in critical energy technology, and increase energy security. Continue reading »
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy visits North Dakota today at the request of U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Administrator McCarthy will meet with leaders from North Dakota’s many energy sectors and see firsthand our state’s rich energy resources and economic opportunity. Continue reading »
North Dakota Oil Boom: Key Challenges Facing the State
November 16, 2013 in Carbon Management Author: Brad Crabtree
This week I traveled to Houston Texas to take part in the 2012 Transatlantic Science Week – Energy Technology Workshop. I gave a presentation titled – Technical and Social Challenges when North Dakota becomes the second largest oil producing state in the USA. The Great Plains Institute is working to help build continued collaboration between the energy-rich Norway and North Dakota.North Dakota Oil Boom: Key Challenges Facing the State
November 16, 2012 in Carbon Management Author: Brad CrabtreeThis week I traveled to Houston Texas to take part in the 2012 Transatlantic Science Week – Energy Technology Workshop. I gave a presentation titled – Technical and Social Challenges when North Dakota becomes the second largest oil producing state in the USA. The Great Plains Institute is working to help build continued collaboration between the energy-rich Norway and North Dakota.The Pathway to Commercializing CCS
November 1, 2012 in Carbon Management Authors: Brad Crabtree, Jennifer Christensen
Coal power generation in the U.S. stands at a crossroads. Abundant low-cost natural gas, federal environmental requirements and uncertainty over future regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are driving the closure of older, less-efficient coal units and cancellation of planned investments in new coal generation capacity. Continue reading »
Senators come together to achieve a win for energy security, the environment, and the economy
October 10, 2012 in Carbon Management Author: Brad Crabtree
In the midst of the election season, with partisan politics in full force, a group of Senators came together to introduce legislation that aims to achieve a win for energy security, the environment and the economy in the U.S. In September, Senators Kent Conrad (D-ND), Mike Enzi (R-WY), and Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) introduced bi-partisan legislation that supports expansion of carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR).