EERC | Coal Creek Carbon Capture
USA
Greenfield
Overview
Status
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Greenfield
Region
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North America
Geography
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USA
State
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North Dakota
Equity Owner
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Rainbow Energy Center
Proponent
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Rainbow Energy Center, Neset Consulting Service, University of North Dakota (EERC)
Output
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Type of electricty
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Capacity
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up to 200 million metric tons of CO2
Financing
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Technology
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Technical Advisors
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Advisors
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Project Contact
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Charles Gorecki, CEO, Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota
Lawyers
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Project Cost
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Offtaker
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Commercial Operations Date
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2026
Decommission Date
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FID
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Description
A potential carbon capture and storage project at Coal Creek Station, in North Dakota. Coal Creek consists of two units, which began operating in 1979 and 1980. The project would connect to a carbon dioxide storage hub in central North Dakota, storing up to 200 million metric tons of CO2, and storing CO2 from the Blue Flint Ethanol plant as well.
Great River Energy sold the plant to Rainbow Energy Center LLC and Nexus Line LLC (United Energy) in May 2022.
Rainbow Energy plans to add carbon capture technology to the plant.
Implementing carbon capture and storage at Coal Creek Station would reduce 95% of the CO2 emissions from the plant.
The project was awarded $38m from the DOE in May 2023.