Blue Flint Ethanol CCS

Overview

Status

Operational

Region

North America

Geography

USA

State

North Dakota

Equity Owner

Harvestone Low Carbon Partners (acquired in 2002 from Midwest AgEnergy)

Proponent

Blue Flint Capture Company, LLC; and Blue Flint Sequester Company, LLC

Output

Carbon capture and storage (CCS)

Type of electricty

Capacity

200,000 metric tons of CO2/year over a 20-year period

Financing

Tax equity: $205m (Bank of America)

Technology

Technical Advisors

Advisors

Project Contact

HCLP CEO, Jeff Zueger

Lawyers

Project Cost

Offtaker

Commercial Operations Date

Decommission Date

FID

Description

A CO2 storage project at Blue Flint Ethanol plant near Underwood, in McLean County, North Dakota.

The CO2 is stored in the Broom Creek Formation.

The North Dakota Industrial Commission approved the project in May 2023. The CCS plant started injections in October 2023.

The project was started by Midwest AgEnergy Group, which was sold to HLCP Ethanol Holdco, LLC, or Harvestone Low Carbon Partners, in 2022.

In September 2024 Harvestone Low Carbon Partners closed a $205m tax equity financing with Bank of America.

September 5, 2024

Biofuels producer closes $205m tax equity deal for CCS

Harvestone Low Carbon Partners, LP (HLCP), a low-carbon biofuels producer, and a portfolio company of Energy Capital Partners (ECP), today announced that it closed a first-of-its kind tax equity financing...

November 7, 2023

ECP-backed ethanol refiner begins CO2 injection in North Dakota

Harvestone Low Carbon Partners (HLCP), a portfolio company of Energy Capital Partners (ECP), has commenced carbon dioxide (CO2) injection as a part of its Blue Flint Ethanol carbon capture and...