Delta and Flint Hills Resources are in the early stages of developing a facility to blend up to 30 million gallons of neat SAF at its Pine Bend refinery in Rosemount, Minnesota. The facility is likely to be the first between the coasts that can blend neat SAF with conventional jet fuel. Shell will supply… Continue reading Flint Hills Resources | Pine Bend Refinery SAF Upgrade
The conversion of an existing production facility in Luverne, Minnesota, into a fully integrated alcohol-to-jet production facility. In August 2024, the project received $16.8 million as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition (FAST) discretionary grant program.
Molten Industries announced in July 2024 it will spearhead a collaborative effort with United States Steel Corporation and CPFD Software to design, build, and test a pilot-scale system aimed at eliminating carbon emissions from iron reduction under a U.S. Department of Energy grant. The $5.4m grant was awarded and funded through the DOE’s Industrial Efficiency… Continue reading Molten | U.S. Steel | Turquoise Hydrogen Iron Reduction Pilot
Avina is developing an onsite renewable-powered green hydrogen facility for refinery use. The project leverages onsite wind and solar power to deliver compressed green hydrogen. 15 tonnes per day production capacity.
A biofuels plant in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
A biofuels plant in Bemidji, Minnesota. The plant is expected to use waste wood as feedstock to produce drop-in renewable biofuel. In 2019, SynSel Energy announced plans to develop a biorefinery in Bemidji, Minnesota on the former site of the Ainsworth Lumber Co. oriented strand board mill. SynSel will repurpose the same renewable wood feedstock… Continue reading SynSel Bemidji Biofuels Plant
The Heartland Greenway Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) project is expected to provide the infrastructure and network to connect industrial emitters of CO2 to new and developing markets for their carbon, while ensuring project developers have access to a CO2 supply. In May 2023, Navigator CO2 entered into an MoU with Infinium to deliver 600,000 tons… Continue reading Heartland Greenway Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Project
The Heartland Hydrogen Hub consists of project locations across North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, with the potential to expand into neighboring states, that will leverage the region’s abundant energy resources to help decarbonize the agricultural sector’s production of fertilizer and decrease the regional cost of clean hydrogen. The Heartland Hydrogen Hub also proposes to… Continue reading Heartland Hydrogen Hub – HH2H (selected for DOE funding)
The project intends to capture carbon dioxide from the fermentation process of biorefineries such as ethanol plants, compress the captured CO2, and channel it to North Dakota where it will be stored underground in deep geologic storage locations. The project includes an approximately 2,000-mile pipeline network. Summit Carbon Solutions has a partnership with 34 ethanol… Continue reading Summit Carbon Solutions CCS Pipeline
The project involves the installation of Bloom Energy solid oxide electrolyzers at Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island nuclear facility in Welch, Minnesota. Engineering for the 240 kW demonstration is currently underway, with construction expected to begin in late 2023 and power-on expected in early 2024. The pilot project is a recipient of a $12m DOE grant.
