CO2 capture and storage
We send carbon dioxide to Saskatchewan, Canada, for enhanced oil recovery operations that result in permanent geologic sequestration. We also have a permanent geologic storage reservoir adjacent to the facility.
Basin Electric Power Cooperative, through its for-profit subsidiary, Dakota Gasification Company, owns and operates the Great Plains Synfuels Plant. The Synfuels Plant is the only commercial-scale coal gasification plant in the United States that was originally designed and operated to manufacture synthetic natural gas from lignite coal. It is also the cleanest energy plant operating in the state of North Dakota, according to a comparison of emissions data available from the North Dakota Department of Health.
We send carbon dioxide to Saskatchewan, Canada, for enhanced oil recovery operations that result in permanent geologic sequestration. We also have a permanent geologic storage reservoir adjacent to the facility.
Each day we convert about 18,000 tons of lignite coal into an average 150 million cubic feet of synthetic natural gas for home heating and electricity generation.
Synfuels Plant employees contribute time, energy, talent, and dollars to the communities surrounding the plant.