ND Gov. Hoeven mentions Basin Electric in State of the State address

Video courtesy: KXMB CBS 12, Bismarck, ND

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Right now, were working on the cutting edge of new technology to produce synthetic natural gas as well as clean environmentally-friendly electricity from coal. Through PCOR, the Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership, the state of North Dakota is investing in technology to help produce a national solution to the challenge of greenhouse gases. PCOR is a $300 million alliance between 80 partners in the U.S. and Canada, including the state of North Dakota, the Lignite Research Council, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Energy and Environmental Research Center at UND and private industry.
This past year, Basin Electric Power Cooperative partnered with an environmental technology company to plan a CO2 sequestration project at Basins Antelope Valley electric power plant near Beulah. Ultimately, CO2 from Antelope Valley will be captured and piped to North Dakotas oil patch for enhanced oil recovery. The result will be less greenhouse gas in the atmosphere and more energy for our nation.
Developments like this are happening in North Dakota because we are making the right investments in aggressive economic development and because we are blessed with visionary business leadership, with people like Basin Electrics CEO Ron Harper, who is with us here today. At this time, I would like to ask Ron to stand be acknowledged for the innovation that he and Basin Electric are leading in our state. Ron (applause)
Projects like PCOR will not only help us to produce more energy with better environmental stewardship, but theyll also help us to develop our renewable energy resources as well. Dakota Gasification, also part of Basin Electric, is the only coal gasification company in America. It converts lignite coal into synthetic natural gas, and it also captures and sequesters CO2 for tertiary oil recovery.

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