BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota utility regulators granted approval on Friday for a span of a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline that would cross five Midwestern states — a key victory for the company that has faced vociferous landowner objections and various hurdles and setbacks in its plans.
The state Public Service Commission voted unanimously to approve a siting permit for Summit Carbon Solutions’ modified, 333-mile route in North Dakota. The company’s proposed $8 billion, 2,500-mile pipeline tons of planet-warming CO2 emissions from 57 ethanol plants in five states for storage deep underground in North Dakota. No construction has begun anywhere on Summit’s proposed route.
Iowa has approved the project, but other hurdles remain in North Dakota as well as South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska. The approval is a win for the company after North Dakota initially denied a permit in 2023, shortly followed by rejection in South Dakota. Another company, Navigator CO2 Ventures, its project around the same time due to the “unpredictable nature of the regulatory and government processes involved, particularly in South Dakota and Iowa.
” Supporters cheer projects as a way to combat climate change, with lucrative federal tax credits available The ethanol industry sees Summit’s project opening up markets, a boost for ethanol and No. 1 corn producer Iowa. North Dakota Gov.
Doug Burgum, now President-elect Donald a position with over natural resources, his state’s underg.