State News

Gov. Burgum applauded the U.S. Department of Energy’s decision to award a $350 million Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program grant to Minnkota Power Cooperative for its proposed carbon capture project at the Milton R. Young Station

Bismarck, N.D. – According to the state officials, the major Department of Energy grant comes after the North Dakota Industrial Commission, chaired by Burgum, approved a $150 million loan in July for the Minnkota project through the state’s Clean Sustainable Energy Authority. The loan will…