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Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Categories: Industrial Commission, Pipeline Authority, Press ReleaseNorth Dakota Pipeline Authority (NDPA) Director Justin Kringstad recently presented an updated view on well performance and drilling economics in the Bakken and Three Forks formations to the Industrial Commission.
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Categories: Industrial Commission, Outdoor Heritage Fund, Press ReleaseThe North Dakota Industrial Commission is currently accepting applications through March 1, 2022, for the North Dakota Outdoor Heritage Fund Program.
Friday, January 21, 2022
Categories: Industrial Commission, Lignite Research Program, Press ReleaseThe Industrial Commission today approved the Class VI storage facility applications for North Dakota-based Minnkota Power Cooperative’s Project Tundra. The project is a $1 billion investment in carbon capture from the Milton R. Young Station in Oliver County, North Dakota.
Friday, January 21, 2022
Categories: Industrial Commission, Lignite Research Program, Press ReleaseThe North Dakota Industrial Commission (Commission) today approved $1 million in grant funding for a small-scale lignite research and development (R&D) project and continuation of an ongoing carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) project. The two projects had been evaluated and recommended by the Lignite Research Council earlier in the week.
Monday, December 20, 2021
Categories: Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, Industrial Commission, Press ReleaseBISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Industrial Commission awarded funding today from the Clean Sustainable Energy Fund in the amount of $28 million in grants and $135 million in loans for six projects.
Monday, November 29, 2021
Categories: Housing Finance Agency, Industrial Commission, Press ReleaseThe North Dakota Industrial Commission (Commission) announced today that North Dakota Housing Finance Agency (NDHFA) made funding commitments to eight affordable multifamily housing projects in November.
Monday, November 29, 2021
Categories: Clean Sustainable Energy Authority, Industrial Commission, Press ReleaseThe North Dakota Industrial Commission announced that the Clean Sustainable Energy Authority (CSEA) will consider eight applications for the first round of funding, totaling over $49.5 million in grant requests and $165 million in loan requests.
Monday, November 29, 2021
Categories: Industrial Commission, Natural Gas Pipeline, Press ReleaseThe North Dakota Industrial Commission approved the guidelines and timelines on Nov. 29 for a Natural Gas Pipeline Grant Program that received funding during the recent special legislative session.
Monday, November 29, 2021
Categories: Industrial Commission, Lignite Research Program, Press ReleaseThe North Dakota Industrial Commission (Commission) today approved funding for three lignite research projects totaling $632,500. The largest award is $550,000 to develop lignite coal-based pitch for high-value carbon products.
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Categories: Department of Mineral Resources, Industrial Commission, Press ReleaseNorth Dakota’s regulatory framework for geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) is leading the nation again today as the North Dakota Industrial Commission approved the first Class VI well in North Dakota. North Dakota was the first state to receive primacy of Class VI wells from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2018, followed only by Wyoming in 2020.