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The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has allocated nearly $49 million to DCC East Project LLC in Grand Forks for the construction of a large-scale geologic carbon storage facility. This initiative is part of Project Tundra, which will contribute additional full-time equivalent jobs to the existing 360 positions at Minnkota’s Milton R. Young Station and the nearby coal mine.

U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), who serves on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, expressed support for the project, stating, “Project Tundra really is the embodiment of North Dakota’s energy dominance and, more importantly, innovation, and the state’s commitment to lignite coal always being available, low-cost, reliable, abundant and a chosen, clean form of generating electricity.” He further noted that “this award recognizes that leadership in responsible energy development and it gets this important project one step closer to completion.”

This funding comes from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will aid in advancing the Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE) Initiative. The initiative was established in 2016 to address challenges in deploying carbon capture and storage technologies.