Red Trail Energy begins carbon capture and storage
Summary
Red Trail Energy LLC announces it officially began carbon capture and storage (CCS) at its ethanol facility located near Richardton, North Dakota, on June 16. With CCS, RTE is capturing 100 percent of their CO emissions from the fermentation process and is injecting approximately 500 metric tons of CO per day. Part of the approval process required RTE to demonstrate the Broom Creek formation contained the characteristics needed for proper CO storage. “We are thankful for the North Dakota Industrial Commission and the staff at the Department of Mineral Resources who never gave up on receiving Class VI primacy from the EPA,” continued Bachmeier. The location of Red Trail Energy’s ethanol facility always made it a perfect candidate for CCS.” “North Dakota regulators and policymakers have long seen the importance of creating a regulatory framework that complies with the federal rules while managing the pore space resource for the benefit of North Dakota property owners.