Webinar: IEEFA Project Tundra Report briefing for co-op members and media Presenter: David Schlissel, IEEFA’s Director of Resource Planning Analysis Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DclI4mXZRlGLuAJXwKuZbw Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is often promoted as a technology that brings benefits to businesses, local communities, and the environment. Institute on Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA’s) analysis of Project […]
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New report says: Project Tundra is a bad investment we can’t afford
Here are FIVE MAIN TAKEAWAYS from the report: Risk #1 | Uncertainty over the cost of adding the carbon capture facility and associated project infrastructure In 2019, Minnkota estimated in a regulatory document that their estimated cost for the project would be between $1.3-1.6 billion. However, on Project Tundra’s website, a lower $1 billion is […]
UCS Report links MN Electric Cooperatives to Coal Contracts
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) just released an issue brief on Minnesota electric cooperatives (“co-ops”) and the role of out-of-state coal-fired power plants. While Minnesota-based coal plants are being phased out, local electric cooperatives in the state remain tied to memberships in larger generation and transmission cooperatives (G&T’s) that own coal plants in North […]