{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-us-department-of-energy-awards-up-to-350-million-for-project-tundra", "Sen. Cramer: U.S. Department of Energy Awards Up To $350 Million for Project Tundra", "2023-12-14", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "Senate", "ND", "Kevin Cramer", "C001096", "www.cramer.senate.gov", "cramer", "https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $350 million for the development of Project Tundra, one of the world\u2019s largest carbon capture projects located near Center, North Dakota. These funds will be distributed through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act\u2019s (IIJA) Carbon Capture Demonstration Projects Program, which supports the development of community-informed integrated carbon capture, transport, and storage projects.\n\n\u201cNorth Dakota is a global leader in the deployment of carbon capture solutions. Today\u2019s announcement is another major win from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for our state,\u201d said Senator Cramer, member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee. \u201cCongratulations to Minnkota. Once Project Tundra is completed, it will be a major feather in the cap for North Dakota\u2019s innovative energy system, keeping miners on the job while putting clean, reliable electricity on the grid.\u201d\n\nProject Tundra is designed to capture up to 4 million metric tons of CO2 annually from the Milton R. Young Station, a lignite coal-based power plant. The CO2 would then be safely stored in geologic formations, roughly a mile underground.\n\nWhile construction of the project is anticipated to begin in 2024, the facility\u2019s commercial operation is set to begin in 2028. Project Tundra is being developed by Minnkota Power Cooperative, TC Energy, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Kiewit.\n\nSenator Cramer has vocally supported DOE\u2019s research and development appropriations for CCUS technologies. In June, he announced Project Tundra entered into the final stage of development and congratulated the effort to scale up carbon capture in North Dakota. In May, the North Dakota delegation wrote a letter of support in Minnkota Power Cooperative\u2019s Project Tundra Community Benefits Plan.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.cramer.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-cramer-us-department-of-energy-awards-up-to-350-million-for-project-tundra"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8619569707661867, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}