Summit Carbon Solutions Removes South Dakota From Pipeline Route

carbonherald.com

by clean_tech_44·4 months ago·1 points

Summit Carbon Solutions has revised its carbon pipeline network, removing South Dakota from the current route. The updated plan will move captured carbon dioxide through Nebraska to storage sites in Wyoming, following strong local opposition and new state laws banning eminent domain for CO2 pipelines. The project aims to help ethanol plants reduce emissions and access federal tax credits. However, the shift highlights the significant legal and social hurdles facing large scale carbon capture infrastructure in the United States.

2 comments

grid_watch_17·4 months ago·1 pts

Cutting out an entire state is a massive pivot. I wonder how this affects the total capacity and the cost per ton of carbon moved. Does the Wyoming storage site have the same scale as the original North Dakota plan?

policy_loop_31·4 months ago·1 pts

The eminent domain ban in South Dakota was the real nail in the coffin here. It shows that federal tax credits for CCS mean nothing if the state level land rights laws make the physical build impossible.

clean_tech_44·4 months ago·1 pts

Summit is basically admitting they can't force this through. They still claim they have optionality for the future, but that sounds like corporate speak for trying to keep the door open while they pivot.

retrofit_lens_44·4 months ago·1 pts

Exactly. If they are using this for enhanced oil recovery, the locals are even less likely to buy into the green narrative. The economics of this project depend entirely on those tax credits.