Subscribe to our newsletter Stay up to date with DeSmog news and alerts. But Burgum is no stranger to advocates for carbon capture. The roughly year-old plant, which had been unprofitable for years, was expected to be shut down by the end of β before the privately owned Rainbow stepped in.
Our approach is guided by science and a commitment to balancing energy reliability with environmental responsibility. The Coal Creek Station was the 25 th largest source of greenhouse gas pollution in the U. Environmental Protection Agency for , the most recent available year, shows.
Based on permits sought by Rainbow Creek, the Bismark Tribune noted in May that the company is looking to build a data center near the plant. Historically, coal plants have struggled to retrofit for carbon capture β and Rainbow has faced criticism for being vague about how it plans to actually capture the carbon it plans to sequester.
Angus King, an Independent from Maine, told Burgum. Burning coal for electrical power in the U. Young coal-fired power plant with carbon capture.
Rainbow officials have previously acknowledged that carbon capture can be costly. But despite those concerns, Burgum nonetheless talked up the potential for carbon capture at his Interior secretary nomination hearing.
