Articles Tagged: Carbon sequestration

The Industrial Commission approved a plan to accept millions of tons of carbon dioxide to be permanently stored underground against the wishes of some landowners in the storage area.

The company had sought to lay about 95 miles of pipe in four counties to connect to ethanol plants in Cedar Rapids and Clinton.

The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday affirmed a lower court’s decision that Summit Carbon Solutions is allowed temporary access to properties for surveying, because it is a pipeline company that would be transporting a hazardous liquid.

At issue: Are CO2 pipelines subject to local ordinances?

A new version submitted Tuesday shows ‘major reroutes’ after South Dakota regulators rejected an earlier proposal.

Summit Carbon Solutions says the county’s rules about pipeline placement, safety and land surveys are trumped by state and federal regulations.

Summit Carbon Solutions recently applied for 15 more permits for its carbon dioxide pipeline system in Iowa, to expand its footprint by about 50 percent. It’s main impediment for the project is South Dakota.

Aided by more than $11 million in grant funding, researchers plan to build a huge drilling rig and determine whether carbon dioxide can be permanently stored underground in Iowa.

Summit, based in Ames, plans to put 333 miles of pipeline through North Dakota, part of a 2,500-mile network of pipelines in five states that includes Iowa.

The law came in response to a controversial proposal from Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions. The company has partnered with ethanol producers to capture some of the carbon emitted by ethanol plants in several Midwestern states and send it via pipeline to North Dakota for underground storage.

When South Dakota voters cast their presidential-year ballots Nov. 5, they’ll also decide whether to reject or keep a law passed earlier this year that’s viewed by opponents as pro-pipeline.

It has been more than 10 months since Wolf Carbon Solutions reported its progress to state regulators, and the company has yet to reapply for a permit in Illinois.

A North Dakota state agency last week moved closer to making a decision on what developers are calling the world’s largest carbon capture pipeline project.

The Iowa Utilities Commission penalized Summit Carbon Solutions for obtaining land easements from another company but left the agreements intact.

State regulators erred in numerous ways when they approved a permit for what might be the first carbon dioxide pipeline system in Iowa, according to new lawsuits.