2019 ANNUAL REPORT table of CONTENTS LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR ............................................................................................ 3 ENERGY SITES OF NORTH DAKOTA ................................................................................... 4 A VIEW FROM ABOVE ....................................................................................................... 4 NORTH DAKOTA GENERATION .......................................................................................... 5 GENERATION ................................................................................................................... 6 Coal-Based ................................................................................................................. 6 Mining ..................................................................................................................... 7 Reclamation ............................................................................................................. 8 Peaking Plants ............................................................................................................. 9 Wind .........................................................................................................................10 Geothermal ................................................................................................................14 Hydroelectric ..............................................................................................................14 Solar .........................................................................................................................14 Recovered Energy ........................................................................................................16 Transmission and Distribution .......................................................................................17 Modes of High Voltage Electric Transmission ................................................................18 PETROLEUM ....................................................................................................................19 Oil and Gas Production ...............................................................................................19 Shale Energy Technology ..............................................................................................21 Refining .....................................................................................................................22 Pipelines ....................................................................................................................23 Synthetic Natural Gas ..................................................................................................25 Natural Gas Processing ................................................................................................26 Petroleum Marketing / Propane .....................................................................................28 BIOFUELS .......................................................................................................................28 Ethanol ......................................................................................................................28 Biomass / Biodiesel .....................................................................................................30 ENERGY RESEARCH .........................................................................................................30 ENERGY EFFICIENCY .......................................................................................................32 ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN NORTH DAKOTA ...........................................................................32 NORTH DAKOTA TAXES ....................................................................................................33 NORTH DAKOTA JOBS .....................................................................................................33 EDUCATION/WORKFORCE TRAINING ...............................................................................34 The Great Plains Energy Corridor, housed at Bismarck State College’s National Energy Center of Excellence, works with partners in government, education, and the private sector to promote and enhance North Dakota’s energy development. Together we provide information, education, outreach programs and special events on a wide range of energy topics. www.energyND.com 2 Spotlight on North Dakota Energy from the DIRECTOR Thank you for picking up the than 3,000 megawatts of wind I would like to thank Daryl 2019 edition of the Great Plains generation have been installed. Hill, who assisted with gathering Energy Corridor’s Spotlight on the information you find in this North Dakota Energy! This report is } In 2019, The U.S. Department document. Together, with our a statistical overview of all forms of of Energy awarded another $15 industry partners and the EmPower energy in North Dakota for the year million to Project Tundra. This North Dakota Commission, we 2019. It’s updated annually and is in addition to $6 million the are able to provide up-to-date usually distributed at the end of the department awarded in 2018, information for this year’s report. first quarter of the following year. along with $15 million from the North Dakota Industrial Thank you for your continued Here’s a quick look at some of Commission (through the Lignite readership! the highlights from 2019: Research Program). Project Tundra is a research project designed to } Solar energy continues to grow capture carbon dioxide from an across the state. A project on the existing North Dakota coal-based Standing Rock Sioux Reservation power plant. Project Tundra is was placed into service in July being developed at Minnkota 2019. Power Cooperative’s Milton R Young Station near Center. The } Basin Electric Power goal of Project Tundra is to remove Cooperative, Bismarck, N.D., 90 percent of carbon-dioxide announced in the fall of 2019 that emissions from one of the plant’s it will purchase 128 megawatts of two units. solar generation by 2023. } The development and } The development of wind expansion of natural gas processing projects in North Dakota continues. plants will continue which allows Several projects were either North Dakota to catch up on announced or placed in service in processing capacity through 2021, 2019. The state has some of the but additional plants or expansions best wind resources in the nation. will be needed in the future. Over the past 15 years, more + DIRECTOR’S NOTE: The information presented in this publication is based on data as of the end of 2019. It’s important to note, however, that during the first few months of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound effect on the state’s Kimber ly Kranz energy industry and economy. Therefore some of the data in this issue regarding Kimberly Kranz, Director employment, oil development, tax revenue, and other benefits to the state’s Great Plains Energy Corridor economy from energy development may see significant change throughout 2020. Bismarck State College North Dakota is one of the only states with a multi-resource energy policy, guided by the EmPower North Dakota Commission. Through the EmPower North Dakota Commission, leaders from all major energy industries in North Dakota meet with one common goal: to be critical thinkers for the development of the state’s energy resources. www.EmPowerND.com www.energynd.com 3 energy sites of NORTH DAKOTA Minot Williston Grand Forks Dickinson Bismarck Fargo Natural Gas Processing Coal-Based Generation Lignite Mine Hydro Power Wind Farm Synfuels Plant Ethanol Plant Petroleum Refinery Recovered Energy Solar Farm Biodiesel Plant Peaking Station Generation Bakken Formation Oil Fields + Map courtesy of Bismarck State College National Energy Center of Excellence. A View From Above North Dakota Total Energy Production According to the U.S. Energy 5% 5% Information Administration, North CrudeCrude Oil Oil Dakota ranks sixth in the nation 11%11% NaturalNatural Gas Gas for total energy production – a CoalCoal total of 3,691 trillion BTU. The 23%23% RenewablesRenewables state ranks third in the country for total energy consumption per 61%61% capita at 836 million BTU. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Profile and Energy Estimates 4 Spotlight on North Dakota Energy <1% 2.39% 7.46% north dakota GENERATION 25.18% North Dakota produces North Dakota Electricity Production 64.62% electricity from a wide variety of sources, including coal-based <1% baseload power plants, the 2.39% 7.46% hydroelectric turbines at Garrison Coal-Fired Dam, a growing statewide Wind network of wind turbines, Hydro natural gas and fuel oil peaking Natural Gas-Fired plants, heat recovery units that 25.18% Other capture waste heat from pipeline 64.62% compressor stations, and even Sources: U.S. Energy Information a small amount of solar power. Administration, North Dakota State There is also work being done Energy Profile to explore the potential of geothermal generation in western Coal-Fired North Dakota. There areWind many different ways any intermediate plants in North to produceHydro electricity such as: Dakota. Intermittent plants are According to the U.S. Energy typically comprised of renewable § Coal-basedNatural powerGas-Fired plants Information Administration, North energy sources such as wind Dakota had the fifth (ranking § NuclearOther plants or solar, and operate when the 44th) lowest-cost electricity for § Wind projects resource is available