Pipeline Company, Ethanol Plant Plan Carbon Capture Pipeline in Nebraska Panhandle

by Dan Crisler (Omaha World Herald) Carbon America and Bridgeport Ethanol in the Nebraska Panhandle have announced plans to develop a carbon capture pipeline that would see the first carbon dioxide sequestered within the state.

Carbon America’s pipeline project joins other planned carbon capture pipelines, including ones by Navigator CO2 and Summit Carbon Solutions. In contrast with those multistate pipelines that will carry carbon dioxide from multiple biorefineries, the Bridgeport pipeline will span only about 10 miles and serve only Bridgeport Ethanol, said Carbon America CEO and co-founder Brent Lewis.

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No specific site to contain the captured carbon dioxide has been selected yet, Lewis said. But he said the company is looking at sites that would allow the company to sequester the carbon dioxide well below 3,000 feet underground.

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Lewis also said that Carbon America is looking at sites where the sequestered carbon dioxide wouldn’t contaminate an area’s water supply.

“We want to make sure that, wherever we’re going to be injecting CO2, we’re far away from anything that could be coming close to underground sources of drinking water,” he said.

The company is not disclosing the project cost, a spokesperson said, adding that the pipeline is not receiving any financial incentives from the State of Nebraska.

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“We’re big climate believers,” he said. “We subscribe to the fact that we’ve got to do everything we can to address climate change. We believe CCS (carbon capture and sequestration) is a bridge to get us to a time and a place where can really remove fossil (fuels) from most of our applications for energy use. But for the time being, we’ve got to bridge this gap.”

Carbon America also is partnering with two of Bridgeport Ethanol’s sister plants in northeast Colorado to capture and sequester carbon dioxide. READ MORE; includes VIDEO

Carbon America launches commercial carbon capture and sequestration project at bioethanol facility (Biofuels International)