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Project Tundra - North Dakota CCS loan package (Minnkota Power / Reliant CCS)
Terms
- Not ranked
- Announced, not closed
- Announced
- 25 Aug 2026
- Instrument
- Debt
- Amount
- US$205m
- Source
- northdakotamonitor.com
Parties
- Project developer
- Minnkota Power Cooperative; Reliant Carbon Capture & Storage
- Recipient type
- Infrastructure
- Country
- United States (North Dakota)
- Capital providers
Capital providers and the amount counted for each Party Role Amount Basis Bank of North Dakota Lender Not credited Not ranked
Carbon
- Pathway
- Industrial CCS / CCUS
- Project type as recorded
- Post-combustion capture at Minnkota Power's Milton R. Young lignite station, Oliver County ND; ~5 Mt CO2/yr (95% of plant emissions), 45Q-driven
- Backed by offtakes from
- BCG
- Frontier (coalition)
- Microsoft
- US DOE CDR Purchase Pilot Prize
Structure and cover
- Structure flag
- Commitment, not drawn
What happened
- The North Dakota Industrial Commission approved a $205M loan package for carbon capture at Minnkota Power Cooperative's Milton R. Young Station, Oliver County, split $45M to Minnkota and $160M to Reliant Carbon Capture & Storage, issued through the state-owned Bank of North Dakota. 12-year tenor at 2% interest; final credit terms to be agreed with state banking authorities over the following year. Revised project cost ~$1.7bn (down from ~$3bn), targeting ~5 Mt CO2/yr capture (95% of plant emissions) and up to $425M/yr of 45Q tax credits. Related: Reliant became lead developer on 17-19 Aug (see M&A table).
Kumo note
- The financing here was supported by tax credit sales (45Q).
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