COAL AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL

WHAT DOES ND HAVE?

ALTERNATIVE FUELS

• Biodiesel
• Compressed natural gas
• Electric ethanol
• Propane
• Wind

COAL

• North Dakota contains about 25,000,000,000 tons of mineable coal.
• Thats enough coal to last over 800 years.
• All of mineable coal in ND is found in the lower group of Fort Union and is paleocene age.

WIND

• North Dakota is a leading us state in wind power generation.
• They produce about 5.56% of all in state-generated electricity.
• At the end of 2013, 1,681 MW of generation capacity had been installed for
• Wind power in North Dakota.

PROPANE

• Propane is a 3 carbon alkane.
• Is it a by product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining.
• Used as fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues and portable stoves.

ETHANOL

• The North Dakota ethanol industry contributes more than $640m anually.
• The four North Dakota ethanol plants produce nearly 400m gallons of ethanol.

NATURAL GAS

• Flaring of natural gas occurs when natural gas is burned on location due to a lack of
• gathering pipeline infrastructure or economic alternatives.
• In December 2012, North Dakota produced roughly 25 billion cubic feet
• Of natural gas

BIODIESEL

• Biodiesel is a renewable fuel made from soybeans and crop residue.
• Biodiesel has fewer harmful emissions compared to petroleum diesel.