Xcel Energy releases results from wind-to-battery project

North Dakota's first petroleum engineering program starts

Make no mistake about it, North Dakota has arrived in the eyes of the U.S. oil industry. Now the country’s fourth largest oil producer, the fact the state has oil, and lots of it, is nothing new, but the ability to extract it in large quantities profitably is a fairly recent development.

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U.S. electrical grid could handle 20 percent wind

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory released the results of a 2½-year study in January that concluded the electrical grid in the eastern half of the country could potentially accommodate at least 20 percent wind energy in the future.

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COMPANY PROFILE - AEVENIA INC.

Minnesota construction firm expands its footprint

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Report quantifies Three Forks oil reserves

A recently-released study found that the Three Forks Formation holds nearly 2 billion barrels of recoverable oil in North Dakota, another signal that the state’s latest oil boom will have a prolonged impact.

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South Dakota officials debate lengthening time for developers to complete wind energy projects in the state

COVER SERIES: Oil pipeline growth easing transportation bottleneck

While activity is ramping up again in western North Dakota’s oil patch, the state’s booming oil and natural gas industries are running out of available space on existing pipelines to transport their product to refining facilities.

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POET at a glance

COVER SERIES: The future of coal

With politicians placing a greater emphasis on environmentally-friendly energy sources and reducing the effects of global climate change, the coal industry finds itself wearing a giant bull’s eye. But the coal industry still figures to play a major role in the nation's energy future.

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Demise of Big Stone II project leaves energy, transmission void

The fully permitted $1.6 billion Big Stone II power plant project would have resulted in the construction of a 500-megawatt to 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant next to the existing Big Stone plant near Milbank, SD.

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COMPANY PROFILE: POET

Sioux Falls-based ethanol producer remains stable in face of challenging marketplace.

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The prairie’s renewable energy opportunity

Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota have the potential to become clean energy powers. Sustainable biofuels and biomass crops, wind, solar, biogas and geothermal energy are all growing to meet the nation’s energy needs while reducing pollution and creating new business opportunities for rural America.

Optimism abounds at Great Plains Energy Expo

Harold Hamm says the pronouncements of the demise of the U.S. petroleum industry are premature.

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Cellulosic ethanol moving closer to reality

The future is now for cellulosic ethanol. Roughly 300 million gallons of planned commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants are in various stages of planning and development across the country.

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Refinery would have massive impact on South Dakota economy

Dallas-based Hyperion Resources, a privately-held international energy company, plans to utilize 3,292 acres of Union County land outside Elk Point, SD, for an oil refinery and power plant. Pending all necessary approvals, construction on the Hyperion Energy Center could start by late 2010 and the facility could begin operating by 2014, according to Hyperion spokesman Eric Williams of Gallatin Public Affairs. Williams says the company is pursuing several state and federal permits before any concrete plans for construction take shape.

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