<p>Clean hydrogen infrastructure developer Bakken Energy and its partner Mitsubishi Power Americas Inc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara, MHA, Nation laying the groundwork for MHA Nation to become the natural gas supplier for the Great Plains Hydrogen Hub. The Great Plains Hydrogen Hub is the redevelopment of Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Great Plains Synfuels Plant, originally built in 1984, will serve the upper Midwest and is expected to be commercially operational in early 2027 when it will be one of the largest clean hydrogen production facilities in the United States with a gross production capacity of 348,000 metric tons/year of clean hydrogen and the cost of production will be the lowest in the country.</p><p>The Great Plains Hydrogen Hub will be a regional hub, producing, delivering, and storing clean hydrogen for transportation, agriculture and other decarbonization needs in the upper Midwest. By using state-of-the-art auto thermal reforming, carbon capture and sequestration, the hydrogen will be 96% carbon-free. This transition to clean hydrogen production will cut carbon emissions by an estimated six million metric tons per year, or the equivalent of the carbon emitted from one million cars. The capital cost of the project is estimated to be $2 billion. </p><p>The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes, is a federally recognized Indian tribe located on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in central North Dakota. The Reservation surrounds the Missouri River and consists of approximately 1 million acres. The MHA Nation is engaged in the responsible development of the vast oil and gas resources on the Reservation, with Reservation production accounting for about 20 percent of production in the state of North Dakota. There are currently over 16,900 enrolled members with nearly 40 percent of those members residing on the reservation. The Nation employs close to 1500 individuals who assist in providing tribal services and administering various federal and non-federal programs. The mission of the Three Affiliated Tribes is to provide to the Tribe and people, maximum quality services, by being responsible, accountable, respectful, caring, and incorporating the traditional values of its elders and ancestors. For more information visit the MHA Nation website.</p><p>Bakken Energy LLC is a clean hydrogen infrastructure development company that intends to be the largest and lowest cost producer of clean hydrogen in the country, starting with the creation of the Great Plains Hydrogen Hub.</p>
<p>Clean hydrogen infrastructure developer Bakken Energy and its partner Mitsubishi Power Americas Inc have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara, MHA, Nation laying the groundwork for MHA Nation to become the natural gas supplier for the Great Plains Hydrogen Hub. The Great Plains Hydrogen Hub is the redevelopment of Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Great Plains Synfuels Plant, originally built in 1984, will serve the upper Midwest and is expected to be commercially operational in early 2027 when it will be one of the largest clean hydrogen production facilities in the United States with a gross production capacity of 348,000 metric tons/year of clean hydrogen and the cost of production will be the lowest in the country.</p><p>The Great Plains Hydrogen Hub will be a regional hub, producing, delivering, and storing clean hydrogen for transportation, agriculture and other decarbonization needs in the upper Midwest. By using state-of-the-art auto thermal reforming, carbon capture and sequestration, the hydrogen will be 96% carbon-free. This transition to clean hydrogen production will cut carbon emissions by an estimated six million metric tons per year, or the equivalent of the carbon emitted from one million cars. The capital cost of the project is estimated to be $2 billion. </p><p>The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, also known as the Three Affiliated Tribes, is a federally recognized Indian tribe located on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in central North Dakota. The Reservation surrounds the Missouri River and consists of approximately 1 million acres. The MHA Nation is engaged in the responsible development of the vast oil and gas resources on the Reservation, with Reservation production accounting for about 20 percent of production in the state of North Dakota. There are currently over 16,900 enrolled members with nearly 40 percent of those members residing on the reservation. The Nation employs close to 1500 individuals who assist in providing tribal services and administering various federal and non-federal programs. The mission of the Three Affiliated Tribes is to provide to the Tribe and people, maximum quality services, by being responsible, accountable, respectful, caring, and incorporating the traditional values of its elders and ancestors. For more information visit the MHA Nation website.</p><p>Bakken Energy LLC is a clean hydrogen infrastructure development company that intends to be the largest and lowest cost producer of clean hydrogen in the country, starting with the creation of the Great Plains Hydrogen Hub.</p>
