POET, Tallgrass to Connect Nebraska Facility to CO2 Pipeline
(P&GJ) — POET and Tallgrass have entered into definitive agreements to link POET’s Fairmont, Nebraska bioprocessing facility with the Tallgrass Trailblazer carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline. Under the arrangement, POET’s facility will capture bioCO2 for transport and permanent underground sequestration in Wyoming.
Tallgrass is converting a natural gas pipeline, which has safely operated for over a decade, to transport CO2 to its sequestration site in Wyoming. This effort minimizes the need for new pipeline infrastructure. The Trailblazer project, currently under construction, is expected to begin commercial operations in 2025, enabling the near-term connection of POET Bioprocessing – Fairmont.
Capturing and sequestering bioCO2 from bioethanol production reduces the carbon intensity of the final product, creating new market opportunities for Nebraska corn growers and bioethanol producers.
By transporting and sequestering bioCO2, POET will benefit not only the farmers supplying the facility, but also the landowners hosting the pipeline and the local communities. Under the Trailblazer Community Benefits Agreement, POET’s involvement will direct additional funding to these stakeholders.
“POET is excited to join the Tallgrass Trailblazer project,” said Jeff Broin, POET Founder and CEO. “Carbon capture is a tremendous opportunity to create significant value for farmers and bioethanol producers while strengthening rural communities and counties in Nebraska and across the Midwest. We believe this initiative—and similar carbon capture projects—will play an important role in unleashing even more opportunities for agriculture in the future.”
“We are excited to be collaborating with POET in Nebraska and are proud that our work with them will broadly benefit the Nebraskan communities associated with the project and continue to add value across the state’s bioeconomy,” said Alison Nelson, Segment President of CO2 Business Development and Origination at Tallgrass.
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