Mined: Lignite Energy in America

Update from LEC President & CEO Jason Bohrer

”A Question of Power” Author, Robert Bryce

Mined interviews author, journalist and public speaker Robert Bryce and discussed all things energy. 

Learn more at www.robertbryce.com or follow on Twitter @pwrhungry

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Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach

Join us as we kick off Season FOUR of Mined: Lignite Energy in America!

Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach is the guest on the newest "Mined" Podcast. She represents the state's 7th district, which contains lots of farmers and value-added agriculture businesses. She talks about the need for affordable and reliable electricity to her constituents noting that farmers are large users of energy.

Butler Machinery Company

Training and Development Manager, Rebecca Rensvold and Bismarck Store Manager, Paul Tokach join us.

Senator Kevin Cramer of North Dakota

Former North American Coal employee Joe Friedlander on Texas Blackouts

Joe Friedlander shares his perspective on Texas rolling blackouts

 

Former North American Coal employee Joe Friedlander, who now lives in Frisco, Texas, joined co-hosts Kate Muggerud and Geoff Simon to discuss the recent Texas blackouts that occurred in mid-February on the podcast titled “Mined: Lignite Energy in America.”

 

Friedlander talks about how the Texas grid works and what went wrong during the cold spell that left people freezing in the dark. He also provides some perspective regarding how the market needs value reliable sources of electricity to ensure a resilient grid.

 

The Texas outages affected electric grids all the way north to the Dakotas as electric co-ops were also involved in the rolling blackouts. He notes that federal production tax credits for wind are making it increasingly difficult for baseload sources to compete and remain profitable. The result is that outages in Texas may be a harbinger of things to come if reliable sources are retired and intermittent sources replace them.

 

Kate and Geoff conduct the interviews with leaders in North Dakota’s energy industry on a variety of topics. The goal of these podcasts is to connect with others who have the same interest and wish to become more knowledgeable about energy and emerging technologies. 

 

Mined: Lignite Energy in America is sponsored and produced by the Lignite Energy Council, a trade association representing the power plants, mines and the Great Plains Synfuels Plant in North Dakota along with more than 250 companies that provide goods and services to the lignite industry.

Here is the link to the Podcast on the LEC Website - https://lignite.com/what-is-lignite/podcast/

This Podcast series is also available on Spotify and Apple Radio.

BARR Engineering, Microbeam and other LEC members work on transformative technology

BARR Engineering, Microbeam and other LEC members work on transformative technology

 

Nicole Nguyen, chemical engineer with BARR Engineering, joined co-hosts Kate Muggerud and Geoff Simon to discuss her company’s involvement with the Department of Energy’s Coal FIRST program on the podcast titled “Mined: Lignite Energy in America.”

 

Nicole explains the program and the projects BARR Engineering is working on to help coal evolve into a fuel that meets future demands while also capturing CO2.

 

The DOE program, called Coal FIRST (which stands for flexible, innovative, resilient, small, transformative), aims to advance first-of-their-kind coal generation technologies to provide secure, stable, and reliable power with near-zero emissions that can adapt to a changing electrical grid.

Besides BARR Engineering, other Lignite Energy Council members are involved including Microbeam Technologies. More information about Coal FIRST can be found at https://www.energy.gov/fe/coal-first

Kate and Geoff conduct the interviews with leaders in North Dakota’s energy industry on a variety of topics. The goal of these podcasts is to connect with others who have the same interest and wish to become more knowledgeable about energy and emerging technologies. 

Mined: Lignite Energy in America is sponsored and produced by the Lignite Energy Council, a trade association representing the power plants, mines and the Great Plains Synfuels Plant in North Dakota along with more than 250 companies that provide goods and services to the lignite industry.

Here is the link to the Podcast on the LEC Website - https://lignite.com/what-is-lignite/podcast/

This Podcast series is also available on Spotify and Apple Radio.

 

Bette Grande, CEO Roughrider Policy Center

Robert (Mac) McLennan, President/CEO Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.,

Robert (Mac) McLennan, President/CEO Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc.,

Rich Nolan, President & CEO of the National Mining Association

Kate Muggerud and Geoff Simon interview Rich Nolan, President & CEO of the National Mining Association