Bakken Energy, Mitsubishi Power sign MoU with MHA Nation on Great Plains Hydrogen Hub

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 -- 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.

“Bakken Energy’s Great Plains Hydrogen Hub is a bold undertaking, but we embrace it and we welcome with open arms the MHA Nation as a partner in this project,” said Steven Lebow, Chairman and Founder of Bakken Energy.

“For us, the Hub is the beginning of building the next great company in the clean energy field, focused on making clean, affordable hydrogen available to drive hydrogen adoption and accelerate decarbonisation,” he said in a statement.

Meanwhile, MHA Nation Chairman Mark N. Fox said: “The MHA Nation is excited to become part of this world class clean hydrogen development.

“Natural gas from the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation will enable the clean energy we need to save our planet, and in the process will allow us to put in place the infrastructure needed to end the excessive flaring of natural gas on our lands, improving the quality of life of our members.”

The Great Plains Hydrogen Hub is the redevelopment of Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Great Plains Synfuels Plant, originally built in 1984.

It 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 tonnes/year of clean hydrogen and the cost of production will be the lowest in the country.

The Great Plains Hydrogen Hub will be a regional hub, producing, delivering, and storing clean hydrogen for transportation, agriculture and other decarbonisation needs in the upper Midwest.

-- BERNAMA