NORTH DAKOTA STATE
UNIVERSITY
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Land Grant Institution
Bio-fuels Efforts
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Multi-disciplined
Crop/Plant Science
Engineering
Economics
Transportation
Business
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About Us
Established in 1967
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ND Legislature
Started with 2 Employees
Now about 45
University Transportation Center
Several Programs
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Centers
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Biennial Strategic Transportation Analysis Center
Agricultural and Industrial Freight Center
Advanced Traffic Analysis Center (ATAC)
DOT Support Center (DOTSC)
Small Urban & Rural Transit Center (SURTC)
Transportation Learning Network (TLN)
Transportation Safety Systems Center (TSSC)
Rural Transportation Safety and Security Center (RTSSC)
Mountain-Plains Consortium (MPC)
Economic and Environmental Implications
of Alternative Fuel use and Regulations in
the Mountain Plains Region
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Includes the Following States
 ND, SD, MT, CO, UT, WY
Analysis includes:
 Benefit/cost analysis for switching from traditional to alternative
fuels
 Regional trends and key factors affecting alternative fuel usage
 Impacts of alternative fuel policy and the effects on transportation
sectors
 Transit and municipal fleet case studies
Study of the Highway Impacts Due to the
Location of Ethanol Facilities
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Specifically focuses on the proposed Ethanol & Biodiesel plant at
Spiritwood, ND – which will be part of the proposed Spiritwood Energy Park
 100 MGY Ethanol production
 35 MGY Biodiesel production
 50 Megawatt coal electric facility
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Analysis includes:
 Estimation of the corn basis change as a result of plant location
 Estimation of changes in production due to basis change
 Modeling commodity flow using a GIS/Cube network analysis
 Estimation of the impacts of the incremental traffic on the state, federal,
and county systems surrounding the proposed facility