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Tour the Antelope Valley Station, the newest coal-based power plant in North Dakota. Its two units, each rated
at 450 megawatts, are designed to be environmentally sound. Basin Electric consistently invests in environmental control technologies for all of its facilities. At the Antelope Valley Station, you’ll learn how electricity is made. The tour includes an overview in the model room, guided walking tour of the power plant with stops at the turbine deck, control room, boiler and observation deck on the 17th floor!

Tour the Dakota Coal Company Freedom Mine, which delivers approximately 16 million tons of lignite coal per
year, making it the largest mine in the US in deliveries. The mine reclaims about 600 acres of land annually. Here
you’ll learn how lignite coal is produced at a surface mine and how the land is reclaimed according to strict high
environmental preservation standards. A guided drive-through tour will bring you into active mining areas where
you can see giant earth moving equipment in action.

Learn about the Great Plains Synfuels Dakota Gasification Company Plant, the only commercial-scale coal
gasification plant in the country that manufactures natural gas using the Lurgi gasification technology. Located
NW of Beulah, ND, it is capable of producing 13 products, including: synthetic natural gas (SNG), ammonium
sulfate, anhydrous ammonia, carbon dioxide, cresylic acid, krypton and xenon gases, liquid nitrogen, naphtha,
phenol, tar oil, and urea.

Tour the Oahe Dam and Powerhouse in Pierre, SD. One of the world’s largest earth-rolled dams, Oahe Dam and
Lake provide more than $371 million in annual benefits to the American people. Other authorized benefits include
flood control, power generation, recreation, navigation support and fish & wildlife enhancement. Seven turbine
generators at the Oahe Powerhouse generate a maximum capacity of 118.2 megawatts of electricity, which is
enough to power the annual electric needs of 259,000 homes.