North Dakota Code 49-02-25 – Renewable electricity and recycled energy defined
As used in section 49-02-24, renewable electricity and recycled energy include electricity generated from facilities using the following sources:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 49-02-25
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
1. Solar, using the sun as the source of energy for producing electricity.
2. Wind, using the wind as the source of energy for producing electricity.
3. Hydroelectric, using water as the source of energy for producing electricity.
4. Biomass, using agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood and wood wastes and residues, animal wastes, and landfill gas as the fuel to produce electricity.
5. Geothermal, using energy contained in heat that continuously flows outward from the earth as the source of energy to produce electricity.
6. Hydrogen, provided that the hydrogen is generated from a source listed in this section.
7. Recycled energy systems producing electricity from currently unused waste heat resulting from combustion or other processes into electricity and which do not use an additional combustion process. The term does not include any system whose primary purpose is the generation of electricity unless the generation system consumes wellhead gas that would otherwise be flared, vented, or wasted.