Summit Carbon Solutions Hires New CEO, Continues Push for CO2 Pipeline
Published by Todd Bush on August 12, 2025
Summit Carbon Solutions has appointed industry veteran Joe Griffin as its new CEO, as the company continues to seek approval for a $9 billion carbon capture pipeline project spanning five states, The Des Moines Register reported.
Summit said in an email Wednesday, Aug. 6, that Joe Griffin brings almost 40 years of experience delivering complex infrastructure projects in the natural gas industry.
The company is seeking approval to build a 2,500-mile carbon-capture pipeline across Nebraska, Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota. The pipeline would capture CO₂ emissions from nearly 60 ethanol plants, with underground sequestration planned in North Dakota. Summit still needs a permit to build in South Dakota, where the request has been rejected twice.
>> In Other News: Wastewater as a Source of Green Hydrogen
Opponents have been working to block the project since its 2021 announcement, citing safety, property rights, and potential agricultural land damage. Two other companies have dropped similar carbon capture pipeline projects due to opposition and regulatory challenges.
New CEO Joe Griffin has sent letters to Iowa landowners in an effort to gain necessary approvals. Griffin previously served as CEO and co-founder of Tulsa, Oklahoma-based Intensity Infrastructure Partners, founded in 2023 to develop and build pipelines. He was CEO of Sendero Midstream Partners from about 2021 to 2022, when it was sold.
Before joining Summit, Griffin founded or led several energy companies over the past 20 years, including Hiland Partners LP, owned by oil and gas billionaire Harold Hamm, who is also an investor in Summit Carbon Solutions.
Subscribe to the newsletter
Daily decarbonization data and news delivered to your inbox
Follow the money flow of climate, technology, and energy investments to uncover new opportunities and jobs.
Latest issues
-
The $450M Offtake Deal Behind Emvolon’s $22M Raise
Inside This Issue 🏗️ Emvolon Raises $22 Million Funding Round to Launch Its Modular, Waste-to-fuel Chemical Plants 🔋 Terraton Turns Kenyan Nut Shells into Carbon Credits ⚡ Ballard Launches HPU Agi...
-
113 CCS Projects: What's Driving the Surge?
Inside This Issue 🏭 Global CCS Hits 113 Projects as Americas Lead Capacity 💰 We're Moving $2M+ to Climate Solutions 💧 China Launches World's First Semi-submersible Offshore Wind-to-hydrogen Platfo...
-
Why Is Wyoming Giving 650,000 Acres to Carbon Storage?
Inside This Issue 🪨 Inside Blm's 650,000-Acre Bet on Wyoming Carbon Storage 🏭 California Advances Carbon Capture and Removal Regulations Under SB 905 ⚡ Why a Japanese Power Giant Is Betting on Den...
Company Announcements
-
Terradot and HASI Close $34 Million Investment for Carbon Removal Projects
SAN FRANCISCO & ANNAPOLIS, Md.--Terradot, a leader in carbon removal, and HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. ("HASI") (NYSE: HASI), a leading investor in sustainable infrastructure ass...
-
Ballard Launches HPU Agile-H: 80kW of Clean Power in a Lightweight, Towable Unit
VANCOUVER, BC and NEWCASTLE, United Kingdom, Oct. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP) (TSX: BLDP), through its recent acquisition, GeoPura, has launched the HPU Agile-H, a...
-
A consortium led by Novacium, together with Axel’One and AD-VENTA, has secured funding from the Defence Innovation Agency (AID) and the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) under the RAPID progr...
-
Video: The Next Chapter https://youtu.be/LUIHqS35rMg Led by John Douglas, whose development experience includes the $8 billion Champlain Hudson Power Express, the collaboration brings major Nort...