The Alaska pipeline parallels the famous 'ice-road-trucker' Dalton Hwy in Alaska. (Lance King/Getty Images)
Duval said the deal reflects an increased momentum toward the mega-project’s future realization and praised the project’s ability to attract "global partners [in order] to achieve national and state energy objectives."
"Alaska LNG has the potential to be one of the most significant energy infrastructure projects in our nation’s history," Wright said in a statement to Fox News Digital.
"Today’s investment announcement is an important step forward for the project, prosperity in Alaska, and the energy security of America and our allies. The Trump administration remains committed to unleashing Alaska’s energy potential, including by supporting Alaska LNG."
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum added that U.S. LNG is "not just an energy source [but] a strategic asset that powers our economy."
Burgum, who chairs the National Energy Dominance Council, added that Glenfarne and BakerHughes working together will undoubtedly bear fruit in terms of new energy infrastructure that will create long-term affordable power for Americans that is based in America.
BakerHughes chairman Lorenzo Simonelli said in a statement that natural gas provides secure and reliable energy at an affordable rate to consumers. Simonelli also touted its lower carbon output than other fuels.
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According to reports, the project will include a carbon-capture plant on Alaska’s remote North Slope that will have the capacity to remove seven million tons of carbon dioxide from the project annually.
Alaska’s energy potential has been repeatedly touted by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who previously told Fox News Digital he is interested in an all-of-the-above approach devoid of politics that instead focuses on what will work and what will keep energy jobs in Alaska and the U.S. writ large versus overseas.
Dunleavy and Alaska officials battled the Biden administration over what they called intentional roadblocks against natural resources exploration in places like Ambler and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s Section 1002; commonly dubbed ANWR.
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Outside the Last Frontier’s ubiquitous natural gas and oil prowess, Dunleavy previously told Fox News Digital he would also be open to exploring the power-generating potential of tides in Cook Inlet – said to be the second-strongest lunar-powered ebb and flow in the world.
"That basin in Cook Inlet is the most energy-rich basin on the planet: onshore wind, offshore wind, coalfields, oil, gas, tidal, geothermal — all right there," he said, noting a separate wind farm on Anchorage’s Fire Island is easily visible from planes taking off at Ted Stevens International Airport.
He said, however, the major issue surrounding any green project is energy-storage capability, pointing to Germany as an example of where that problem has come up.
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"You have to have something; a baseline power, which should be gas."
"What people need to know is that Alaska's got this enormous renewable potential that we're going to capitalize on – but you also have to be able to pay for the capital projects in renewables, such as hydro, solar, wind, and the storage — whether that's going to be pumped-hydro up here or some other way to store the energy — but you need to have oil and gas to help pay for that," Dunleavy said.
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