1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to energy; appropriating money for an ammonia production pilot 
1.3 	demonstration project.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION; AMMONIA PRODUCTION PILOT 
1.6 	DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.
 1.7 	Notwithstanding Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, paragraph (j), 
1.8 	$5,200,000 in fiscal year 2021 is appropriated from the renewable development account 
1.9 	established under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 1, to the commissioner 
1.10 	of commerce for a grant to the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota, West 
1.11 	Central Research and Outreach Center for a project installation located in Minnesota to 
1.12 	develop and advance energy storage systems that utilize hydrogen and ammonia production 
1.13 	from renewables and other sources of clean energy. This appropriation is not available until 
1.14 	the commissioner of commerce certifies that a United States Department of Energy Advanced 
1.15 	Research Projects Agency-Energy project award equal to or greater than the amount 
1.16 	appropriated under this section has been committed to the project. This is a onetime 
1.17 	appropriation and any amount unexpended by June 30, 2022, must be returned to the 
1.18 	renewable development account under Minnesota Statutes, section 116C.779, subdivision 
1.19 	1.