Summary/Abstract
The Clean Economy and Jobs Innovation Act combines several bills that aim to boost green infrastructure and energy efficiency in buildings, and invest in renewable technologies, energy sources, and workforce training. The bill amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a research, development, and demonstration program to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere on a large scale. It also requires the DOE to develop and improve accounting frameworks and tools to accurately measure carbon removal and sequestration methods. The bill creates a Direct Air Capture Prize program that provides financial rewards in a competitive setting for each ton of qualified carbon dioxide captured by a DAC facility. The bill creates a Direct Air Capture Test Center, which directs the DOE to award grants for the operating of test centers to provide unique testing capabilities for innovative DAC and storage technologies.
On CCS, the bill directs the DOE to conduct a RD&D program to facilitate the commercial adoption of carbon capture technologies and to support pilot programs at coal and natural gas power plants and industrial facilities. It creates a Carbon Capture Pilot Test Centers program that shall award grants to eligible entities to provide unique testing for innovative carbon capture technologies for power and industrial systems.