Summary/Abstract
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV ) offered Amendment 3270 to The Energy Policy and Modernization Act in order to modify provisions relating to the Coal Technology Program in the DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy. This amendment formally names net-negative carbon dioxide emissions projects as a programmatic priority for DOE FE, and authorizes $22 million per year over five years to fund net-negative demonstration projects. The amendment also names other research objectives that directly support commercial-scale carbon removal, including the requirement to validate geologic assets for carbon storage and the opportunities for carbon utilization beyond sequestration.
This Amendment appears on page S2149 in the following article from the Congressional Record.