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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage


Carbon Capture and Storage

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the technological process of capturing carbon dioxide from a power plant or industrial activity and the storage of that captured carbon dioxide in an underground basalt formation, saline aquifer, depleted oil and gas reservoir, or sub-sea geologic formation.
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S. 2263 – CO2 Regulatory Certainty Act

2019
Proposed Legislation
116th Congress (2019-2020)
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, Section 45Q, to revise the requirements for the secure geological storage of carbon oxide for the purpose of the tax credits for permanent sequestration and enhanced oil recovery.

Carbon Capture & Storage in The United States Power Sector: The Impact of 45Q Federal Tax Credits

2019
Think Tank Report
Deepika Nagabhushan, John Thompson
This Clean Air Task Force report estimates the impact of the 45Q tax incentive on CCS deployment in the U.S. power sector by 2030.

Federal Policy Blueprint

2019
Think Tank Report
Carbon Capture Coalition
This policy blueprint focuses on the federal policy priorities of the industry, labor and NGO participants in the Carbon Capture Coalition.

S.407 – Carbon Capture Modernization Act

2019
Proposed Legislation
116th U.S. Congress (2019-2020)
This bill modifies 26 U.S.C. 48A to make CCUS retrofits to coal plants eligible for the qualifying advanced coal project tax credit.

An overview of the Department of Energy’s CarbonSAFE Initiative: Moving CCUS toward commercialization

2019
Scholarly Work
Mary Sullivan, Traci Rodosta, Kanwal Mahajan, Darin Damiani
This article provides an overview of the CarbonSAFE initiative and includes updates from the program's projects.

H.R.1892 – Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

2018
Enacted Legislation
This bill includes a provision to amend the U.S. tax code to provide a tax credit for carbon capture projects that securely store captured CO2 in geologic formations or beneficially use captured CO2.

Governance of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS): Accounting, Rewarding and the Paris Agreement

2018
Scholarly Work
Asbjørn Torvanger
This paper focuses on governance aspects of BECCS with the aim to identify pragmatic ways forward for the technology.

Negative Emissions Technologies and Carbon Capture and Storage to Achieve the Paris Agreement Commitments

2018
Scholarly Work
R. Stuart Haszeldine, Stephanie Flude, Gareth Johnson, Vivian Scott
This article is part of the theme issue ‘The Paris Agreement: understanding the physical and social challenges for a warming world of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels’.

Montana Tax Incentives for CCS

2018
Enacted Legislation
Montana Code Ann. § §15-24-3111 provides that carbon sequestration equipment, clean coal R&D equipment, and coal gasification facilities for which carbon dioxide is sequestered may qualify for an abatement of property tax liability.

Report of the International Law Commission A/73/10

2018
International Legal Instrument
International Law Commission
Text of the draft guidelines on the protection of the atmosphere and intentional large-scale modification of the atmosphere that states carbon dioxide removal activities shall be conducted with prudence and caution.

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