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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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Energizing America: A Roadmap to Launch a National Energy Innovation Mission

2020
Scholarly Work
Varun Sivaram, Colin Cunliff, David Hart, Julio Friedmann, David Sandalow
This report proposes that the U.S. federal government should triple its funding for energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) over the next five years, which includes a federal RD&D initiative for carbon dioxide removal (CDR).

H.R. 4447 – Clean Economy Jobs and Innovation Act

2020
Proposed Legislation
U.S. Congress
This legislation combines several bills that aim to invest in green infrastructure and energy efficiency, renewable technologies, energy sources, and workforce training, including sections to further develop negative emission technologies and CCS.

H.R. 5864 – New Energy Frontiers Through Carbon Innovation Act of 2020

2020
Proposed Legislation
U.S. Congress
This bill requires the Secretary of Energy to establish a carbon utilization research hub and a program for the RD&D of commercially viable technologies for the capture of carbon dioxide produced during the production of natural gas-generated power.

H.R. 5883 – To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an increased credit for carbon oxide sequestration for direct air capture facilities, and for other purposes.

2020
Proposed Legislation
U.S. Congress
This bill would make permanent the Section 45Q tax credit for carbon capture and sequestration systems installed at power plants and other industrial facilities and would increase a tax credit for direct air capture of carbon emissions.

Net-Zero and Geospheric Return: Actions Today for 2030 and Beyond

2020
Scholarly Work
S. Julio Friedmann, Alex Zapantis, Brad Page, Chris Consoli, Zhiyuan Fan, Ian Havercroft, Harry Liu, Emeka Ochu, Nabeela Raji, Dominic Rassool, Hadia Sheerazi, Alex Townsend
This report identifies a set of actions, investments, and policies that can best lay a foundation for growing deployment of CCS and large-scale carbon dioxide removal through engineered systems to meet net-zero global emissions targets.

Study on Legal Systems for Transboundary CCS Implementation and Transboundary Environmental Liability regarding CCS

2020
Scholarly Work
MoonSook Park
This paper proposes a transboundary CCS liability framework that accounts for prepared standards and procedures around notification, risk impact assessment, and monitoring.

The Use of Sub-Seabed Transboundary Geological Formations for the Disposal of Carbon Dioxide

2020
Scholarly Work
Nigel Bankes
This chapter examines the legal issues associated with the use of sub-seabed transboundary geological structures including saline aquifers for carbon dioxide storage or disposal purposes.

Analyzing Regulatory Framework for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Technology Development: A case study approach

2020
Scholarly Work
Mac Osazuwa-Peters, Margot Hurlbert
This article provides a review of a portfolio of regulations advancing CCS including technical regulations, pore space ownership, monitoring, enforcement and verification of CO2 injection.

Carbon capture and storage: Intellectual property, innovation policy, and climate change

2020
Scholarly Work
Matthew Rimmer
This chapter focuses upon technology development in respect to carbon capture and storage – exploring intellectual property, government funding, and innovation prizes, and whether or not such incentives have been productive.

Towards a Low/Zero Carbon Society for the Asia-Pacific Region: Policy and Legal Development for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Japan

2020
Scholarly Work
K. Yanagi, A. Nakamura
This study aims at identifying a number of key approaches to developing the existing CCS policy and legal framework in Japan to commercialize CCS deployment.

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