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Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage


Utilization

Captured carbon dioxide can be utilized for the development of fuels, plastics, chemicals, and materials necessary for the built environment. Carbon dioxide is also used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to increase the productivity of an oil reservoir.
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BP Pledge

2020
Declaration
BP has pledged to reach net-zero emissions across all operations by 2050 and plans to use CCUS and natural climate sinks in the effort to achieve this goal.

SOLVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: The Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy and a Healthy, Resilient, and Just America

2020
Policy Proposal
Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Majority Staff
This report lays out a framework for comprehensive congressional action on climate change and identifies the need to develop and deploy a suite of natural and technological carbon removal solutions to reduce carbon pollution as quickly as possible.

Congressional Testimony of Dr. S. Julio Friedmann, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Julio Friedmann
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for large-scale carbon management.

Congressional Testimony of Steven E. Winberg, Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy U.S. Department of Energy

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Steven E. Winberg
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for large-scale carbon management.

Congressional Testimony of Ernest J. Moniz

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Ernest J. Moniz
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for large-scale carbon management.

Congressional Testimony of Shannon Angielski, Carbon Utilization Research Council

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Shannon Angielski
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for large-scale carbon management.

Capturing Investment: Policy Design to Finance CCUS Projects in the US Power Sector

2020
Scholarly Work
Julio Friedmann, Emeka R. Ochu, Jeffrey D. Brown
This study attempts to answer the question: What are the specific US policy design parameters that could provide investors and lenders with net cash flows that are both high enough and certain enough to attract private capital to CCUS projects?

Buildings as a Global Carbon Sink? A Reality Check on Feasibility Limits

2020
News/Commentary
Francesco Pomponi, Jim Hart, Jay H. Arehart, Bernardino D’Amico
This commentary reflects on the capacity of global forests to supply bio-based building materials that store carbon as a climate solution.

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. 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.

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