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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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Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage – Status, Barriers and Potential

2020
Think Tank Report
Greg Kelsall
This IEA Clean Coal Centre report identifies the financial and regulatory CCUS framework needed to deliver more positive carbon pricing signals, provide for investment in transport and storage infrastructure, and enable projects to access financing.

Proposed CLEAN Future Act

2020
Proposed Legislation
U.S. Congress
This bill would create a DOE carbon capture and utilization technology commercialization program to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, cost, and environmental performance of fossil fuel-fired facilities, and a DAC technology prize program.

Congressional Testimony of John Noel, Greenpeace USA

2020
Hearings and Testimony
John Noel
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

Congressional Testimony of Jason Begger, Wyoming Infrastructure Authority

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Jason Begger
Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change on "Clearing the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage."

S.383 – Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies Act or the “USE IT Act”

2019
Proposed Legislation
116th Congress
The USE IT Act would support carbon utilization and direct air capture research. The bill would also support federal, state, and non-governmental collaboration in the construction and development of CCUS facilities and carbon dioxide pipelines.

Repsol Pledge

2019
Declaration
Repsol announced a commitment to net-zero emissions by 2050 and said it would use carbon capture technologies, reforestation, and natural climate solutions if it was unable to reach its goals via other means.

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.

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.

Advancing Large Scale Carbon Management: Expansion of the 45Q Tax Credit

2018
Think Tank Report
Tim Bushman, Julio Friedmann, Joseph Hezir, Melanie Kenderdine, Alex Kizer, Ernest J. Moniz
This EFI paper provides a comprehensive overview of the opportunities for application of the expanded federal tax incentives for CCUS, as well as the additional implementation challenges facing CCUS project developers and policymakers.

S.1535 – FUTURE Act

2017
Proposed Legislation
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify the tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration.

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