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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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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.

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.

China’s carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) policy: A critical review

2020
Scholarly Work
Kai Jiang, Peta Ashworth, Shiyi Zhang, Xi Liang, Yan Sun, Daniel Angus
This paper analyzes China's existing CCUS regulatory framework at the national and provincial level, evaluates its performance and clarifies its shortcomings in light of the comparisons of policy movements undertaken in other countries.

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.

An Action Plan for Carbon Capture and Storage in California: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions

2020
Think Tank Report
Energy Futures Initiative, Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy, Stanford Center for Carbon Storage
This study provides policymakers with fundamental actions, key enablers, and opportunities for helping California meet its near-term emissions reduction goals with carbon capture and storage (CCS).

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.

Full Committee Hearing on “Cleaning the Air: Legislation to Promote Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage”

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change of the Committee on Energy and Commerce
This hearing considered H.R. 1166, the "Utilizing Significant Emissions with Innovative Technologies (USE IT) Act.

Congressional Testimony of Dr Laurel Harmon, LanzaTech Inc.

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Laurel Harmon
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 Albritton, The Nature Conservancy

2020
Hearings and Testimony
Jason Albritton
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 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."

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