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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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Building a New Carbon Economy: An Innovation Plan

2018
Think Tank Report
Carbon180
This report presents an innovation plan that outlines the contours of a new carbon economy using carbon removal technologies and identifies the social, legal, economic and political research gaps of each technology.

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.

Novel carbon capture and utilization technologies

2018
Scientific Report
Group of Chief Scientific Advisors, European Commission
This scientific opinion, delivered to the European Commission, describes the role of carbon capture and utilization in the framework of the instruments which the EU adopted to meet its international climate change mitigation commitments.

The Emissions Gap Report 2017 Chapter 7: Bridging the Gap – Carbon Dioxide Removal

2017
Scholarly Work
Pete Smith, Julio Friedmann
This chapter explores how governments can play a key role in providing the funding and incentives needed for investments in carbon dioxide removal research, development, and deployment.

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.

Siting and Regulating Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage Infrastructure

2017
Think Tank Report
National Energy Technology Laboratory, Great Plains Institute
This report documents key findings from a technical workshop sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy to identify and promote best practices for siting and regulating CO2 infrastructure (pipelines, EOR, and other geologic CO2 storage sites).

S.3179 – Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage Act

2016
Proposed Legislation
Amending Section 45(Q) of the Tax Code to expand and enhance credits for CO2 utilization and storage.

Putting the Puzzle Together: State and Federal Policy Drivers for Growing America’s Carbon Capture & CO2-EOR Industry

2016
Think Tank Report
The Great Plains Institute
This report takes a detailed look at the current policy landscape and evaluates and recommends several key federal and state policy options that will enhance the further commercial deployment of CO2-EOR.

People’s Republic of China: Roadmap for Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration and Deployment

2015
Think Tank Report
James Baird, Wang Can, Sarah Forbes, Baiyu Wang
This work package proposes a regulatory framework to help overcome the major obstacles to CCS deployment in the Peoples Republic of China.

Carbon Capture & Storage Policy in China

2013
Scholarly Work
Yan Gu
This paper examines the state of CCUS in China as well as the related climate change policy, laws, and initiatives that might be used to encourage the large-scale deployment of carbon sequestration in China.

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