Pennsylvania announces $267 million awards for industrial decarbonization projects that reduce emissions from steel, cement, food, and manufacturing
PITTSBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced $267 million in RISE PA awards for 31 industrial decarbonization projects across the commonwealth. These projects utilize a range of technologies from carbon capture to electrification to on-site renewables to fugitive emission abatement, demonstrating the wide range of tools at our disposal to clean one of the most impactful and economically important sectors.
“Pennsylvania is a longstanding energy leader, and by tackling the industrial sector – responsible for more than 30% of statewide emissions – today’s announcement proves climate progress and energy leadership go hand in hand,” said John Carlson, Senior Northeast Regional Policy Manager at Clean Air Task Force (CATF). “RISE PA is an important example of federal and state governments working together to advance energy, economic, and climate priorities. Pennsylvania will reduce its industrial emissions by approximately 2% through these projects alone, while creating new jobs and more efficient, competitive industries. By investing in innovative projects to reduce emissions and other harmful pollution from the industrial sector, Pennsylvanian’s air will be cleaner and its economy will be stronger.”
RISE PA is a $396 million grant program funded through the Inflation Reduction Act. The funding was available for businesses and industry – and for projects of all sizes – to support updating operations and processes to be more streamlined and more profitable, while boosting Pennsylvania’s economy and reducing their environmental impact.
“Reducing emissions from the industrial sector takes strategic investments in technologies like fugitive emission abatement, energy efficiency, electrification, energy storage, and carbon capture and storage, and the projects awarded across Pennsylvania do just that,” said Sam Bailey, Senior Manager for Industrial Innovation at CATF. “These awards fund emissions reduction projects across industrial sectors including mining, steel, concrete, and manufacturing, which are expected to reduce over one million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents over the first year of implementation and save Pennsylvania ratepayers more than $3 million in annual energy costs.”
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