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• Interactive Map of CCUS Projects in Development in the U.S.

  The expanded and extended 45Q tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and sequestration (CCUS) projects passed by the U.S. Congress in early 2018 is the most significant carbon capture-specific incentive available, globally, and is spurring the progress of dozens of projects around the country. Other nations that are looking to…

  Electricity, Industry, Infrastructure, Technology July 27, 2020

• Putting a (Green) Thumb on the Scale: Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector Will Require Policies that Support Specific Technologies

  Technology neutrality is frequently cited as a key positive attribute of the low carbon fuel standard (LCFS) policy approach. By allowing regulated entities to utilize any technology or system that delivers carbon intensity (CI) reductions, LCFS policies can enlist market-driven innovation by opening the decarbonization challenge to an unlimited set…

  Policy, Technology, Transportation July 23, 2020

• Modernizing US Licensing for Advanced Nuclear Energy: The NRC Takes an Important Step Forward

  Numerous analyses from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to the International Energy Agency to the Obama Administration’s mid-century climate report have suggested that expanding our low carbon options to include nuclear energy (today, the world’s second-largest source of zero-carbon electricity after large dams) could make a significant difference in…

  Electricity, Technology July 13, 2020

• Climate Crisis Report Highlights Six Needs for Innovation, Carbon Capture

  The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis released its long-anticipated Action Plan last week, providing a pathway and policy recommendations for reducing emissions to net-zero by mid-century and prevent the worst effects of climate change. With the inclusion of carbon capture technologies as able “to drastically reduce pollution from multiple industry subsectors by capturing emissions associated with both energy use…

  Policy, Technology July 7, 2020

• The Rise of Commercial Fusion Startups: A Brief History of Fusion

  Co-author: Richard Pearson – Expert Advisor, Fusion Energy Technology Nuclear fusion is what powers the stars and creates many of the elements that make up our universe.  A fusion reaction occurs when two elements overcome fundamental forces of nature to join together under high temperatures and pressures.  In the process,…

  Electricity, Technology June 8, 2020

• U.S. Department of Energy Goes Deep, Investing in Geologic Carbon Storage

  The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) made an important decision in late April to fund five CarbonSAFE project applications for a total of $85 million. These five projects are part of the Carbon Storage Assurance Facility Enterprise (CarbonSAFE), a NETL initiative to further the development of…

  Infrastructure, Technology May 11, 2020

• Do it right – the IRS shows why it pays to comply with storage standards

  Thanks to Senator Robert Menendez’s (D-NJ) persistent efforts, the IRS just provided him with details on how it is enforcing compliance with the 45Q tax credit for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). The IRS letter underscores the importance of transparency and appropriate oversight of geologic storage as a part…

  Policy, Technology April 30, 2020

• The Status of Carbon Capture Projects in the U.S. (And What They Need to Break Ground)

  In February 2018, the U.S. Congress passed the Bipartisan Budget Act, which included the expansion and extension of the 45Q tax credits for carbon capture utilization and storage (CCUS.) The updated incentive was designed to be much more effective in driving new CCUS projects and immediately generated private sector interest….

  Infrastructure, Technology April 22, 2020