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CATF Statement on Murkowski, Manchin CCUS Legislation
Clean Air Task Force supports Senators Manchin and Murkowski in their efforts to expand support for transformational carbon capture utilization and storage technologies in the proposed Enhancing Fossil Fuel Energy Carbon Technology Act. CATF supports the bill’s goal of creating four new programs to further develop transformational CCUS technologies for…
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Kurt Waltzer testimony before Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on USE IT Act
On February 27, 2019, CATF’s Kurt Waltzer testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee in support of the bipartisan USE IT Act that would support innovation in the areas of direct air capture and CO2 utilization, while also helping to facilitate infrastructure development that would benefit all…
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Testimony in Support of the Climate and Community Protection Act, S. 2992
View this testimony in support of the Climate and Community Protection Act, S. 2992 before the State of New York Senate-Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee.
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CATF Releases Modeling Study That Shows 45Q Tax Credit Can Have a Major Impact On CO2 Emissions Reductions
Clean Air Task Force (CATF) today released a comprehensive report on the near-term implications of the federal tax credit (45Q) for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. The study found that, as a result of tax credit legislation known as 45Q, which was extended and expanded in early 2018, nearly…
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Carbon Capture & Storage in the United States Power Sector
This new report is based on a CATF-led U.S. power sector modeling study, which finds that 45Q federal tax credits for carbon capture & storage (CCS) can have a significant impact on CO2 emissions reductions by 2030.
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CCS Could Reduce 49 Million Tonnes of CO2 Emissions From Coal & Gas Power Plants
This time last year, the U.S. Congress passed a bipartisan bill called the Bipartisan Budget Act, which expanded and extended the 45Q federal tax credits for carbon capture and storage (CCS.) Happy anniversary, 45Q! As we entered a new world of 45Q, CATF took on the task of quantifying the…
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Achieving a Near-Zero Carbon Power Grid: Presentation to the New Mexico Legislature, Senate Conservation Committee
To address climate change, we need a near-zero carbon power system by mid-century. Our chances of reaching this goal are much better if, in addition to using renewables, we have the option to use a diversity of low carbon power sources, including firm sources. Public policies today should not foreclose…
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The New Economics of Carbon Capture: Lower Costs, More Revenue
The next CCS coal retrofits promise to be a lot cheaper. Last year, after the successful Petra Nova retrofit of the W.A. Parish Plant, NRG stated that the next retrofit would be 20% cheaper. They know from building the first plant where to eliminate “overkill” in the system and where to gain efficiencies that shrink the size of expensive components.