Leaders Discuss Scaling Net-Zero Infrastructure at CO2NNECT Virtual

April 27, 2021 in Carbon Management Author: Jill Syvrud

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Great Plains Institute hosted the second CO2NNECT virtual event, Scaling Net-Zero Infrastructure: The Climate, Jobs, and Investment Benefits of Deploying CO2 Transport and Storage,” on April 20, 2021.

This virtual event highlighted the essential importance of carbon dioxide (CO2) transport and storage infrastructure in achieving global net-zero emissions and meeting midcentury climate goals, while sustaining and growing a high-wage energy, industrial, and manufacturing jobs base. Continue reading »

Carbon Capture Potential Spans US

April 21, 2021 in Carbon Management Authors: Elizabeth Abramson, Patrice Lahlum

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Capturing and utilizing carbon dioxide (CO2) is essential to achieving a clean energy, net-zero carbon future. And reimagining the alignment of industry and infrastructure presents exciting opportunities for states and regions across the country. Deploying CO2 transport and storage infrastructure will enable key sectors of our economy to dramatically reduce their carbon emissions while sustaining and growing domestic industry, manufacturing, and energy production and the high-wage American jobs they support.  Continue reading »

Game-Changing SCALE Act Could Enable Carbon Capture Infrastructure Needed for Net-Zero Goals

April 14, 2021 in Carbon Management Authors: Elizabeth Abramson, Jennifer Christensen

Bipartisan legislation re-introduced on March 17 could provide game-changing support for carbon dioxide (CO2) transport and storage infrastructure that will be essential to reaching midcentury climate goals. The Storing CO2 and Lowering Emissions Act (SCALE Act), re-introduced in both chambers and led by Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in the Senate and Representatives Marc Veasey (D-TX) and David McKinley (R-WV) in the House would enable CO2 transport and storage infrastructure required to scale up carbon capture, removal, use, and storage across domestic industries, including those that are difficult to decarbonize. Continue reading »

Year-End Federal Actions to Accelerate Carbon Capture and Removal Deployment

February 9, 2021 in Carbon Management Authors: Jennifer Christensen, Lauren Schultz

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Prospects for large-scale deployment of carbon capture technologies in the next decade improved at the end of 2020 due to actions at the federal level. First, the omnibus spending package included both a two-year extension of the 45Q tax credit and massive increases in federal support for research, demonstration, and development of the suite of carbon capture management tools: capture, removal, transport, utilization, and storage. Second, the Internal Revenue Service finalized long-awaited regulations for 45Q that will provide certainty to investors and project developers. These actions boost momentum going into 2021 to grow support for priorities needed to build projects at the speed and scale required for meeting midcentury climate goals.

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GPI Welcomes Madelyn Morrison as Carbon Capture Coalition External Affairs Manager

January 8, 2021 in Carbon Management, News & Press Author: Jennifer Christensen

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The Carbon Capture Coalition announced this week the hiring of Madelyn Morrison as its external affairs manager. Madelyn joins Jessie Stolark, the Coalition’s public policy & member relations manager, as its second full-time staff member. The Coalition, which is convened by the Great Plains Institute, is a nonpartisan collaboration of more than 80 businesses and organizations building federal policy support for economy-wide deployment of carbon capture, transport, use, removal, and storage. Continue reading »

CO2NNECT Virtual Series Opens by Focusing on Jobs and Carbon Capture

December 16, 2020 in Carbon Management Authors: Jill Syvrud, Patrice Lahlum

co2nnectGreat Plains Institute convened the first CO2NNECT Virtual event on December 14, which highlighted the recently released and first-of-its-kind analysis from Rhodium Group that focused on the potential job growth and economic impact of carbon capture deployment in the near- to medium-term to help meet midcentury decarbonization goals. The event included an analytical presentation by Rhodium Group followed by a reaction panel discussion moderated by former US Senator Heidi Heitkamp. Continue reading »

Lame Duck Holds Window for Bipartisan Energy Bill

December 2, 2020 in Carbon Management, Transportation & Fuels Authors: Brad Crabtree, Brendan Jordan

Congress has a window of opportunity during the lame duck session to pass the most significant energy legislation in over a decade—legislation that would advance American energy innovation, drive deployment of low- and zero-carbon technology and infrastructure, increase jobs, and reduce emissions across the economy. Bipartisan energy legislation, which passed in the House and is under consideration in the Senate, can put the US on a path to economic recovery and long-term emissions reductions. Continue reading »

Analysis Shows State-Level Economic and Jobs Benefits of Carbon Capture

October 30, 2020 in Carbon Management Author: Patrice Lahlum

Men working in an industrial facilityA new state-level analysis shows that retrofitting existing facilities with carbon capture and deploying carbon dioxide (CO2) transport infrastructure can deliver jobs and economic benefits while reducing emissions across industries. The Great Plains Institute recently commissioned Rhodium Group to conduct an independent, state-by-state analysis exploring the economic benefits of carbon capture deployment opportunities in the US. GPI identified the facilities examined in this analysis as carbon capture retrofit projects with near- to medium-term feasibility. Continue reading »

Industrial Innovation Initiative Holds Capitol Hill Briefing on Recommendations

October 8, 2020 in Carbon Management Author: Jill Syvrud

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In September, the Great Plains Institute and World Resources Institute held a virtual Capitol Hill briefing to hear how Congress can spur economic activity in the US industrial sector, helping to create and maintain jobs in the near term, while putting American industry on a long-term path to deep emissions reductions, high-wage job retention and creation, technology leadership, and economic competitiveness.
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