Sec. 5. Carbon utilization program
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Subtitle F of title IX of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16291 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall carry out a program of research, development, and demonstration for carbon utilization— to assess and monitor— potential changes in lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions; and other environmental safety indicators of new technologies, practices, processes, or methods used in enhanced hydrocarbon recovery; and to identify and evaluate novel uses for carbon, including the conversion of carbon dioxide for commercial and industrial products, such as— chemicals; plastics; building materials; fuels; cement; or products of coal utilization in power systems or other applications.
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to carry out this section— $15,000,000 for fiscal year 2019; $16,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. . The Secretary of Energy shall enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under which the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall conduct a study to assess any barriers and opportunities relating to commercializing carbon dioxide in the United States.
The study under paragraph
(1)shall— analyze challenges to commercializing carbon dioxide, including— creating a national system of carbon dioxide pipelines; mitigating environmental impacts; and regional economic challenges and opportunities; identify potential markets, industries, or sectors that may benefit from greater access to commercial carbon dioxide; assess— the state of infrastructure as of the date of the study; and any necessary updates to infrastructure to allow for the integration of safe and reliable carbon dioxide transportation, utilization, and storage; estimate the economic impact of a well-integrated national carbon dioxide pipeline system; assess the global status and progress of carbon utilization technologies (both chemical and biological) in practice as of the date of the study that utilize waste carbon, including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, methane, and biogas, from power generation, biofuels production, and other industrial processes; identify emerging technologies and approaches for carbon utilization that show promise for scale-up, demonstration, deployment, and commercialization; analyze the factors associated with making carbon utilization technologies viable at a commercial scale, including carbon waste stream availability, economics, market capacity, energy, and lifecycle requirements; assess the major technical challenges associated with increasing the commercial viability of carbon reuse technologies; and identify the research and development questions that will address the challenges described in clause (i); assess research efforts being carried out as of the date of the study, including basic, applied, engineering, and computational research efforts, that are addressing the challenges described in subparagraph (H)(i); and identify gaps in the research efforts under clause (i); and develop a comprehensive research agenda that addresses long- and short-term research needs and opportunities. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine shall submit to the Secretary of Energy a report describing the results of the study under paragraph (1).
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