Sec. 128. Innovation in carbon removal, utilization, and storage through research, development, and demonstration
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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, in coordination with the Secretary of Agriculture, and in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a research, development, and demonstration program (referred to in this section as the program ) to test, validate, or improve technologies and strategies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere on a large scale.
The Secretary shall ensure that the program— is cross-cutting in nature; and includes the coordinated participation of the Office of Fossil Energy, the Office of Science, and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The program may include research, development, and demonstration activities relating to— direct air capture and storage technologies; bioenergy with carbon capture and sequestration; enhanced geological weathering; agricultural and grazing practices; forest management and afforestation; conservation and restoration of tidal marshes, mangroves, and seagrasses; and planning and management of other types of natural and artificial carbon sinks.
In developing and identifying carbon removal technologies and strategies under the program, the Secretary shall consider— the potential for carbon removal or reduction on a gigaton scale; the extent to which the carbon storage can be made permanent; net greenhouse gas emissions; ocean acidification; land use changes, including impacts on natural and managed ecosystems; other potential impacts to human health and safety and the environment; commercial viability; economic co-benefits; and the impacts described in paragraphs
(1)through
(8)in both the near-term and the long-term. . The table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–58 ; 119 Stat. 600) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle F of title IX the following: Sec. 969. Carbon removal. . Section 961(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( 42 U.S.C. 16291(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (6), by inserting , including technology development to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and associated emissions of heavy metals and other toxic substances within coal combustion residues and gas streams resulting from fossil fuel use and production before the period at the end; and by striking paragraph
(7)and inserting the following: Increasing the export of fossil energy-related equipment, technology, including carbon removal and utilization technologies, and services from the United States. Developing carbon removal and utilization technologies, products, and methods that result in net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, including direct air capture and storage, and carbon use and reuse for commercial application. Improving the conversion, use, and storage of carbon dioxide produced from fossil fuels. . In this subsection: The term dilute media means media in which the concentration of carbon dioxide is less than 1 percent by volume. The term prize competition means the competitive technology prize competition established under paragraph (2). The term Secretary means the Secretary of Energy. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, shall establish a competitive technology prize competition to award prizes for carbon dioxide capture from dilute media. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary, in accordance with section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 ( 15 U.S.C. 3719 ), shall develop requirements for— the prize competition process; and monitoring and verification procedures for projects selected to receive a prize under the prize competition. To be eligible for a prize awarded through the prize competition, a project shall— meet minimum performance standards set by the Secretary; meet minimum levels set by the Secretary for the capture of carbon dioxide from dilute media; and demonstrate in the application of the project for a prize— a design for a promising carbon capture technology that will— be operated on a demonstration scale; and have the potential to achieve significant reduction in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere; a successful bench-scale demonstration of a carbon capture technology; or an operational carbon capture technology on a commercial scale. 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 establish a program of research, development, and demonstration for carbon utilization— to assess and monitor— potential changes in lifecycle carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions; and other environmental safety indicators of new technologies, practices, processes, or methods used in enhanced hydrocarbon recovery as part of the activities authorized under section 963; to identify and assess novel uses for carbon, including the conversion of carbon oxides for commercial and industrial products, such as— chemicals; plastics; building materials; fuels; cement; products of coal use in power systems or other applications; or other products with demonstrated market value; to identify and assess carbon capture technologies for industrial systems; and to identify and assess alternative uses for coal that do not result in the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, including as inputs for products derived from carbon engineering, carbon fiber, and coal conversion methods. . The table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–58 ; 119 Stat. 600) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle F of title IX the following: Sec. 969A. Carbon utilization program. . 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 new section: The Secretary shall establish a program for developing and demonstrating carbon capture and sequestration technologies for reducing the carbon dioxide emissions from new and existing facilities that burn coal or natural gas to generate electricity. The primary objective of this demonstration program shall be to deploy large scale pilot projects and demonstration projects that will accelerate the development, deployment, and commercialization of advanced new technologies for the capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide emissions from coal fired and natural gas-fired electric generating facilities. The Secretary shall provide Federal financial assistance to eligible project developers to support the deployment of the following: Large scale pilot projects that test the effectiveness and performance of carbon capture and sequestration technologies under representative operating conditions at coal- and natural gas-fired electric power systems with a generating capacity of up to 200 megawatts. Demonstration projects that deploy carbon capture and sequestration technologies that have completed pilot scale testing or the equivalent, as determined by the Secretary, for demonstrating such technologies on coal and natural gas fired electric generating facilities that are greater than 200 megawatts. To be eligible to receive Federal financial assistance under this section, each large-scale pilot project and demonstration project shall meet specific criteria that the Secretary may establish by rule or guidance for— evaluating the performance, reliability, efficiency, and cost competitiveness of the technology for reducing carbon dioxide emissions and limiting other environmental impacts from the coal fired or natural gas fired electric generating facilities; and gaining the operating data needed to understand the technical and performance risks of the technology under a wide range of representative operating conditions before the application of the technology at full commercial scale. Each project shall be funded— through a cost-share arrangement that the Secretary may establish between the Department of Energy and the developer of the project, as authorized under section 988(b) for large-scale pilot projects and section 988(c) for demonstration projects; or under subtitle A of title I of the Clean Energy Innovation and Deployment Act of 2020. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section such sums as are necessary for each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2050. . The table of contents for the Energy Policy Act of 2005 ( Public Law 109–58 ; 119 Stat. 600) is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle F of title IX the following: Sec. 969B. Demonstrating carbon capture and sequestration technologies for electric generating facilities. .
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Innovation in carbon removal, utilization, and storage through research, development, and demonstration
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