The time is now: The Biden administration must adopt strict CO2 emission standards for the power sector

The Clean Air Task Force argues that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the technical and legal basis to mandate strict CO2 emission standards for power plants. The authors contend that carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a 'demonstrated' technology, citing numerous Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies for both natural gas-fired combined-cycle (NGCC) and coal plants. They suggest that the combination of Inflation Reduction Act incentives and strict Clean Air Act regulations is necessary to achieve significant emissions reductions.

• The authors argue that carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technology is 'adequately demonstrated, commercially available, and affordable enough' to be the basis for EPA emission standards, noting that there are 'no technological barriers to deploying carbon capture in the power sector'.
• Industry interest in CCS is evidenced by at least 14 carbon capture projects at natural gas-fired combined-cycle (NGCC) plants and six coal-fired power plants currently undertaking Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies.
• If the proposed U.S. gas and coal power CCS projects are completed, they would capture nearly 50 million metric tons of carbon per year, which is more than double the current U.S. industrial sequestration rate of approximately 16 million metric tons annually.
• The document highlights a history of cross-application between fuel types, such as using natural gas capture experience to enable coal capture at Southern Company's Plant Barry and using a Massachusetts NGCC project to design a coal-fired pilot in Germany.

APA

Duffy, J., & Thompson, J. (2023). The time is now: The Biden administration must adopt strict CO2 emission standards for the power sector. Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/2023/02/time-now-biden-administration-must-adopt-strict-co2-emission-standards-power-sector/

Chicago

Duffy, Jay, and John Thompson. The time is now: The Biden administration must adopt strict CO2 emission standards for the power sector. Clean Air Task Force, 2023. https://www.catf.us/2023/02/time-now-biden-administration-must-adopt-strict-co2-emission-standards-power-sector/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{duffy2023time, author = {Duffy, Jay and Thompson, John}, title = {{The time is now: The Biden administration must adopt strict CO2 emission standards for the power sector}}, publisher = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2023}, month = feb, url = {https://www.catf.us/2023/02/time-now-biden-administration-must-adopt-strict-co2-emission-standards-power-sector/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }