A New Look at Carbon Capture and Storage Opportunities in Pennsylvania

The report identifies 219 facilities in Pennsylvania eligible for 45Q tax credits, emitting 82.5 million metric tons of CO2 annually. While the Lockport and Knox formations offer a theoretical storage capacity of 510 to 1,640 million metric tons, low permeability across most assessed saline aquifers poses a significant challenge to commercial viability. Alternative storage options include depleted oil and gas fields, CO2-enhanced oil recovery (EOR), and the Marcellus and Utica shales, though the latter requires further research.

• There are 219 facilities in Pennsylvania eligible for the 45Q tax credit, consisting of 59 electricity generation facilities (emitting over 18,750 metric tons per year) and 160 other industrial facilities (emitting over 12,500 metric tons per year), with total emissions of nearly 82.5 million metric tons per year.
• The Lockport and Knox formations in western Pennsylvania are identified as having the highest relative storage capacity in the state, with a combined theoretical capacity ranging from 510 to 1,640 million metric tons.

APA

Bailey, S., Grove, B., & Seligman, A. (2024). A New Look at Carbon Capture and Storage Opportunities in Pennsylvania. Clean Air Task Force. https://www.catf.us/resource/new-look-carbon-capture-storage-opportunities-pennsylvania/

Chicago

Bailey, Sam, Ben Grove, and Angela Seligman. A New Look at Carbon Capture and Storage Opportunities in Pennsylvania. Clean Air Task Force, 2024. https://www.catf.us/resource/new-look-carbon-capture-storage-opportunities-pennsylvania/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{bailey2024new, author = {Bailey, Sam and Grove, Ben and Seligman, Angela}, title = {{A New Look at Carbon Capture and Storage Opportunities in Pennsylvania}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2024}, month = apr, url = {https://www.catf.us/resource/new-look-carbon-capture-storage-opportunities-pennsylvania/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }