Climate Pollution Reduction Grants

The document outlines a five-category framework for applying Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) funds to the industrial sector: critical analysis, regulatory programs, financial incentives, economic and community benefits, and leveraging additional funding. It provides specific examples of actions for each category, such as performing emissions pathway analyses, setting GHG emissions intensity standards, offering tax credits for carbon capture and storage (CCS), and designing community benefits programs.

• The proposed framework for utilizing CPRG funds in the industrial sector consists of five categories: critical analysis to identify decarbonization focus areas, the development and enforcement of regulatory programs, the provision of financial incentives like subsidies and loans, the creation of economic and community benefits including workforce development, and the leveraging of non-CPRG funding sources.
• Sample critical analysis measures include completing emissions pathway analyses to sequence policy and technology deployment, creating state guidebooks to synergize power and industrial sector decarbonization, developing CO2 and H2 pipeline network roadmaps, and conducting economic valuation for equipment upgrades at steel facilities or front-end engineering for carbon capture and storage (CCS).
• Recommended regulatory actions include establishing industrial efficiency standards, implementing GHG emissions intensity standards with compliance flexibility, requiring industrial users to source a percentage of energy from clean sources, and adopting low-carbon fuel or clean cement and concrete standards.
• Suggested financial incentives include tax credits for CCS and low-carbon hydrogen-based steel production, incentives for replacing fossil-powered combustion units with electric ones, and grant programs for low-carbon hydrogen demonstrations in bulk chemical synthesis.
• To maximize the competitiveness of CPRG applications, the document advises applicants to use funds for gap filling and to reference other federal programs, tax incentives, and state/local awards.

APA

Clean Air Task Force (n.d.). Climate Pollution Reduction Grants. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/11041729/CATF_CPRG_Factsheet-1.pdf

Chicago

Clean Air Task Force. Climate Pollution Reduction Grants. n.d. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/11041729/CATF_CPRG_Factsheet-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{cleanairtaskforcendclimate, author = {{Clean Air Task Force}}, title = {{Climate Pollution Reduction Grants}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/11041729/CATF_CPRG_Factsheet-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }