Carbon capture deployment hindered by lack of policy incentives to spur investment

摘要

Lining up financing for upfront capital costs is by far the biggest impediment to expanding and accelerating the deployment of carbon capture technology in the US, clean energy advocates told lawmakers last week. “Far and away, the upfront capital cost was the biggest barrier,” NRG Energy Vice President of Development David Greeson said of the obstacles his company faced in bringing the Petra Nova Carbon Capture and Enhanced Oil Recovery project online.