Projects to inform CCS debate may lead to policy within 2 years

摘要

A national policy mandating caps on carbon dioxide emissions is inevitable in the US, but a national policy may not come for two years, said the chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee March 3. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 6) authorized funds for seven large-scale CCS demonstrations, said Representative Bart Gordon, Democrat-Tennessee. The projects will establish a knowledge base to develop confidence in storing CO2 in geological reservoirs, he said at a conference sponsored by the Electric Power Research Institute, Natural Resources Defense Council, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and the Coal Utilization Research Council.