US Coal Council plumps for CCUS

摘要

There are business opportunities with Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage projects, but industry investment is needed to move the technology forward, a US Department of Energy official told the National Coal Council's spring meeting in Washington June 22. "The future of CCS is in CCUS, and the 'U' being utilization," Charles McConnell, assistant secretary in the DOE's Office of Fossil Energy, said. As large-scale CCS demonstrations have floundered, the DOE has shifted its focus to CCUS, particularly using captured CO_2 in Enhanced Oil Recovery, which creates a revenue stream for projects.