CCS is Available

Technology that captures and isolates carbon dioxide from coal is largely proven and can be built today. It has been used across the world.

Dozens of operational carbon capture projects (including coal boilers and gas turbines) for chemical production, EOR, and food production.

There are 74 large-scale CCS projects are under active development in North America and 234 active or planned CCS projects worldwide (Source: GCCSI).

There are 4,000 miles of CO₂ pipelines in use today in the US to carry CO2 for enhanced oil recovery (EOR).

Approximately one billion tons of CO₂ have been injected for EOR, in the Permian Basin alone, since 1982.

The Clean Air Task Force- Coal Transition Project is working to:

Reduce the climate impact of coal-based energy
Publicly advocate for the widespread use of CCS
Ensure that federal policy demands carbon reductions and advances rapid deployment of CCS
Promote collaboration of CCS projects between the US and China
Support projects in the US that utilize advanced CCS technologies
Communicate the importance of CCS to the public
Proving out in a commercial scale CCS technologies such as UCG and EOR
Identify RD&D needs and opportunities for the CCS industry