#carbon utilization

EPA’s Endorsement of Carbon Utilization in Clean Power Plan A Huge Win for Algae Industry

he Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, issued the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency’s release of the final version of its Clean Power Plan, which notes that “state plans may allow affected EGU (Electric Generating Units) to use qualifying CCU technologies to reduce CO2 emissions that are subject to an emission standard,…

Algae Biomass Organization Applauds U.S. Reps. Peters and Salmon for Bi-Partisan House Bill to Increase R&D Funding for Carbon Capture & Utilization

The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), the trade association for the algae industry, applauded U.S. Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA) and Matt Salmon (R-AZ) for introducing a bill designed to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that would spur research and development of carbon utilization technologies. The act will be called the ”Carbon Capture Research and Development Act.” The Peters-Salmon bill would…

Manchin bill aims to add carbon utilization to DOE R&D priorities

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., recently introduced legislation that aims to prioritize research and development of carbon utilization technologies under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy program.

The legislation, S. 1282, was introduced on May 11 and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. To date, Sens. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., and Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I.,…