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Making carbon dioxide sequestration feasible: Toward federal regulation of CO2 sequestration pipelines

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  • Mack, Joel
  • Endemann, Buck

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As the United States moves closer to a national climate change policy, it will have to focus on a variety of factors affecting the manner in which the country moves toward a future with a substantially lower carbon footprint. In addition to encouraging renewable energy, smart grid, clean fuels and other technologies, the United States will need to make substantial infrastructure investments in a variety of industries. Among the significant contributors to the current carbon footprint in the United States is the use of coal as a major fuel for the generation of electricity. One of the most important technologies that the United States can employ to reduce its carbon footprint is to sequester the carbon dioxide ("CO2") from coal-fired power plants. This article focuses on the legal and policy issues surrounding a critical piece of the necessary sequestration infrastructure: CO2 pipelines that will carry CO2 from where it is removed from fuel or waste gas streams to where it will be sequestered. Ultimately, this article recommends developing a federally regulated CO2 pipeline program to foster the implementation of carbon sequestration technology.

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  • Mack, Joel & Endemann, Buck, 2010. "Making carbon dioxide sequestration feasible: Toward federal regulation of CO2 sequestration pipelines," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(2), pages 735-743, February.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:38:y:2010:i:2:p:735-743
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    1. Adrien Nicolle & Diego Cedreros & Olivier Massol & Emma Jagu Schippers, 2023. "Modeling CO2 Pipeline Systems : An Analytical Lens for CCS Regulation," Working Papers hal-04087681, HAL.
    2. Rahman, Farahiyah Abdul & Aziz, Md Maniruzzaman A. & Saidur, R. & Bakar, Wan Azelee Wan Abu & Hainin, M.R & Putrajaya, Ramadhansyah & Hassan, Norhidayah Abdul, 2017. "Pollution to solution: Capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2) and its utilization as a renewable energy source for a sustainable future," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 71(C), pages 112-126.
    3. Jagu Schippers, Emma & Massol, Olivier, 2022. "Unlocking CO2 infrastructure deployment: The impact of carbon removal accounting," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 171(C).
    4. Jonathan Paul Marshall, 2022. "A Social Exploration of the West Australian Gorgon Gas, Carbon Capture and Storage Project," Clean Technol., MDPI, vol. 4(1), pages 1-24, February.
    5. Sabla Y. Alnouri & Dhabia M. Al-Mohannadi, 2020. "Exploring Tradeoffs in Merged Pipeline Infrastructure for Carbon Dioxide Integration Networks," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(7), pages 1-14, March.
    6. Nicolle, Adrien & Massol, Olivier, 2023. "Build more and regret less: Oversizing H2 and CCS pipeline systems under uncertainty," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 179(C).

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