KEYSTONE, Colorado — The United States has made big strides in carbon capture, but the industry must stay “clear-eyed” about the challenges it faces, the head of the Department of Energy’s fossil energy office said Monday.
Brad Crabtree, assistant secretary of DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, said tests range from demonstrating capture capture technologies at “commercial scale across all major industries within this decade” to quicker federal permitting. Another top concern is ensuring that communities affected by projects benefit from them, he said.
One of DOE’s priorities is large-scale carbon capture deployment on natural gas facilities, including ones used for power generation, heavy industries, “clean” hydrogen and ammonia, Crabtree said. He was speaking at a carbon management conference that he once helped to organize before his time at DOE.
“When it comes to natural gas, we are taking aim at challenging and vitally important areas for broader decarbonization, including combustion streams at power plants, liquefaction terminals, petroleum refineries and industrial facilities,” Crabtree said.
