Written by Jeremy Beamen on Jan 14, 2022. Posted in Latest news
Carbon Capture And Storage Defends Itself From GAO Audit: ‘Millions Lost’
w a parish electric generating stationCarbon capture and storage proponents are out to correct the record after a Government Accountability Office audit released last month detailed how the Department of Energy invested hundreds of millions of dollars in CCS demonstrations that failed.
The watchdog looked at the $1.1 billion DOE has put toward 11 carbon capture demonstrations, only three of which were built and only two of which remain in operation today, and recommended Congress impose more oversight or risk exhausting more taxpayer dollars on projects that never reach commercial viability.
But pro-CCS groups say the shortcomings had more to do with a want of policy support surrounding the demonstrations, not the technology itself, and emphasize the success of the two remaining industrial facilities.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/carbon-capture-and-storage-defends-itself-from-gao-audit-millions-lost/
