Box 4.1 of the US Midcentury
Deep Decarbonization Strategy makes it clear how important CCS is beyond coal power.
Not exact matches
As the world learns how to undertake
deep decarbonization, low - emission development
strategies can become a dynamic ratchet mechanism for ambition, rigor and operational effectiveness of national climate
strategies.
A critically important document was released by the White House recently, laying out a
strategy for
deep decarbonization of the USA.
Eileen V. Quigley is Principal of Clean Energy Transition, which promotes
strategies to achieve
deep decarbonization and accelerate the transition from fossil fuel to clean energy.
However, such
strategies, irrespective of their inherent merits, would only postpone the
decarbonization needed in the power sector if
deep emissions reductions proposed to 2050 are to be met.
Looking forward, the new administration and new Congress will need to consider how best to incentivize continued research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) and commercial - scale deployment of CO2 utilization technology, especially as the U.S. begins to lay the foundation for a
strategy of
deep decarbonization by mid-century.
All three of these advantages of electricity suggest the same two - pronged
strategy for
deep decarbonization: