The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced several additional Biden-Harris administration appointees.
The new DOE members are said to be joining the team to deliver on President Biden’s climate priorities and create a clean energy future for the American people. A list of the new appointees can be seen below.
Jeremiah Baumann, Deputy Chief of Staff
Luke Branscum, Special Assistant, Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs
Emily Doran, Special Assistant, Office of Fossil Energy
Lavianna Felder, Special Assistant, Office of Energy Jobs
Miles Fernandez, Director, Office of the Executive Secretariat
Julius Goldberg-Lewis, Deputy White House Liaison
Robert Golden, Special Advisor to the Chief of Staff
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NRG Energy Inc has decided to indefinitely shut down the Petra Nova gas plant, a carbon-capturing project from a coal-fired power plant in Richmond, Texas.
The project was a joint venture between NRG Energy Inc, a large American energy company, and JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration Corporation, a fully integrated petroleum products company from Japan, and had
received a no less than $190 million grant from the U.S. government. In fact, just last year, the last administration’s Department of Energy was celebrating its third birthday.
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Today, we celebrate the third operating anniversary of Petra Nova, the world’s largest coal-fired power plant post-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture system,” said the Office of Fossil Energy press release.
Congress Extends Carbon-Capture Incentives
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WASHINGTON – While renewable energy is seeing significant growth across the country and around the world, supporters of coal are still finding backers in Congress who included key support for the industry in the federal government’s year-end spending plan.
In legislation that brought together economic stimulus programs along with continued funding of the federal government, Congress included several provisions that would advance so-called carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technology, which offers the potential to use coal for electricity production while significantly reducing carbon emissions.
Specifically, the legislation extends and expands key tax credits for CCUS technology that can help fund the nascent technology as researchers, utilities and other energy concerns continue developing it for wide-scale commercial use. Since the legislation passed, the Int