本文转自《Utilitydive》发布的题为“National Petroleum Council calls for sharp increase in carbon capture subsidies”的文章

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Dive Brief:

• The National Petroleum Council (NPC) on Thursdayapproved a reportcalling for steep expansions to subsidies for carbon capture.
• 美国国家石油委员会（NPC）周四批准了一份报告，呼吁大幅扩展碳捕集补贴。
  
• NPC's report wasrequested by U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, and more than 300 participants were involved in its creation. The advisory council said two-thirds of those work outside the oil and natural gas industry.
• NPC的报告是美国能源部长里克·佩里（Rick Perry）要求的，有300多名参与者参与了该报告的创建。 咨询委员会说，其中三分之二的工作不在石油和天然气行业之外。
  
• Subsidies for commercial carbon capture, use, and storage (CCUS) are currently as high as $50/tonne of captured carbon thanks to a law President Donald Trump signed in 2018. The NPC report recommends raising that to $90/tonne within the next 15 years and $110/tonne in the next 25 years.
• 得益于唐纳德·特朗普总统于2018年签署的一项法律，商业碳捕获，使用和储存（CCUS）的补贴目前高达50美元/吨。NPC报告建议在未来15年内将其提高到90美元/吨。 未来25年内的价格为$ 110 / t。
  

Dive Insight:

Increased carbon capture would reduce emissions and create jobs, but is still a tough sell for some environmental advocates committed to reducing the use of fossil fuels.

增加的碳捕获量将减少排放并创造就业机会，但是对于一些致力于减少化石燃料使用的环保主义者来说，这仍然是一个艰巨的卖点。

The Natural Resources Defense Council opposed the 2018 law, arguing the captured carbon would be used for enhanced oil production, which "would conflict with the need to reduce our dependence on [fossil] fuels,"the group said in a blog post at the time.

该组织当时在博客中表示，自然资源保护委员会反对2018年的法律，认为捕获的碳将用于提高石油产量，这“与减少我们对化石燃料的依赖的需求相冲突”。

Despite concerns, carbon capturedraws bipartisan support. The law Trump signed last year extended and expanded the 45Q tax credit, and now the NPC report calls for a 20-fold increase in CCUS capacity in the United States, from 25 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) today, up to about 500 Mtpa within 25 years.

尽管存在担忧，碳捕集仍得到两党的支持。 特朗普去年签署的法律扩大并扩大了第45Q税收抵免，现在，全国人大报告要求将美国CCUS容量增加20倍，从今天的每年2500万吨（Mtpa）增加到约500吨 25年内的Mtpa。

Reaching that level "will require substantially increased support driven by national policies," NPC Chair Greg Armstrong wrote in a letter submitting the report.

全国人大主席格雷格·阿姆斯特朗（Greg Armstrong）在提交报告的一封信中写道，达到这一水平“将需要在国家政策的推动下大大增加支持。”

"Achieving this objective will promote economic growth, create domestic jobs, protect the environment, and enhance energy security for the United States," Armstrong wrote.

阿姆斯特朗写道：“实现这一目标将促进经济增长，创造家庭就业机会，保护环境，并增强美国的能源安全。”

NPC approved a draft report, but some changes are still possible. According to the draft, CCUS "will be an essential element in the portfolio of solutions needed to take on this dual challenge of supplying energy while addressing the risks of climate change."

NPC批准了报告草稿，但仍有可能进行修改。 根据该草案，CCUS“将成为解决这一双重挑战的能源供应，同时应对气候变化风险所需的解决方案组合中的重要组成部分。”

Conservative think tank ClearPathsaid the NPC reportis "just the latest of many proof points of the broad benefits carbon capture delivers, and the diverse coalitions that have mobilized around it."

保守派智囊团ClearPath表示，NPC报告“只是碳捕集所带来的广泛利益以及围绕它而动员的各种联盟的许多证据中的最新证据。”

Bob Perciasepe, president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, in a statement called CCUS an "essential tool in the climate solutions toolbox."

气候与能源解决方案中心主席鲍勃·珀西塞斯佩（Bob Perciasepe）在一份声明中称CCUS是“气候解决方案工具箱中的必备工具”。

"The NPC study wisely drew from a wide range of experts in an effort to provide policymakers and the public with real-world estimates of the cost of deployment and suggest policy drivers needed to close the cost gap," Perciasepe said.

Perciasepe说：“ NPC的研究明智地吸取了众多专家的意见，旨在为政策制定者和公众提供对部署成本的真实估计，并提出缩小成本差距所需的政策驱动因素。”

There are efforts to expand CCUS — but also resistance. In June, the Senateincluded carbon capture legislationin the National Defense Authorization Act, but it wasremoved this week following concernfrom lawmakers in the House.

我们正在努力扩大CCUS，但也有阻力。 6月，参议院将碳捕集立法纳入《国防授权法》，但由于众议院议员的关注，本周将其删除。

The American Petroleum Institute, in a statement on the NPC report, called for lawmakers to expand carbon capture support.

美国石油学会在关于全国人大报告的声明中呼吁国会议员扩大对碳捕集的支持。

"The natural gas and oil industry continues to drive emissions to their lowest levels in a generation, and as this study shows, we can build on this progress by fostering collaboration between the private and public sectors and advancing CCUS research and development," said API President and CEO Mike Sommers. "We urge Congress to make bipartisan CCUS legislation a priority and support innovative efforts to reduce emissions and achieve environmental progress."

API表示：“天然气和石油行业继续将排放量降至一代人的最低水平，正如本研究表明的那样，我们可以通过促进私营部门和公共部门之间的合作以及推进CCUS的研发来继续这一进步。” 总裁兼首席执行官Mike Sommers。 “我们敦促国会将两党的CCUS立法作为优先事项，并支持减少排放和实现环境进步的创新努力。”