DAC on track in 180 days

What billions in new federal funding can do for DAC in the US

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What are DAC hubs?

  1. have the capacity to store and/or utilize at least 1 million metric tons of CO2 captured by DAC technology each year, per hub, and
  2. are located in regions with heavy concentrations of fossil fuel industry, to help seed a transition from a fossil fuel workforce to a carbon removal one.

Why are DAC hubs important?

What’s next?

Department of Energy industrial decarbonization and carbon removal provisions in the IIJA

  • SEC. 40308. Carbon Removal (Regional DAC Hubs Program): $3.5 billion
  • SEC. 41005. Direct air capture technologies prize competitions: $115 million
  • SEC. 40304. Carbon Dioxide Transportation Infrastructure Finance And Innovation: $4.6 billion
  • SEC. 813. Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs: $8 billion
  • SEC. 41004. Carbon Capture Demonstration and Pilot Programs: $3.5 billion

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