Achim Wechsung’s Post

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new rules aiming to drastically reduce emissions from power generation in the U.S. Operators who plan to maintain certain types of facilities past 2038 have until 2032 to meet updated carbon emissions standards. Read more about the new rules and how they could affect the power generation industry in the coming years: https://hubs.li/Q02wHfP50 Harri Kytomaa, Tarek Saba, Brun Hilbert, Ann Michelle Morrison, Achim Wechsung #Exponet #Alert #EPA #Energy #EnergyIndustry #PowerPlants #CarbonCapture #GreenhouseGas #GreenhouseGasEmissions #Utilities #Regulation

Finalized rules from US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aim to reduce emissions from power plants, including CO2, mercury, and coal ash, in the coming years. However, compliance will require power plants to implement new carbon capture, transport, and storage technologies by 2032 — or shutter by 2040. Read more: https://hubs.li/Q02wGT5z0 Harri Kytomaa, Tarek Saba, Brun Hilbert, Ann Michelle Morrison, Achim Wechsung #Exponent #Alert #EPA #Energy #EnergyIndustry #PowerPlants #CarbonCapture #GreenhouseGas #GreenhouseGasEmissions #Utilities #Regulation

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted Louisiana permission to issue permits for wells that store carbon dioxide, a vital component of carbon capture and removal technology. The change is expected to speed up the approval process for new projects. Michael Phillis has the story for The Associated Press.   "In Louisiana, developers have proposed roughly 30 carbon capture projects, among the most of any state, according to a tracker maintained by the climate-focused group Clean Air Task Force.   "Louisiana officials welcomed the EPA’s decision, saying it will help make the state a major carbon capture player and reduce industrial emissions." #pipelineindustry #energyindustry #carboncapture #emissionsreduction #cleanenergytransition #carbon #energy #pipelines #wells #ccus #ccs #louisiana #pipelineconstruction #energysecurity #energyindependence #APCA https://lnkd.in/dCjE_SdD

At the end of April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a pre-publication of its final rule to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, which includes robust emission standards for certain subcategories of facilities based on implementation of carbon capture and sequestration. Members of our Energy & Infrastructure team Ron Erlichman, Andrew Compton and Lauren Bachtel discuss the major components of this significant rule in detail below. #EPA #powerplants #coal #naturalgas #oil #emissions #GHG #greenhousegas

At the end of April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a pre-publication of its final rule to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, which includes robust emission standards for certain subcategories of facilities based on implementation of carbon capture and sequestration. Members of our Energy & Infrastructure team Ron Erlichman, Andrew Compton and Lauren Bachtel discuss the major components of this significant rule in detail below. #EPA #powerplants #coal #naturalgas #oil #emissions #GHG #greenhousegas

At the end of April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a pre-publication of its final rule to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, which includes robust emission standards for certain subcategories of facilities based on implementation of carbon capture and sequestration. In this legal update, my colleagues Ron Erlichman, Andrew Compton, and I discuss the major components of this significant rule in detail. #EPA #powerplants #coal #naturalgas #oil #emissions #GHG #greenhousegas April Kent, Will Kim, Lauri Kai, Marius G., In Sun You, Chee Lee, Shun Iwamitsu, Diana Jeschke, Nicholas Atwood, Michael Rodgers, Linklaters, Linklaters Americas

At the end of April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a pre-publication of its final rule to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, which includes robust emission standards for certain subcategories of facilities based on implementation of carbon capture and sequestration. Members of our Energy & Infrastructure team Ron Erlichman, Andrew Compton and Lauren Bachtel discuss the major components of this significant rule in detail below. #EPA #powerplants #coal #naturalgas #oil #emissions #GHG #greenhousegas

At the end of April, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a pre-publication of its final rule to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel-fired power plants, which includes robust emission standards for certain subcategories of facilities based on implementation of carbon capture and sequestration. Members of our Energy & Infrastructure team Ron Erlichman, Andrew Compton and Lauren Bachtel discuss the major components of this significant rule in detail below.   #EPA #powerplants #coal #naturalgas #oil #emissions #GHG #greenhousegas

“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on methane emissions in the oil and gas industry in a newly proposed rule that would assess a charge on certain large emitters of waste methane.” Read more about the proposed rule and it's connection to the IRA: https://lnkd.in/g6eidS3X

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reports a 7% decrease in CO2 emissions from the power sector in 2023. It’s largely driven by shifts away from coal and towards natural gas generation. Power generation accounts for 25% of emissions globally and 30% of emissions in the US. The change in annual emissions, 2023 versus 2022, per pollutant:   15% decrease for NOX 24% decrease for SO2 17% decrease for Hg 7% decrease for CO2 However, the US still derives 60% of its power from coal (~20%) and gas (~40%), so there is a ways to go. In May 2023, the Biden administration proposed new rules aimed at reducing climate-warming emissions from large gas-fired power plants. These rules would mandate that such plants co-fire with 96% clean hydrogen by 2038. Additionally, the proposed regulations would require nearly all coal-fired plants lacking carbon capture and sequestration technology to cease operations by 2035. There are also about $400B in green/clean incentives in the IRA. This is relatively good news and I am glad to deliver it heading into this weekend. https://lnkd.in/gMCrB3iB