Getting Industry to Net Zero

October 20, 2022

The Industry and Fuels Program at Resources for the Future (RFF) engages with policy leaders, experts, and stakeholders to inform the continuing transformation and decarbonization of the US industrial sector—particularly those industries that are most carbon intensive, such as cement, refining, and steel; industries related to fossil fuels, such as the oil and gas sector; and low-carbon fuel producers, distributors, and users. We will expand our interactions with decisionmakers at the federal and state levels, with the aim of helping develop successful hubs for hydrogen and carbon dioxide, design policies for direct air capture, support decisionmaking by Native nations to enable energy sovereignty, and support policies that help decarbonize industry quickly and cost-effectively.

(…) We’ll build the regulatory and policy structure that supports greater use of unconventional fuels such as hydrogen along with carbon capture and storage.

Policymakers have developed tax cuts for both decarbonized hydrogen and carbon capture, utilization, and storage; they’ve also implemented funding for hydrogen hubs, which are networks of clean hydrogen producers, consumers, and related infrastructure. RFF is positioned to provide timely analysis that helps policymakers understand how hubs for hydrogen and carbon may impact emissions and communities, given different hub designs and funding decisions.

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