NETL researchers have collaborated with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, other contributing national laboratories and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Regional Initiative to Accelerate Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) Deployment to release the report “Rules and Tools Crosswalk: A Compendium of Computational Tools to Support Geologic Carbon Storage Environmentally Protective UIC Class VI Permitting.”

This report summarizes computational tools and methods that may be used to address specific requirements of the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Class VI (Geologic Sequestration) permit application process. This report is intended to serve as a resource for industry, regulatory, academic and public stakeholders, and will be updated periodically as new information on relevant computational tools becomes available.

The report was completed with NETL leadership and coordination. Institutions that contributed to the development of this compendium are Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the four regional initiatives to accelerate CCUS deployment: Carbon Utilization and Storage Partnership of the Western United States, Plains CO2 Reduction Partnership Initiative to Accelerate CCUS Deployment, the Midwest Regional Carbon Initiative, and the Southeast Regional Carbon Utilization and Storage Partnership.

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is capable of substantially reducing atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from power plants and other large point-source emitters. Deployment of CCS technology at a scale that will impact global carbon levels will require efficient and effective siting, permitting, construction and operation of numerous commercial-scale geologic carbon storage operations. Geologic carbon sequestration will help to achieve net-zero carbon emissions in the electric power sector by 2035 and the broader economy by 2050, which are the Biden Administration’s top priorities to fight climate change.

NETL is a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory that drives innovation and delivers technological solutions for an environmentally sustainable and prosperous energy future. By leveraging its world-class talent and research facilities, NETL is ensuring affordable, abundant and reliable energy that drives a robust economy and national security, while developing technologies to manage carbon across the full life cycle, enabling environmental sustainability for all Americans.