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Carbon Capture, Use, and Sequestration (CCUS) Webinar
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Videocast: Section 45Q Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) credit
The new UK Government has taken several recent steps in its mission to achieve security of supply of affordable clean energy. We discuss its autumn flurry of energy and infrastructure related announcements in our article New...more
UK energy and infrastructure developments have been coming thick and fast as the new Government gets its feet under the table. With the Autumn Budget headlining a flurry of announcements on energy and infrastructure policy...more
The UK's new Labour Government’s first Budget has revealed key measures, aiming to support the UK’s transition into cleaner energy. Whilst many changes are largely positive for the renewable sector, the Budget does highlight...more
President-elect Trump has been outspoken about his intent to reverse many of the Biden administration’s clean energy legislative and regulatory actions. We expect that the second Trump administration will seek to repeal...more
The key principles for a Carbon Management Strategy and draft act on the revision of the Carbon Storage Act create new opportunities for investors and project developers. The German Federal Government’s Carbon Management...more
How to accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy is a hot regulatory topic for most major economies around the world – and is set to continue ascending the agenda in the years to come. As sustainability-related...more
Creating an effective regulatory framework will be critical to deliver Net Zero. But does that mean more – or less – regulation? From trade agreements to taxonomies, carbon adjustment mechanisms to corporate sustainability...more
The 28th United Nations (U.N.) Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) wrapped up in Dubai in mid-December 2023. This Article summarizes key takeaways and describes the potential implications for businesses and...more
Developers of renewable energy projects prior to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “IRA”) were able to enter into joint ventures and leasing arrangements with other private companies that had a sufficient tax liability...more
Climate Tech is an area of technology that is expressly concerned with the mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the primary driver of climate change. In addition to GHG mitigation, climate tech also includes...more
The government published a new document outlining its existing and proposed objectives to develop the UK’s sustainable economy. On 30 March 2023, the UK government published an updated version of its Green Finance...more
In June 2022, the Contracting Parties to the Energy Charter Treaty ("ECT") announced an agreement in principle on the text of a modernized treaty. This modernization may have material consequences for state regulation and...more
Key considerations around bribery and corruption risks, as the mining & metals sector is gaining critical momentum in the world's energy transition toward a low-carbon future. Mining & metals in a low-carbon world - The...more
If there is to be rapid progress in limiting the increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, it will depend substantially on federal tax credits and state incentives for carbon capture and storage. For now, carbon...more
This webinar featured a case study approach to a CCUS project to identify the key commercial arrangements and risk pressure points that sponsors, tax equity and cash equity investors, and lenders evaluate in connection with...more
This webinar uses a case study approach to a CCUS project to identify the key commercial arrangements and risk pressure points that sponsors, tax equity and cash equity investors, and lenders evaluate in connection with...more
Macro market shifts as part of the energy transition are spurring investors, sponsors, and even traditional oil and gas producers to move in new directions. There is an increase in wind and solar projects being funded, with...more
As interest in carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) grows, it also creates a significant opportunity for the upstream oil and gas industry....more
Federal support for carbon capture, utilization and storage (“CCUS”) demonstrated over the last two months has generated even greater enthusiasm for carbon capture projects in the United States. First, in the final weeks of...more
On January 6, 2021, the US Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) issued final regulations (T.D. 9944) (the “Final Regulations”) on the Section 45Q carbon capture tax credit (the “Carbon Credit”). The Final Regulations...more
The US Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released anticipated final regulations pertaining to the federal income tax credit for carbon capture projects under Section 45Q of the Internal Revenue Code on...more
Yesterday, Treasury and the IRS issued final regulations on the expanded carbon capture tax credit implementing a number of welcome changes and clarifications to the proposed regulations. Key changes are generally...more
Carbon capture is increasingly capturing the attention of investors, and for good reason: Projects to trap and prevent carbon emissions from entering the atmosphere can provide investors with hefty tax credits. Though the...more
After two decades and $4.5 billion of government investment, the Carbon Capture Use and Storage (CCUS) opportunity is at-hand in the United States with the proposed rules being issued by the IRS at the beginning of June, 2020...more
On February 20, 2020, the IRS issued its first round of guidance regarding the carbon sequestration tax credit found in Section 45Q (the “Section 45Q Credit”) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as amended, the “Code”) in...more