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House Energy Committee hears overview of carbon capture, utilization and storage potential in Michigan
Summary
Researchers and developers told the House Energy Committee that Michigan’s geology offers multiple CCS storage options but project timelines hinge on permitting and wellbore risk mitigation.
The House Energy Committee received an informational briefing on carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) from Autumn Hajzma, director of the Michigan Geological Repository for Research and Education and assistant director of the Michigan Geological Survey at Western Michigan University, and from developer Bob Manes, founder and CEO of Core Energy.
Hajzma told committee members CCUS “is carbon capture, utilization, and storage,” and described the three technical components of projects: capture, transportation and deep geologic storage. She said storage options in Michigan include saline reservoirs, depleted oil and gas fields, and porous basalts, and emphasized depth and sealing rock as primary selection criteria: “we want the CO2 to be compressed and behave not like a gas, but like a liquid,” she said, noting that suitable storage typically lies deeper than about 2,600 feet and must be separated from drinking-water sources.
The briefing focused on two practical constraints: existing…
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