Title III — Fuels and Technology Infrastructure Investments

This summary was sourced from pages 76 - 77 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Summary available on Senator Rob Portman’s website. For the full text, click here.

Title III—Fuels and Technology Infrastructure Investments

Subtitle A—Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage, and Transportation Infrastructure

Findings. This section expresses Congress’ findings regarding the importance of carbon capture, utilization, storage and transport technologies and infrastructure to meeting emissions reductions goals.

Carbon utilization program. This section establishes a grant program for state and local governments to procure and use products derived from captured carbon oxides. It expands DOE’s Carbon Utilization program objectives to include the development of standards and certifications to support commercialization of carbon oxide products. This section authorizes $41,000,000 for FY22, $65,250,000 for FY23, $66,562,500 for FY24, $67,940,625 for FY25, and $69,387,656 for FY26.

Carbon capture technology program. This section expands DOE’s Carbon Capture Technology program to include front-end engineering and design (FEED) for carbon dioxide transport infrastructure necessary to deploy CCUS technologies. This section authorizes $100 million for FY22-26.

Carbon dioxide transportation infrastructure finance and innovation. This section establishes a CO2 Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (CIFIA) program, which will provide flexible, low-interest loans for CO2 transport infrastructure projects and grants for initial excess capacity on new infrastructure to facilitate future growth. CIFIA will help facilitate private sector investment in CO2 infrastructure. This section authorizes $600,000,000 for FY22 and 23 and $300,000,000 for each of FY 24-26.

Carbon storage validation and testing. This section expands DOE’s Carbon Storage Validation and Testing program to include large-scale commercialization of new or expanded carbon sequestration projects and associated carbon dioxide transport infrastructure. This section authorizes $2,500,000,000 for FY22-26 for the program.

Secure geologic storage permitting. This section provides funding for the permitting of wells for the geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide and creates a grant program for states to establish their own Class VI permitting programs to ensure rigorous and efficient CO2 geologic storage site permitting. This section authorizes $75,000,000 for the period of FY22-26.

Geologic carbon sequestration on the outer Continental Shelf. This section allows the Department of the Interior to permit geologic carbon sequestration on the outer Continental Shelf.

Carbon Removal. This section authorize a program for projects that contribute to the development of four regional direct air capture hubs. This section authorizes $3,500,000,000 for FY22-26 for direct air capture projects to establish the four regional hubs.

Subtitle B—Hydrogen Research and Development

Findings; purpose. This section expresses Congress’ findings on the importance of clean hydrogen in promoting energy security and resilience and outlines the need to accelerate research, development, demonstration, and deployment of hydrogen from clean energy sources.

Definitions. The section sets a definition for “clean hydrogen” and “hydrogen.”

Clean hydrogen research and development program. This section re-establishes and expands the scope of DOE’s hydrogen research and development program to advance cross-cutting R&D for purposes of demonstration and commercialization of clean hydrogen production, processing, delivery and end-use application technologies.

Additional clean hydrogen programs. This section establishes clean hydrogen programs at DOE, including:

At least four regional clean hydrogen hubs to demonstrate the production, processing, delivery, storage, and end-use of clean hydrogen. This section authorizes $8,000,000,000 for the period of FY22-26.
The development of a national strategy and roadmap to facilitate a clean hydrogen economy.
A clean hydrogen manufacturing and recycling program to support a clean hydrogen domestic supply chain. For this program, the section authorizes $500,000,000 for the period of FY22-26.
A demonstration, commercialization and deployment program intended to decrease the cost of clean hydrogen production from electrolyzers. For this program, the section authorizes $1,000,000,000 for the period of FY22-26.
The efficient execution of DOE’s clean hydrogen program by instructing the National Energy Technology Laboratory, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and Idaho National to work in a crosscutting manner to carry out the new regional clean hydrogen hubs and clean hydrogen manufacturing and recycling programs.

Clean Hydrogen Production Qualifications. This section directs the Secretary, in consultation with the EPA Administrator and outside stakeholders, to develop an initial standard for the carbon intensity of clean hydrogen production from renewable fossil fuel with CCUS, nuclear, and other fuel sources, beginning at 2 kilograms carbon dioxide per kilogram hydrogen (kg-CO2/kg-H2), adjusted after five years, and accounting for technological and economic feasibility to be applied to the activities in this title.

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