Texas carbon management roadmap takes shape with safety, permitting focus

Ryan Kammer with the Great Plains Institute discusses how his organization is helping craft the Texas Roadmap to develop the state's carbon management opportunities.

Texas has numerous advantages — from power and industrial facilities to geography and a skilled workforce — that make it a prime state for carbon capture and its resulting economic and environmental benefits.

The question is: What policies are needed to help Texas reach its potential? The Great Plains Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping develop pragmatic energy solutions, is helping develop the Texas Carbon Management Roadmap.

Ryan Kammer, research manager for carbon management at the institute, detailed the efforts going into developing the roadmap, which is expected to be unveiled in the first quarter of next year. He told those attending the CO2 Conference that stakeholder engagement is a vital part of the process. Those stakeholders include industry representatives, state agencies, academic and legal experts, environmental groups and community representatives.

The group is examining carbon capture, storage, utilization and transportation, along with direct air capture, community engagement, workforce development and hydrogen development with carbon capture, utilization and storage.

Recommendations already include strengthening competitiveness through international export opportunities and ensuring permitting certainty and readiness. The third recommendation involves building public confidence through safety and transparency.

“We’ve already identified research opportunities related to offshore storage, federal pipeline permitting and safety, regional opportunities on the Gulf Coast, and support for Texas carbon management,” he said.

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