Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts has signed a new law allowing ethanol plants to sequester carbon.
He tells Brownfield the legislation creates the legal and regulatory framework to sequester carbon in a geological structure. “What that means is that ethanol plants can take their carbon dioxide and store it in the ground and improve their carbon footprint,” he says. “That means that for example if you’re using E30 in your vehicle, you’re going to have a lower carbon footprint than an electric vehicle.”
Mike Flood, a Republican from Norfolk, introduced the bill that allows geologic storage only if a storage operator obtains a permit from both the commission and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Underground Injection Control program.
