[Senate Hearing 116-288]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


                                                       S. Hrg. 116-288

                  Energy and Environmental Innovation:
                   Wyoming's Leadership in Using and
                    Storing Carbon Dioxide Emissions

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                             FIELD HEARING

                               BEFORE THE

                              COMMITTEE ON
                      ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                     ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION

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                            AUGUST 19, 2020

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               COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

                     ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
                             SECOND SESSION

                    JOHN BARRASSO, Wyoming, Chairman
JAMES M. INHOFE, Oklahoma            THOMAS R. CARPER, Delaware, 
SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO, West Virginia      Ranking Member
KEVIN CRAMER, North Dakota           BENJAMIN L. CARDIN, Maryland
MIKE BRAUN, Indiana                  BERNARD SANDERS, Vermont
MIKE ROUNDS, South Dakota            SHELDON WHITEHOUSE, Rhode Island
DAN SULLIVAN, Alaska                 JEFF MERKLEY, Oregon
JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas               KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, New York
ROGER WICKER, Mississippi            CORY A. BOOKER, New Jersey
RICHARD SHELBY, Alabama              EDWARD J. MARKEY, Massachusetts
JONI ERNST, Iowa                     TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois
                                     CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland

              Richard M. Russell, Majority Staff Director
              Mary Frances Repko, Minority Staff Director
                           
                           
                           C O N T E N T S

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                            AUGUST 19, 2020
                           OPENING STATEMENTS

Barrasso, Hon. John, U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming......     2
Enzi, Hon. Michael, U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming.......     6
Luthi, Randall, Cheif Energy Advisor to Governor Mark Gordon.....    11

                               WITNESSES

Begger, Jason, Managing Director of the Wyoming Integrated Test 
  Center.........................................................    14
    Prepared statement...........................................    18
Krutka, Holly, Dr., Executive Director of the University of 
  Wyoming School of Energy Resources.............................    20
    Prepared statement...........................................    25
Extavour, Marcius, Dr., Executive Director, Nrg Cosia Carbon 
  Xprize.........................................................    28
    Prepared statement...........................................    34

                          ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

Statements
    Cane, Cindy, A., Chief Officer Enchant Energy Corporation....    72
    Glenrock Energy LLC..........................................    77
    Great Plains Institute.......................................    80

 
Energy and Environmental Innovation: Wyoming's Leadership in Using and 
                    Storing Carbon Dioxide Emissions

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                       WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020

                                       U.S. Senate,
                 Committee on Environment and Public Works,
                                                    Washington, DC.
    U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works 
Washington, DC.
    The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:00 a.m. at the 
Wyoming Integrated Test Center, 12480 N. Highway 59 Gillette, 
WY 82716, Hon. John Barrasso (chairman of the committee) 
presiding.
    Present: Senators Barrasso, Enzi, and Mr. Luthi.
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