Natural gas with carbon capture and storage could be an ideal long-term cheap and reliable low-carbon energy source.
When most people in energy policy or markets hear “carbon capture and storage” (CCS), they think of coal generation. And rightly so.
Almost all major carbon capture demonstration or commercial projects in the power sector have been for coal-fired power plants; most federal energy research on CCS focuses on coal. Coal has the worst carbon profile of any fuel source, making CCS necessary for continued use of coal in a low-carbon world.
