Duval-Dachary et al. (2023): Life cycle assessment of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage systems: Critical review of life cycle inventories
S. Duval-Dachary, S. Beauchet, D. Lorne, T. Salou, A. Helias, A. Pastor IN: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 183, 113415, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2023.113415
The life cycle assessment (LCA) method needs to be applied to bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) systems to assess their negative emission potential and prevent transfers from one environmental impact category to another. To allow for informed decision-making, the quality of LCA results should be evaluated. The quality of results is related to the quality of the data used. The purpose of this article is thus to review the life cycle inventory data that are used for BECCS LCA. To this end, 35 recent BECCS LCA were selected and the inventory data they used was collected. Synthesis inventory tables were then compiled, including the observed range of variability for each data item. These tables cover biomass harvesting, pre-treatment, combustion, gasification, and carbon dioxide capture with a monoethanolamine (MEA) based solvent.