Mehnert et al. (2026): Long-term scenarios and energy system impacts of technological carbon dioxide removal deployment in Finland
Johanna Mehnert, Kati Koponen, Tomi Lindroos, Tiina Koljonen and Heidi Kirppu, IN: Environmental Research: Energy, https://doi.org/10.1088/2753-3751/ae57b0
This study analyzed energy system impacts of technological carbon dioxide removal (CDR) deployment in Finland. The authors modeled long-term scenarios up to 2050 for four CDR technologies: bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), biochar soil amendment, direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS), and enhanced weathering of mining rock waste (EW). An integrated energy economic model compiled using the TIMES-model generator was used to produce cost-minimal development scenarios for Finland’s energy system, including CDR technologies. Three scenarios were modeled: one without a specific CDR target and two with low- and high CDR targets.