Bakkaloglu et al. (2024): The role of negative emissions technologies in the UK’s net-zero strategy

Semra Bakkaloglu, Matthias Mersch, Nixon Sunny, Christos N. Markides, Nilay Shah, Adam Hawkes IN: Cell Reports Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crsus.2024.100126

Using a multiscale modeling approach, the authors explore NETs’ potential for a single country, the United Kingdom (UK). Here, they report that the UK has cost-effective potential to remove 79 MtCO₂ per year by 2050, rising to 126–134 MtCO₂ per year with well-integrated NETs in industrial clusters. Results highlight that biomass gasification for hydrogen generation with CCS is emerging as a key NET, despite biomass availability being a limiting factor. Moreover, solid DACCS systems utilizing industrial waste heat integration offer a solution to offsetting increases in demand from transportation and industrial sectors.

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