Tag: Carbon Capture and Storage

Peer-reviewed Publications

Moustafa et al. (2026): Review of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS): Progress, Challenges, and Future Outlook

Nadine Tamer Moustafa, Nishikawa Emily, Koen H. Van Dam, Jennifer F. Holak, Sergey Paltsev, Mai Bui, Sean McCoy and Niall Mac Dowell, IN: SSRN (Preprint), https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.7076303

Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is one of the few carbon dioxide removal (CDR) approaches consistently represented at gigatonne scale in climate mitigation scenarios. However, real-world deployment remains limited, and significant uncertainties persist regarding its feasibility at scale. This review synthesises current evidence on BECCS across technological pathways, biomass supply, lifecycle emissions, infrastructure requirements, and policy and market frameworks.The analysis highlights that BECCS performance is highly pathway-dependent, with substantial variation in carbon efficiency, CO₂ stream characteristics, and technological maturity across thermochemical and biological routes. Beyond technology, biomass availability emerges as a primary constraint. Estimates of global supply are highly sensitive to land-use assumptions, and sustainability-constrained scenarios suggest significantly lower availability. Infrastructure and spatial constraints introduce additional challenges. Biomass resources, geological storage capacity, and demand for negative emissions are not co-located, implying reliance on transport networks, cross-border trade, and coordinated infrastructure expansion.

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Aliabadi et al. (2026): Carbon Dioxide Removal Options for Energy Transitions: BECCS versus DACCS in Germany

Danial Esmaeili Aliabadi, Sandra Gutjahr, Mohammad Sadr, Matthias Jordan and Daniela Thrän, IN: IEEE, https://doi.org/10.1109/EEM68581.2026.11589592

There is an ongoing debate about whether the authors should heavily invest in variable renewable energy to reduce anthropogenic emissions and utilize surplus electricity for direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS), or instead prioritize bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to provide system flexibility while simultaneously removing atmospheric emissions. Although DACCS is more costly, achieving ambitious climate targets may ultimately require such extreme mitigation options. In this study, the authors integrate DACCS technology into the stochastic BENOPTex model, which features various BECCS concepts and CO₂ utilization pathways, to investigate the optimal contribution of carbon removal technologies for net-zero energy systems under different conditions in Germany. The risk sensitivity is formulated using the Value-at-Risk measure.

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Bolongaro et al. (2026): Life cycle assessment of solid calcium-looping direct air capture and its synergistic dual use for net-negative cement

Vittoria Bolongaro, David Yang Shu, Noah McQueen and André Bardow, IN: Chem Circularity, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.checc.2026.100037

Calcium-looping direct air carbon capture and storage (DACCS) is a mature technology with potential for gigatonne-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR), yet its environmental impacts remain insufficiently quantified. Here, the authors present the first prospective life cycle assessment of large-scale calcium-looping DACCS based on primary industrial data.

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Henríquez et al. (2026): Fluid–rock interaction experiments on basaltic volcanic rocks at 90 bar and 50 °C for potential carbon storage in Patagonia, Chile

Carolina Henríquez, Klebson C. Silva, Luis Mancini, Paulo Quezada, Mauricio Calderón, Leonardo Fadel Cury, Anelize Bahniuk, IN: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2026.104659

The rise in atmospheric CO₂ demands the need for scalable carbon removal strategies. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) through mineralization in Ca- and Mg-rich basalts represents a robust and long-term approach for permanently sequestering CO₂ as stable carbonate minerals. The Pali Aike Volcanic Field in southern Patagonia, a basaltic province of geological significance, remains underexplored for CCS applications. Its location in the Magallanes region, a center for green hydrogen development, highlights its strategic value for CO₂ storage. This work presents the first laboratory-scale CO₂ injection experiments conducted on continental basalts from southern South America. Powdered basalt samples were reacted with water and supercritical CO₂ for 1, 7, 10, 15, 30, and 100 days, and both aqueous and solid phases were analyzed to track geochemical and mineralogical changes.

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Wang et al. (2026): Cost outlook of coal power with CCS and BECCS based on a component learning curve incorporating efficiency upgrades: a case study of China

Delu Wang, Fan Chen, Chunxiao Li and Lawrence Loh, IN: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2026.104950

Grasping the cost outlook of CCS and BECSS is crucial for guiding coal power-dependent nations in technological strategy planning and investment decision-making during the low-carbon transition. Given the practical characteristics of technological learning in the coal power sector and the limitations of existing literature in forecasting technology costs, this study adopts a learning rate estimation method that incorporates efficiency upgrade based on the component learning curve approach. Taking China as a case study, it analyzes the future cost trends and economic-environmental benefits of CCS and BECCS from a systematic perspective.

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Wong et al. (2026): Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS): Interconnected technological challenges and advances using biomass thermochemical conversion towards negative emissions

Min Jin Karen Wong, Sunlee Han, Sea-Eun Park, Hyeon Yeong Roh, Madhan Kuppusamy, Ju-Won Oh, Hyungseok Nam, Youngsoo Lee and See Hoon Lee, IN: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2026.116832

Addressing the climate crisis demands both emission reduction and large-scale negative emission technologies capable of permanently removing CO₂ from the atmosphere. Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is one of the most prominent options, as it integrates biomass conversion with CO₂ capture, transportation, and geological storage. Unlike conventional CCS, BECCS links a biological supply chain with an engineered capture-storage chain, creating strong interdependencies in which limitations at one stage propagate throughout the system. This review synthesizes progress made over the past five years across the full BECCS chain.

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Um Min Allah et al. (2026): Techno-economic assessment of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage for Brazilian thermoelectric power plants

Fazal Um Min Allah, Rodrigo Nogueira De Sousa, Elena Trim, Adriano da Silva Marques and Monica Carvalho, IN: Biomass and Bioenergy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2026.109043

To achieve near-zero carbon emissions in fossil-fueled power plants, one of the viable solutions is to use bioenergy along with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) for the thermoelectric sector in Brazil. This study is conducted to carry out techno-economic assessments for pulverized coal (PC) and natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plants by employing BECCS. A comparative analysis of these technologies is presented, followed by the incorporation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) while using bioresources as fuel feedstock for PC (co-firing) and NGCC power plants.

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