Schlagwort: BECCS

Johanna Braun, Constanze Werner, Dieter Gerten, Fabian Stenzel, Sibyll Schaphoff, Wolfgang Lucht IN: Communications Earth & Environment, 6, https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00361-z

Six of nine planetary boundaries are currently transgressed, many related to human land use. Conversion of sizeable land areas to biomass plantations for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) – often assumed in climate mitigation scenarios to meet the Paris Agreement – may exert additional pressure on terrestrial planetary boundaries. Using spatially-explicit, process-based global biogeochemical modelling, the authors systematically compute feedstock production potentials for BECCS under individual and joint constraints of the planetary boundaries for nitrogen flows, freshwater change, land system change and biosphere integrity (including protection of remaining forests), while reserving current agricultural areas for meeting the growing global demand for food, fodder and fibre.

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Johanna Braun, Constanze Werner, Dieter Gerten, Fabian Stenzel, Sibyll Schaphoff, Wolfgang Lucht IN: Communications Earth & Environment 6, 102, https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02033-6

Six of nine planetary boundaries are currently transgressed, many related to human land use. Conversion of sizeable land areas to biomass plantations for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) – often assumed in climate mitigation scenarios to meet the Paris Agreement – may exert additional pressure on terrestrial planetary boundaries. Using spatially-explicit, process-based global biogeochemical modelling, we systematically compute feedstock production potentials for BECCS under individual and joint constraints of the planetary boundaries for nitrogen flows, freshwater change, land system change and biosphere integrity (including protection of remaining forests), while reserving current agricultural areas for meeting the growing global demand for food, fodder and fibre. 

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Tobias Heimann, Lara-Sophie Wähling, Tomke Honkomp, Ruth Delzeit, Alessandra Pirrone, Franziska Schier, Holger Weimar IN: Environmental Research Letters, 20, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ada16f

To assess the former pros and cons of Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) deployment, interdisciplinary model approaches require detailed estimates of technological information related to BECCS production technologies. Current estimates of the cost structure and capture potential of BECCS vary widely due to the absence of large-scale production. To obtain more precise estimates, a global online expert survey (N = 32) was conducted including questions on the regional development potential and biomass use of BECCS, as well as the future operating costs, capture potential, and scalability in different application sectors

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Jiaxin Zhou, Wei Li, Philippe Ciais, Thomas Gasser, Jingmeng Wang, Zhao Li, Lei Zhu, Mengjie Han, Jiaying He, Minxuan Sun, Li Liu, Xiaomeng Huang IN: Nature Communications, 16,  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55720-x

Some countries have made no commitment to carbon neutrality but are viewed as potential Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) candidates (hereafter, non-CN countries). Here the authors analyze contributions of these countries to global climate mitigation with respect to BECCS using an Earth system model with explicit representations of bioenergy crops.

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Jiaxin Zhou, Wei Li, Philippe Ciais, Thomas Gasser, Jingmeng Wang, Zhao Li, Lei Zhu, Mengjie Han, Jiaying He, Minxuan Sun, Li Liu, Xiaomeng Huang IN: Nature Communications 16, 468, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55720-x

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is a key negative emission technology for climate mitigation. Some countries have made no commitment to carbon neutrality but are viewed as potential BECCS candidates. Here the authors analyze contributions of these countries to global climate mitigation with respect to BECCS using an Earth system model with explicit representations of bioenergy crops.

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Xiaofan Xing, Yuankang Xiong, Rong Wang, Yuan Gao, Siqing Xu, Philippe Ciais, Thomas Gasser, Josep Penuelas, Jordi Sardans, Jianmin Chen, Tang Xu, Renhe Zhang IN: Next Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nxsust.2024.100040

This paper reviews the latest understanding of BECCS. The key findings reveal the limitations of current models in projecting the capacity and costs of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), mainly due to insufficient consideration of ecological consequences, including availabilities of biomass and difficulties in the transportation of biomass and CO₂. To reduce uncertainties in the capacity and costs of BECCS, it is urgently needed to apply spatially explicit method for estimating the life-cycle emissions and the complete cost items when deploying BECCS, optimize the network of biomass acquisition, power plants retrofitting and transportation of biomass and CO₂, and represent the changes in the availability of biomass (for different types of bioenergy plants) under the impacts of climate change.

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Lucas Desport, Carlos Andrade, Damien Corral, Sandrine Selosse IN: International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 141, 104280, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2024.104280

The cement industry possesses multiple options to decarbonize its operations, including material efficiency, energy efficiency, clinker content reduction, hydrogen utilization, bioenergy, and carbon capture and storage (CCS). By integrating bioenergy and CCS (BECCS), the industry could produce net-negative cement, surpassing the 2050 carbon neutrality pledge of the Global Cement and Concrete Association. In TIAM-FR, a bottom-up optimization model of the global energy system, the authors developed an explicit model of the global cement industry to analyze the potential contribution of BECCS to producing cleaner cement. The authors investigated the technical and policy conditions favorable to BECCS deployment and sustainability, considering different future biomass potentials, yields, rotation periods, and management costs. 

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