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'''Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage''', BECCS, is a [[climate change mitigation]] technology where [[carbon capture and storage]] is applied to facilities which burn or in other ways process [[biomass]]. <ref>Obersteiner, M., Ch. Azar, P. Kauppi, K. Möllersten, J. Moreira, S.Nilsson, P. Read, K. Riahi, B. Schlamadinger, Y. Yamagata, J. Yan, and J.-P. van Ypersele, 2001: Managing climate risk, Science 294, 786–787. </ref> Examples of such facilities are [[power stations]] or [[pulp and paper]] mills. Using this technology with sustainably produced biomass would result in net-negative [[carbon emissions]], as the [[carbon sequestration|carbon sequestered]] during the growth of the biomass would be captured and stored, thus removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/wg3/ar4-wg3-chapter3.pdf|title= Issues related to mitigation in the long term context, In Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change |last=Fisher|first=B.S.|coauthors=et al|date=2007|work= Fourth Assessment Report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change |publisher= Cambridge University Press }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url= http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2004.01.003 |title= Efficient energy systems with CO2 capture and storage from renewable biomass in pulp and paper mills |last=Möllersten|first=K.|coauthors=et al|date=2004|work= Renewable Energy }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.springerlink.com/content/w30h4274h130580u/ |title= Carbon Capture and Storage From Fossil Fuels and Biomass – Costs and Potential Role in Stabilizing the Atmosphere |last=Azar|first=Christian|coauthors=et al|date=2006|work= Climatic Change }} </ref> |
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The concept of BECCS is sometimes refered to as [[Bio-energy with carbon storage]] (BECS), although BECS may also refer to a wider concept than BECCS, including technologies such as carbon sequestration with [[biochar]]. |
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BECCS may be an essential tool for stabilizing atmospheric levels of [[carbon dioxide]] and to counter the threat of [[abrupt climate change]] <ref>{{cite web|url= http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2004.07.003|title= Bio-energy with carbon storage (BECS): A sequential decision approach to the threat of abrupt climate change |last=Read| coauthors=Lermit|date=2005|work= Energy }} </ref> . |
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CCS can also be applied to biomass, potentially reducing atmospheric concentrations, if the harvest and combustion of biomass is in equilibrium with carbon dioxide being sequestered |
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by growing plants, in which case carbon capture and storage would additionally reduce emissions from this carbon-neutral fuel. Assuming sustainable biomass production, it has been found that the use of both fossil fuel and biomass CCS will reduce overall costs of stabilizing atmospheric carbon dioxide by 40-80% compared with a technology mix relying on non-CCS technologies alone. <ref>{{cite web|url= http://assets.panda.org/downloads/climatesolutionweb.pdf|title= Climate Solutions |
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WWF’s Vision for 2050 | last=WWF | date=2008|work= Energy }} </ref> |
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== See also == |
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*[[Bio-energy with carbon storage]] |
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*[[Carbon sequestration]] |
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*[[Carbon capture and storage]] |
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*[[Bioenergy]] |
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==References== |
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[[Category:Climate change]] |
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[[Category:Energy]] |
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[[Category:Geoengineering]] |
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Revision as of 07:20, 12 May 2009
Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage, BECCS, is a climate change mitigation technology where carbon capture and storage is applied to facilities which burn or in other ways process biomass. [1] Examples of such facilities are power stations or pulp and paper mills. Using this technology with sustainably produced biomass would result in net-negative carbon emissions, as the carbon sequestered during the growth of the biomass would be captured and stored, thus removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. [2] [3] [4]
The concept of BECCS is sometimes refered to as Bio-energy with carbon storage (BECS), although BECS may also refer to a wider concept than BECCS, including technologies such as carbon sequestration with biochar.
BECCS may be an essential tool for stabilizing atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide and to counter the threat of abrupt climate change [5] .
CCS can also be applied to biomass, potentially reducing atmospheric concentrations, if the harvest and combustion of biomass is in equilibrium with carbon dioxide being sequestered by growing plants, in which case carbon capture and storage would additionally reduce emissions from this carbon-neutral fuel. Assuming sustainable biomass production, it has been found that the use of both fossil fuel and biomass CCS will reduce overall costs of stabilizing atmospheric carbon dioxide by 40-80% compared with a technology mix relying on non-CCS technologies alone. [6]
See also
References
- ^ Obersteiner, M., Ch. Azar, P. Kauppi, K. Möllersten, J. Moreira, S.Nilsson, P. Read, K. Riahi, B. Schlamadinger, Y. Yamagata, J. Yan, and J.-P. van Ypersele, 2001: Managing climate risk, Science 294, 786–787.
- ^ Fisher, B.S. (2007). "Issues related to mitigation in the long term context, In Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change" (PDF). Fourth Assessment Report of the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press.
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