Assessing the impact of carbon dioxide removal on the power system
Summary: Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be essential to meet the net zero targets that are integral to meeting the terms of the Paris Agreement. However, their co-deployment will have a substantial impact on the broader energy system, with BECCS providing energy services and DACCS consuming them....
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| author | Augustin Prado Solene Chiquier Mathilde Fajardy Niall Mac Dowell |
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| description | Summary: Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be essential to meet the net zero targets that are integral to meeting the terms of the Paris Agreement. However, their co-deployment will have a substantial impact on the broader energy system, with BECCS providing energy services and DACCS consuming them. Thus, in this contribution, we present a framework for the co-optimization of the power and CDR sectors and apply it to the United Kingdom as a case study. We identify techno-economically and biogeophysically feasible pathways to meeting targets via the deployment of a portfolio of CDR pathways. We find that the main BECCS deployment driver is biomass availability and that planting rates limit forests carbon sinks by 2050. When biomass is abundant, BECCS plays a significant role in meeting the net zero target. Consequently, there is a reduced role for natural gas with CCS and intermittent renewable energy in the context substantial BECCS deployment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55e2c79b8aed4c3baf315efbc75909a92023-03-17T04:33:41ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422023-04-01264106303Assessing the impact of carbon dioxide removal on the power systemAugustin Prado0Solene Chiquier1Mathilde Fajardy2Niall Mac Dowell3Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London SW7 1NE, UK; Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UKCentre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London SW7 1NE, UK; Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UKInternational Energy Agency, 75 739 Paris, FranceCentre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, London SW7 1NE, UK; Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK; Corresponding authorSummary: Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be essential to meet the net zero targets that are integral to meeting the terms of the Paris Agreement. However, their co-deployment will have a substantial impact on the broader energy system, with BECCS providing energy services and DACCS consuming them. Thus, in this contribution, we present a framework for the co-optimization of the power and CDR sectors and apply it to the United Kingdom as a case study. We identify techno-economically and biogeophysically feasible pathways to meeting targets via the deployment of a portfolio of CDR pathways. We find that the main BECCS deployment driver is biomass availability and that planting rates limit forests carbon sinks by 2050. When biomass is abundant, BECCS plays a significant role in meeting the net zero target. Consequently, there is a reduced role for natural gas with CCS and intermittent renewable energy in the context substantial BECCS deployment.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223003802Energy policyEnergy resourcesEnergy modeling |
| spellingShingle | Augustin Prado Solene Chiquier Mathilde Fajardy Niall Mac Dowell Assessing the impact of carbon dioxide removal on the power system iScience Energy policy Energy resources Energy modeling |
| title | Assessing the impact of carbon dioxide removal on the power system |
| title_full | Assessing the impact of carbon dioxide removal on the power system |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the impact of carbon dioxide removal on the power system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the impact of carbon dioxide removal on the power system |
| title_short | Assessing the impact of carbon dioxide removal on the power system |
| title_sort | assessing the impact of carbon dioxide removal on the power system |
| topic | Energy policy Energy resources Energy modeling |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223003802 |
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