Adapting the Technology Performance Level Integrated Assessment Framework to Low-TRL Technologies Within the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Industry, Part I
With the urgent need to mitigate climate change and rising global temperatures, technological solutions that reduce atmospheric CO2 are an increasingly important part of the global solution. As a result, the nascent carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) industry is rapidly growing with a p...
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| description | With the urgent need to mitigate climate change and rising global temperatures, technological solutions that reduce atmospheric CO2 are an increasingly important part of the global solution. As a result, the nascent carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) industry is rapidly growing with a plethora of new technologies in many different sectors. There is a need to holistically evaluate these new technologies in a standardized and consistent manner to determine which technologies will be the most successful and competitive in the global marketplace to achieve decarbonization targets. Life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic assessment (TEA) have been employed as rigorous methodologies for quantitatively measuring a technology's environmental impacts and techno-economic performance, respectively. However, these metrics evaluate a technology's performance in only three dimensions and do not directly incorporate stakeholder needs and values. In addition, technology developers frequently encounter trade-offs during design that increase one metric at the expense of the other. The technology performance level (TPL) combined indicator provides a comprehensive and holistic assessment of an emerging technology's potential, which is described by its techno-economic performance, environmental impacts, social impacts, safety considerations, market/deployability opportunities, use integration impacts, and general risks. TPL incorporates TEA and LCA outputs and quantifies the trade-offs between them directly using stakeholder feedback and requirements. In this article, the TPL methodology is being adapted from the marine energy domain to the CCUS domain. Adapted metrics and definitions, a stakeholder analysis, and a detailed foundation-based application of the systems engineering approach to CCUS are presented. The TPL assessment framework is couched within the internationally standardized LCA framework to improve technical rigor and acceptance. It is demonstrated how stakeholder needs and values can be directly incorporated, how LCA and TEA metrics can be balanced, and how other dimensions (listed earlier) can be integrated into a single metric that measures a technology's potential. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c257e44efb5e4ac98ba04522583e0f792022-12-21T19:24:00ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Climate2624-95532022-03-01410.3389/fclim.2022.818786818786Adapting the Technology Performance Level Integrated Assessment Framework to Low-TRL Technologies Within the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Industry, Part INicole Mendoza0Thomas Mathai1Blake Boren2Jesse Roberts3James Niffenegger4Volker Sick5Arno W. Zimmermann6Arno W. Zimmermann7Jochem Weber8Joshua Schaidle9Wind Energy Systems, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Arvada, CO, United StatesWater Power R&D, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United StatesWater Power R&D, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United StatesWater Power, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United StatesWater Power R&D, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United StatesGlobal CO2 Initiative, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesNetzero Partners, Berlin, GermanyInstitute of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, GermanyWater Power R&D, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United StatesCatalytic Carbon Transformation, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, United StatesWith the urgent need to mitigate climate change and rising global temperatures, technological solutions that reduce atmospheric CO2 are an increasingly important part of the global solution. As a result, the nascent carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) industry is rapidly growing with a plethora of new technologies in many different sectors. There is a need to holistically evaluate these new technologies in a standardized and consistent manner to determine which technologies will be the most successful and competitive in the global marketplace to achieve decarbonization targets. Life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic assessment (TEA) have been employed as rigorous methodologies for quantitatively measuring a technology's environmental impacts and techno-economic performance, respectively. However, these metrics evaluate a technology's performance in only three dimensions and do not directly incorporate stakeholder needs and values. In addition, technology developers frequently encounter trade-offs during design that increase one metric at the expense of the other. The technology performance level (TPL) combined indicator provides a comprehensive and holistic assessment of an emerging technology's potential, which is described by its techno-economic performance, environmental impacts, social impacts, safety considerations, market/deployability opportunities, use integration impacts, and general risks. TPL incorporates TEA and LCA outputs and quantifies the trade-offs between them directly using stakeholder feedback and requirements. In this article, the TPL methodology is being adapted from the marine energy domain to the CCUS domain. Adapted metrics and definitions, a stakeholder analysis, and a detailed foundation-based application of the systems engineering approach to CCUS are presented. The TPL assessment framework is couched within the internationally standardized LCA framework to improve technical rigor and acceptance. It is demonstrated how stakeholder needs and values can be directly incorporated, how LCA and TEA metrics can be balanced, and how other dimensions (listed earlier) can be integrated into a single metric that measures a technology's potential.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2022.818786/fullintegrated assessment (IA)technology performance level (TPL)technology assessment framework (TAF)combined indicatortechnology development trajectorylife cycle assessment (LCA) |
| spellingShingle | Nicole Mendoza Thomas Mathai Blake Boren Jesse Roberts James Niffenegger Volker Sick Arno W. Zimmermann Arno W. Zimmermann Jochem Weber Joshua Schaidle Adapting the Technology Performance Level Integrated Assessment Framework to Low-TRL Technologies Within the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Industry, Part I Frontiers in Climate integrated assessment (IA) technology performance level (TPL) technology assessment framework (TAF) combined indicator technology development trajectory life cycle assessment (LCA) |
| title | Adapting the Technology Performance Level Integrated Assessment Framework to Low-TRL Technologies Within the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Industry, Part I |
| title_full | Adapting the Technology Performance Level Integrated Assessment Framework to Low-TRL Technologies Within the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Industry, Part I |
| title_fullStr | Adapting the Technology Performance Level Integrated Assessment Framework to Low-TRL Technologies Within the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Industry, Part I |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adapting the Technology Performance Level Integrated Assessment Framework to Low-TRL Technologies Within the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Industry, Part I |
| title_short | Adapting the Technology Performance Level Integrated Assessment Framework to Low-TRL Technologies Within the Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Industry, Part I |
| title_sort | adapting the technology performance level integrated assessment framework to low trl technologies within the carbon capture utilization and storage industry part i |
| topic | integrated assessment (IA) technology performance level (TPL) technology assessment framework (TAF) combined indicator technology development trajectory life cycle assessment (LCA) |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fclim.2022.818786/full |
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