Anandarajah, G;
Dessens, O;
McDowall, W;
(2018)
The future for bioenergy systems: the role of BECCS?
In: Gough, C and Thornley, P and Mander, S and Vaughan, N and Falano, T, (eds.)
Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS): Unlocking Negative Emissions.
(pp. 205-226).
Wiley: Hoboken, NJ, USA.
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Abstract
Many global decarbonisation scenarios suggest that bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is an important option for CO2 emissions mitigation. Bioenergy has been well modelled in the TIAM‐UCL model, with previous work having identified the significant impact of BECCS on the projected costs of achieving a 2 °C target (McGlade et al., Unavailable). This chapter builds on this work, using TIAM‐UCL to investigate the extent to which BECCS is critical for meeting global CO2 reduction targets under different long‐term scenarios out to 2100. The chapter also assesses the potential impacts of BECCS on mitigation costs under various scenarios at a global scale. Though previous work has suggested that BECCS can play a crucial role in meeting the global climate‐change mitigation target, uncertainties remain in two main areas: the availability of biomass, which is affected by many factors including availability of land for biomass production and sustainability of bioenergy production including consequences for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In order to assess the importance of these uncertainties, this chapter develops several scenarios by varying the availability of biomass (sustainability of the bioenergy production) and peaking year for GHG emissions under 2 °C and 1.5 °C climate‐change mitigation targets at a global level. Scenario analysis suggests that without BECCS, or other negative emissions technologies, the targets may simply become implausible – certainly 1.5 °C but perhaps also 2 °C.
| Type: | Book chapter |
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| Title: | The future for bioenergy systems: the role of BECCS? |
| ISBN-13: | 9781119237716 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1002/9781119237716.ch10 |
| Publisher version: | https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Biomass+Energy+with+Ca... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2018 John Wiley & Sons Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, except as permitted by law. Advice on how to obtain permission to reuse material from this title is available at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions. This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | BECCS, TIAM-UCL, uncertainty, climate change mitigation, energy system modelling, bioenergy |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10039483 |
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