Title
A bio-physical and net-energy comparison of CCS and renewable energy baseload systems
Conference Dates
May 22-26, 2017
Abstract
While CCS is considered a key component for climate change mitigation, actual installed capacity to date creates concerns about its ability to scale sufficiently fast. In the face of this lag, a considered complementary trajectory is for CCuS to play a role in later phases as a way to actively reduce CO2 emissions in combination with biomass. This paper discusses an alternative option: under which circumstances would simply eschewing fossil-based CCS and readily switching the energy system to abundant renewable energy (RE) resources be preferable? We discuss the relative merits of CCS vs RE investments using net-energy as the primary metric but also provide ancillary considerations on the utilization pathway, geological, and infrastructural requirements
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Recommended Citation
Sgouris Sgouridis, Michael Carbajales-Dale, Denes Csala, Matteo Chiesa, and Ugo Bardi, "A bio-physical and net-energy comparison of CCS and renewable energy baseload systems" in "CO2 Summit III: Pathways to Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Deployment", Jen Wilcox (Colorado School of Mines, USA) Holly Krutka (Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, USA) Simona Liguori (Colorado School of Mines, USA) Niall Mac Dowell (Imperial College, United Kingdom) Eds, ECI Symposium Series, (2017). https://dc.engconfintl.org/co2_summit3/29