Xing, Xiaofan, Wang, Rong, Bauer, Nico et al. (23 more authors) (2021) Spatially explicit analysis identifies significant potential for bioenergy with carbon capture and storage in China. Nature Communications. 3159. ISSN 2041-1723
Abstract
As China ramped-up coal power capacities rapidly while CO2 emissions need to decline, these capacities would turn into stranded assets. To deal with this risk, a promising option is to retrofit these capacities to co-fire with biomass and eventually upgrade to CCS operation (BECCS), but the feasibility is debated with respect to negative impacts on broader sustainability issues. Here we present a data-rich spatially explicit approach to estimate the marginal cost curve for decarbonizing the power sector in China with BECCS. We identify a potential of 222 GW of power capacities in 2836 counties generated by co-firing 0.9 Gt of biomass from the same county, with half being agricultural residues. Our spatially explicit method helps to reduce uncertainty in the economic costs and emissions of BECCS, identify the best opportunities for bioenergy and show the limitations by logistical challenges to achieve carbon neutrality in the power sector with large-scale BECCS in China.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021 |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Chemistry (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2021 11:30 |
Last Modified: | 14 Mar 2025 00:09 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23282-x |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1038/s41467-021-23282-x |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:175990 |
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