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Greens point to potential for CCS in industry and biofuels
Publish date: February 3, 2011
Written by: Eivind Hoff
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Greens point to potential for CCS in industry and biofuels
A fresh report by the Öko-Institut sponsored by the Greens/European Free Alliance shows that for the EU to reach its stated greenhouse gas emission reduction goal by 2050, CCS in the steel and cement industry as well as in biofuel processing would need to abate 300 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year by 2050. This amounts to about 7% of total EU emissions reduction from 2008 to 2050.
The report sets out a Vision Scenario that achieves 91% emission reduction between 1990 and 2050. This scenario is based on the assumption that the power sector in 2050 will be virtually fully renewable. The scenario only includes CCS for process emissions from steel and cement production, as well as from biofuel plants. CCS on steel and cement will avoid about 180 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions a year by 2050, and CCS for biofuel production will abate 120 million tonnes.
If the scenario had been more ambitious and included CCS for ammonia production (assumed in the scenario to be based on biomass) and for biomass power plants, the carbon-negative potential of CCS would be significantly higher.
Still, the report says ”the preparation of an appropriate and risk-minimized infrastructure for CO₂ transport and storage sites must start in the near future.”
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