Screening and techno-economic assessment of biomass-based power generation with CCS technologies to meet 2050 CO2 targets
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Biomass-based power generation combined with CO2 capture and storage (Biopower CCS) currently represents one of the few practical and economic means of removing large quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere, and the only approach that involves the generation of electricity at the same time. We present the results of the Techno-Economic Study of Biomass to Power with CO2capture (TESBiC) project, that entailed desk-based review and analysis, process engineering, optimisation as well as primary data collection from some of the leading pilot demonstration plants. From the perspective of being able to deploy Biopower CCS by 2050, twenty-eight Biopower CCS technology combinations involving combustion or gasification of biomass (either dedicated or co-fired with coal) together with pre-, oxy- or post-combustion CO2 capture were identified and assessed. In addition to the capital and operating costs, techno-economic characteristics such as electrical efficiencies (LHV% basis), Levelised Cost of Electricity (LCOE), costs of CO2 captured and CO2 avoided were modelled over time assuming technology improvements from today to 2050. Many of the Biopower CCS technologies gave relatively similar techno-economic results when analysed at the same scale, with the plant scale (MWe) observed to be the principal driver of CAPEX (£/MWe) and the cofiring % (i.e. the weighted feedstock cost) a key driver of LCOE. The data collected during the TESBiC project also highlighted the lack of financial incentives for generation of electricity with negative CO2 emissions.
Date Issued
2017-01-07
Online Publication Date
2018-01-07T07:00:22Z
Date Acceptance
2016-12-26
ISSN
0306-2619
Publisher
ELSEVIER
Start Page
481
End Page
489
Journal / Book Title
APPLIED ENERGY
Volume
190
Copyright Statement
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This manuscript is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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web-of-science
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Energy & Fuels
Engineering, Chemical
Engineering
Biomass
Biopower
Bioenergy Power generation
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Scenarios and forecasting
Techno-economics
NEGATIVE EMISSIONS TECHNOLOGIES
ALGAE-DERIVED BIODIESEL
CARBON-DIOXIDE CAPTURE
BIO-ENERGY
STORAGE
BECCS
MODEL
BIOENERGY
FEASIBILITY
FACILITIES
Energy
09 Engineering
14 Economics
Publication Status
Published