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Abstract:

It is important to understand fully the end-to-end elements across the bioenergy value chain: from crops and land use, to conversion of biomass to useful energy vectors, and the manner in which it is integrated into the rest of the UK energy system (e.g. into transport, heat or electricity). This insights report presents the evolution of that work, incorporating data arising from the ELUM project on soil carbon changes to calculate dLUC emissions, and examining

how material they are in UK bioenergy value chains, and
identifying which UK value chains offer a significant opportunity to deliver GHG savings relative to fossil baselines.

CCS is a game-changer. Bioenergy value chains with CCS render dLUC emissions of second-order importance, since virtually all CCS value chains using 2G bioenergy crops grown in the UK would deliver substantial negative emissions tothe UK. This work strengthens the link between biomass and CCS, which remains the only credible route to deliver genuine negative carbon emissions at the scale necessary to meet the UK’s 2050 GHG emission reduction targets<

Publication Year:

2015

Publisher:

ETI

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000891

Author(s):

Newton-Cross, G. and Evans, H.

Energy Categories

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Fossil Fuels: Oil Gas and Coal

CO2 Capture and Storage

CO2 capture/separation

Other Cross-Cutting Technologies or Research

Environmental, social and economic impacts

Renewable Energy Sources

Bio-Energy

Applications for heat and electricity

Language:

English

File Type:

application/pdf

File Size:

4796207 B

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Energy Technologies Institute Open Licence for Materials

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Region:

United Kingdom

Publication Type:

Policy Briefing Paper

Subject:

Policy

Theme(s):

Bioenergy

Related Dataset(s):

Ecosystem Land Use Modelling and Soil Carbon Flux Trial (ELUM)