 Lost in the scenarios of negative emissions: The role of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)Adrian Lefvert and Stefan Grönkvist Energy Policy, 2024, vol. 184, issue C Abstract: Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) can be a useful and cost-effective climate change mitigation tool but it is reliant on economic incentives. With this policy perspective article we question the ongoing discussion about the use of biomass for BECCS with basis in three points: (1) under the enhanced transparency framework under the Paris agreement, all parties to the agreement will use the same guidelines to estimate emissions by sources and removals by sinks, in which the emissions and removals in connection to cultivation of biomass are accounted for in the land-use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector, (2) adding carbon capture to existing processes may lead to a shift in products from that process rather than an increase in biomass use, and (3) BECCS requires substantial financial incentives. With basis in these points, we argue that a certification framework for BECCS that contradicts the guidelines of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) risks unnecessarily hindering deployment of a potentially cost-effective climate change mitigation tool. Keywords: CCS; BECCS; LULUCF; IAMs; Biomass; Energy systems (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:enepol:v:184:y:2024:i:c:s0301421523004676 DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113882 Access Statistics for this article Energy Policy is currently edited by N. France More articles in Energy Policy from Elsevier |
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