Scenarios for the environmental impact of fossil fuel power: Co-benefits and trade-offs of carbon capture and storage

Bhawna Singh, Anders H. Strømman and Edgar G. Hertwich

Energy, 2012, vol. 45, issue 1, 762-770

Abstract: This study uses a hybrid Life Cycle Assessment approach to evaluate the environmental impacts of large-scale deployment of Carbon dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS) in coal and natural gas based electricity generation, based on IEA scenarios. For the Baseline scenario, all impact categories would increase 2–3-fold in 2050 from 2005 levels. Green House Gas (GHG) emissions are found to decrease by ∼40% in ACTmap scenario and by ∼75% in more CCS-intensive BLUEmap scenario. These climate mitigation scenarios also show significantly reduced impacts of acidification, particulate matter formation and human toxicity, suggesting the existence of co-benefits. For eutrophication, all scenarios indicate substantial increases, but the increases are largest in the Baseline scenario. For photochemical oxidant formation, only the mitigation scenarios manage to stabilize this impact from fossil fuel based power production. This study does not assess the impact of alternative power generation or energy efficiency technology that replaces part of the fossil fuel power in the mitigation scenarios.

Keywords: Energy scenario; Climate change mitigation; Life Cycle Assessment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.07.014

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