Although biomass and carbon capture & storage (CCS) are frequently quoted as being "carbon-neutral" technologies, neither, in practice, can quite match that claim. But combine them, and you have something which surpasses carbon-neutral, a carbon-negative technology whereby the CO2 released from the combustion of biomass is captured and sequestered, providing a net sink of CO2 which can overcome the inefficiencies of the individual technologies.
The TESBiC (Techno-Economic Study of Biomass To CCS) consortium is looking to turn that pipe dream into a genuine part of the future U.K. energy mix. Commissioned and funded by ETI, the consortium's partners are a mix of key academic institutions (Cambridge, Imperial College, Leeds), big industrial players (EDF, Drax Power, Doosan Babcock) and innovative energy consultancies and software engineers (E4tech, cmcl innovations). The project's aims are to investigate and compare several combinations of CCS technologies with biomass with a state-of-the-art review, thus providing a greater understanding of how they might be deployed within the U.K., the compatibility between different technologies and different forms of biomass, and the challenges, both technical and economical, which must be overcome. This will provide the necessary insight to carry out parametric modelling studies of the most promising technology combinations, helping to address for some of the remaining unknowns, and underline the true potential of biomass with CCS.
Further details can be found on the TESBIC project webpage.
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