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Screening and techno-economic assessment of biomass-based power generation with CCS technologies to meet 2050 CO2 targets

Bhave, Amit; Taylor, Richard H.S.; Fennell, Paul; Livingston, William R.; Shah, Nilay; Mac Dowell, Niall; Dennis, John; Kraft, Markus; Pourkashanian, Mohammed; Insa, Mathieu; Jones, Jenny; Burdett, Nigel; Bauen, Ausilio; Beal, Corinne; Smallbone, Andrew; Akroyd, Jethro

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Authors

Amit Bhave

Richard H.S. Taylor

Paul Fennell

William R. Livingston

Nilay Shah

Niall Mac Dowell

John Dennis

Markus Kraft

Mohammed Pourkashanian

Mathieu Insa

Jenny Jones

Nigel Burdett

Ausilio Bauen

Corinne Beal

Jethro Akroyd



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 CO2 capture (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.

Citation

Bhave, A., Taylor, R. H., Fennell, P., Livingston, W. R., Shah, N., Mac Dowell, N., …Akroyd, J. (2017). Screening and techno-economic assessment of biomass-based power generation with CCS technologies to meet 2050 CO2 targets. Applied Energy, 190, 481-489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.12.120

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 26, 2016
Online Publication Date Jan 7, 2017
Publication Date Mar 31, 2017
Deposit Date Oct 8, 2019
Publicly Available Date Oct 24, 2019
Journal Applied Energy
Print ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 190
Pages 481-489
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.12.120

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