Re: [geo] Re: BECCS -- How much research is going on into biomass energy with carbon capture and storage?

2011-05-25 Thread rongretlarson
Henrik and Ken (cc List) 1. Ken - thanks very much for sending the recommended 2002 article by Keith and Rhodes. I had not seen this one. Their plot of electricity costs for three options is one I shall try to add Biochar to (although comparing carbon negativity (this list's focus - at least

Re: [geo] Re: BECCS -- How much research is going on into biomass energy with carbon capture and storage?

2011-05-24 Thread rongretlarson
Ken, Henrik and list 1. Ken specifically asked about the list's reaction to his final sentence being questioned by Henrik, which read (adding the previous sentence also): If the plants are burned in power plants that capture CO2and store it underground in geologic reservoirs, then the net

[geo] Re: BECCS -- How much research is going on into biomass energy with carbon capture and storage?

2011-05-24 Thread Josh Horton
In case anyone missed it, the Global CCS Institute recently put out a global BECCS assessment report, which you can find here http://www.globalccsinstitute.com/sites/default/files/GCCSI_Biorecro_Global_Status_of_BECCS_110302_report.pdf Section 4 covers current BECCS projects. I notice that

[geo] Re: BECCS -- How much research is going on into biomass energy with carbon capture and storage?

2011-05-24 Thread Henrik Karlsson
Josh, It was during the production of this report (which I was lead author on) and in previous work that I was amazed by the non-existent BECCS research community. There is some BECCS related research going on at IIASA (Austria), PIK (Germany) and other places in connection to climate scenario

[geo] Re: BECCS -- How much research is going on into biomass energy with carbon capture and storage?

2011-05-24 Thread Henrik Karlsson
Ron, Please note that the issue discussed in this specific thread is only related to BECCS as a CDR method, not to biopower/biofuels in general, nor biochar. (For the context of the quote under discussion, read the full text at http://www.issues.org/27.1/caldeira.html.) My point, which I