Oluchi Emenike
Initial techno-economic screening of BECCS technologies in power generation for a range of biomass feedstock
Emenike, Oluchi; Michailos, Stavros; Finney, Karen N.; Hughes, Kevin J.; Ingham, Derek; Pourkashanian, Mohamed
Authors
Dr Stavros Michailos S.Michailos@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering
Karen N. Finney
Kevin J. Hughes
Derek Ingham
Mohamed Pourkashanian
Abstract
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) has the potential to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and ultimately play an important role in climate change mitigation. The aim of this research is to compare the techno-economic performance of different types of biomass in different CO2 abatement technologies via simulations. This is information that is currently not available in the BECCS literature and the present study constitutes the first attempt to bridge this knowledge gap. Simulations revealed that potentially annual CO2 negative emissions of 1.0 Mt up to 1.52 Mt can be achieved for a 250 MW power plant when biomass is coupled with the appropriate CCS technology. Economic analysis estimated that CO2 avoidance costs in the range of £46- £88 per tonne of CO2 are required to match the cost of bioenergy generation without CCS. A sensitivity analysis to investigate the effect of carbon pricing as an economic tool suggested that a carbon price range of £83 - £146 per tonne of CO2 is necessary to compete with natural gas. A parametric analysis on the LCOE identified the high fuel cost as the major cost driver; other significant factors are the plant capacity factor and the capital charges.
Citation
Emenike, O., Michailos, S., Finney, K. N., Hughes, K. J., Ingham, D., & Pourkashanian, M. (2020). Initial techno-economic screening of BECCS technologies in power generation for a range of biomass feedstock. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments an international journal, 40, Article 100743. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100743
| Journal Article Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Acceptance Date | May 24, 2020 |
| Online Publication Date | Jun 28, 2020 |
| Publication Date | Aug 1, 2020 |
| Deposit Date | Dec 5, 2022 |
| Journal | Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments |
| Print ISSN | 2213-1388 |
| Publisher | Elsevier |
| Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
| Volume | 40 |
| Article Number | 100743 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seta.2020.100743 |
| Keywords | Bio-CCS; IECM; Negative emissions; Techno-economics; Policy analysis |
| Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4130912 |