Retrofitted carbon capture and storage for negative emissions in China’s co-firing plants
Retrofitted carbon capture and storage for negative emissions in China’s co-firing plants | Nature Climate Change
We established a comprehensive assessment framework to explore the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction potential from coal–biomass co-firing power plants with retrofitted carbon capture and storage (CBECCS) in China. Optimal spatiotemporal deployment of the CBECCS transition could achieve CO2 mitigation of 1.6 Gt yr−1 in 2040 and 41.2 Gt cumulatively over the period 2025–2060.
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This is a summary of: Fan, J.-L. et al. Co-firing plants with retrofitted carbon capture and storage for power-sector emissions mitigation. Nat. Clim. Change https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01736-y(2023).
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Retrofitted carbon capture and storage for negative emissions in China’s co-firing plants. Nat. Clim. Chang. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01756-8
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