Reducing US Coal Emissions Can Boost Employment

Patrizio, Piera; Leduc, Sylvain; Kraxner, Florian; Fuss, Sabine; Kindermann, Georg; Mesfun, Sennai; Spokas, Kasparas; Mendoza, Alma J.; Dowell, Niall Mac; Wetterlund, Elisabeth; Lundgren, Joakim; Dotzauer, Erik; Yowargana, Ping; Obersteiner, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.joule.2018.10.004

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“…The flexibility of thermochemical conversion in the case of biomass, with or without CCS, makes it especially attractive for energy and chemical applications with a broad spectrum of applications and commercialization pathways. 12 Established industries could exploit new opportunities for removing CO 2 by using alkaline materials from certain types of waste, 10 which would also open up opportunities to go into the direction of making our economies more circular-a core element of the European Union's Green Deal strategy. An exploration of these 13 Increased coordinated use of these models is needed if we are to better understand the diverse outcomes and the full climate consequences and collateral effects of CDR on water, nutrients needed by plants for growth, and energy budgets.…”

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Moving toward Net-Zero Emissions Requires New Alliances for Carbon Dioxide Removal

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The 1.5 C target will require removing at least some of the carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) previously emitted. Knowledge on how this can be done has been increasing, though barriers remain concerning governance, policy, and acceptability. For the 26 th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to move beyond an academic debate on CO 2 removal (CDR), a broader alliance of research and policy communities, industry, and the public is needed.

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“…Under a Californian BECCS scenario CO2 will likely be stored terrestrially in the Central Valley [40] and it will be important to understand the local socio-economic factors which will shape attitudes towards BECCS in this region; the Central Valley has a history of oil and gas extraction and BECCS might be received positively for its perceived support to jobs and industry: high support has been identified for CCS in the industrial Teesside region of England, where it is perceived to support local industry [17]. In fact previous research has found a positive employment impact of BECCS, particularly to regions of traditional industry [14,43]. Surprisingly, however, the news media articles we reviewed did not present a positive BECCS storyline of jobs and industrial support, in either California or the UK.…”

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Without SLO BECCS, fast net-zero looks unlikely

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Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) discussions have been dominated by global scale assessments with very limited exploration of how and where the technology could be deployed. A social license to operate (SLO) may not be achieved if key aspects of deployment and public concerns are not addressed, as has happened with onshore wind energy and fracking. There is a crucial role for the news media in this process because of its influence over the public debate and public attitudes. The fate of the public debate on BECCS has major implications for the delivery of net-zero emissions: time is very short for policymakers to find alternative strategies to meet carbon budgets if BECCS is rejected. Our news media analysis of the UK and California explores the ‘storylines’ which frame the public debate of BECCS. Results highlight: 1) an immature public debate, significantly lagging policy objectives; 2) a distinctive set of storylines specific to California and the UK; and 3) the absence of a location-specific discussion of BECCS, which we argue is critical to community-level support necessary for a SLO.

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“…Finally, a limitation of this study that applies to all pathways includes the assumption on the availability of low cost and low carbon intensity biomass. As the scale of the biomass potential is highly uncertain once accounting for economic, social, and environmental impacts, real-world implementation of biomass in the energy and industrial sectors requires consideration of all these factors at the local and regional levels ( Buck, 2018 ; Patrizio et al., 2018 ). In this context, accounting for the regional ecosystems' impacts such as the land and water footprint associated with crop cultivation and use within each conversion pathway is key.…”

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CO2 mitigation or removal: The optimal uses of biomass in energy system decarbonization

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Owing to its versatility, biomass can be used for a range of CO 2 mitigation and removal options. The recent adoption of end-of-century temperature targets at the global scale, along with mid-century economy-wide net zero emission targets in Europe, has boosted demand forecasts for this valuable resource. Given the limited nature of sustainable biomass supply, it is important to understand most efficient uses of biomass, both in terms of avoided CO 2 emissions (i.e., substituted energy and economic services) and CO 2 removal. Here, we quantify the mitigation and removal potential of key bio-based CO 2 removal pathways for the transport, power, construction, and iron and steel sectors in Europe. By combining the carbon balance of these pathways with their economics, the optimal use of biomass in terms of CO 2 avoidance and removal costs is quantified, and how these evolve with the decarbonization of the European energy system is discussed.

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Reducing US Coal Emissions Can Boost Employment

Cited by 57 publications

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Moving toward Net-Zero Emissions Requires New Alliances for Carbon Dioxide Removal

Moving toward Net-Zero Emissions Requires New Alliances for Carbon Dioxide Removal

Without SLO BECCS, fast net-zero looks unlikely

CO2 mitigation or removal: The optimal uses of biomass in energy system decarbonization

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