Energy and GHG emissions assessment for biochar-enhanced advanced biofuels value chains - ScienceDirect

[Michael Hayes]

[...] Highlights

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Innovative integration of slow and fast pyrolysis within drop-in biofuel production.

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Biochar co-production leads to carbon sequestration and high GHG emission savings.

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Tuning biomass flows, significant reductions of fossil-based inputs are achieved.

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Improved scenarios at higher RES share to further reduce GHG emissions are proposed.

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The proposed methodology establishes a foundation for innovative BECCS solutions.

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Energy and GHG emissions assessment for biochar-enhanced advanced biofuels value chains

M. Buffi, O. Hurtig, M. Prussi, N. Scarlat, D. Chiaramonti

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890424003911 

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MH] I'm glad to see Biochar being placed back in the BECCS category where it originally began over a decade ago.

Marine-based operations of this Biochar Enhanced Biofuel method would likely be welcomed by most ship operators simply due to the low cost. Moreover, biorefinery feedstock supplied by floating photobioreactors growing seaweed is likelt far more productive than using open water/open tanks. Moreover, no terrestrial plant wounewlikelt be able to out perform PBR grown seaweed at OceanDR level or price level.

Using this new 'biochar enhanced' BECCS method out on the Ocean is what I've been calling Blue Biochar for most of a decade.