BECCS: Why ‘climate plantations&#8 • Table.Briefings

Wood pellets for the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire: the UK’s largest power plant is a BECCS pioneer in Europe. However, the technology’s potential is overestimated in scenarios.

Many climate scenarios are based on the assumption that billions of tons of CO2 will be reduced through „climate plantations“ in order to meet the 1.5-degree limit. However, a new PIK study concludes that this is not feasible considering planetary boundaries.

Many climate scenarios consider Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) a key technology for limiting global warming to below 1.5 degrees and even more so for the two-degree limit. Fast-growing plants are cultivated and burned for BECCS. The CO2 released is captured and stored.

BECCS: Why ‘climate plantations’ are hardly compatible with planetary boundaries

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