Initial Considerations for Large-Scale Carbon Removal in the United States
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States); et. al
The Biden Administration has established a goal of removing 1 Gt carbon dioxide equivalents per year (CO2e/yr) from the atmosphere and of achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2050. Our team of leading academic and DOE national laboratory experts is conducting the first economy-wide technical evaluation of the options for achieving this carbon dioxide removal (CDR) goal. The net zero goal includes targets of 100% clean electricity by 2035 with 40% GHG emissions reductions by 2030, which helps set primary scenario boundaries for our analysis of the CDR supply curve. Our analysis will evaluate feasibility, performance, and costs on a county level for the entire USA (including AK and HI where possible), considering all removal methods that are currently well-enough developed for us to estimate the likely costs in 2050. We anticipate that more than 1 Gt CO2e of removal will be available to the Nation. We will identify how much of each CO2 removal approach is available in specific regions of the Nation and provide cumulative costs and volumes (a supply curve) by region for 2050. We expect to complete this detailed analysis by late 2023.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Office of Sustainable Transportation. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO); USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- OSTI ID:
- 1867535
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-TR-832805; 1050716
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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