AssessCCUS: An Integrated Approach for Aggregating Resources to Enable Techno-Economic and Life Cycle Assessment of Carbon Management Technologies
Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) - also sometimes known as carbon management - technologies are becoming an increasingly important part of the portfolio of technologies necessary to mitigate climate change and defossilize industrial production systems (Sick, 2021). These technologies capture carbon dioxide from industrial point sources or from the atmosphere directly and then either sequester it or use it as a carbon source in valuable products. Potential utilization pathways include, but are not limited to, concrete, fuels, and certain commodity chemicals, and sequestration pathways can include permanent geological storage or temporary storage in natural sinks ranging from forests to agricultural soil. Regardless of the pathway, assessment of the economic and environmental performance of the technologies is important for understanding their potential scalability and impact as well as developing plans to minimize life cycle costs and potential environmental trade-offs. A full discussion of potential trade-offs associated with CCUS is outside the scope of this article, but promoting assessment broadly helps to stimulate important conversations about the benefits and drawbacks of any particular technological choice.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EER); University of Michigan Global CO2 Initiative
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- OSTI ID:
- 1863938
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/JA-5100-81733; MainId:82506; UUID:bd682d9d-07bc-4544-abfc-9d8fb5dd9b30; MainAdminID:64319
- Journal Information:
- Frontiers in Climate, Journal Name: Frontiers in Climate Vol. 4; ISSN 2624-9553
- Publisher:
- Frontiers Media S.A.Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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