Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): Bio-Energy vs Fossil Fuels
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2014) | Viewed by 43146
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Investments in the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology are justified by long-term global climate mitigation potential. The coupling of CCS research with fossil-fuels, however, raises concerns that CCS investments could be contributing to perpetuating fossil-fuel dependence and slowing down the transition away from fossil-fuels, thus detracting from long-term climate mitigation efforts. While CCS coupled with coal or natural gas offers possible reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, CCS coupled with bio-energy offers the possibility of a net reduction of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere. Given the high-levels of continued government investment in CCS, this special issue explores the challenges, opportunities, linkages, and distinctions of advancing CCS with fossil-fuels versus advancing CCS with bio-energy. Interdisciplinary perspectives that offer insights on the decoupling of CCS from fossil-fuels are invited, as is research on the long-term climate mitigation potential for CCS with bio-energy. Analysis that integrates the social and political dimensions of CCS advancement is particularly welcome.
Associate Professor Jennie C. Stephens
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- climate mitigation
- fossil-fuel technologies
- bio-energy
- coal
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