A Look At BECCS
Wolf Heidug
© OECD/IEA 2012
Model Assumptions


Energy demand satisfied at least cost
Technology-rich partial equilibrium model




Bottom-up approach
Only CO2 emissions
No life-cycle emissions
Unconstrained storage capacity
© OECD/IEA 2012
Key technologies to reach the 2DS
60
CCS 22%
CCS 22%
Nuclear 9%
50
Nuclear
Power9%
generation efficiency and fuel switching 3%
GtCO2
40
CCS
30
End-use fuel switching 9%
Renewables 28%
End-use fuel and electricity efficiency 31%
6DS fuel switching 9%
End-use
20
4DS
End-use fuel and electricity efficiency 31%
2DS
10
0
Renewables 28%
Power generation efficiency and fuel switching 3%
2009
2020
2030
2040
2050
CCS provides more than one fifth of the global cumulative CO2
reductions needed to reach the 2DS (relative to the 4DS).
© OECD/IEA 2012
CCS is not just used in power
generation
7.9 Gt captured in 2050
Coal power 40%
Gas power 8%
Biomass power 4%
Biomass conversion
16%
Refineries 2%
High-purity sources
11%
Cement 8%
Iron and steel 11%
Around 1.5Gt of CO2 are captured at BECCS plants
in 2050 in the 2DS.
© OECD/IEA 2012
Captured CO2 from BECCS
8
Captured GtCO 2/year
7
6
5
4
3
2
Other CCS
1
Biomass conversion
0
2015
Biomass power
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
2045
2050
Around 1.5Gt of CO2 are captured at BECCS plants
in 2050 in the 2DS.
© OECD/IEA 2012
Regional breakdown of BECCS
1.75
1.50
Other non-OECD
Captured GtCO2/year
Other developing Asia
1.25
Central and South America
India
1.00
China
Africa
0.75
EU27
0.50
Other OECD
OECD Asia Oceania
0.25
OECD Americas
OECD
0.00
2015
2020
2025
2030
2035
2040
2045
2050
Non-OECD regions account for two thirds of the
CO2 captured at BECCS plants in 2050.
© OECD/IEA 2012