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@inproceedings{Strapasson:2022,
author = {Strapasson, A and Weber, Neiva Masulino N and Conti, C and Horta, Nogueira LA},
publisher = {TAGEM, UNIDO, GEF},
title = {Ethanol Power with Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage},
url = {https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360877419_Ethanol_Power_with_Carbon_Capture_Utilization_and_Storage},
year = {2022}
}

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - This study provides a new concept of negative emissions technology: the use of ethanol for power generation with carbon capture, utilization and storage (EPCCUS), as opposed to natural gas in conventional combined-cycle gas turbines. We carried out a global-scale lifecycle assessment and a local assessment of a thermopower station in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, which is a pioneering commercial facility to operate as a dual-fuel unit, through minor adaptations in its turbine system, although not having a carbon capture system yet. The assessment includes land use change effects, methane leakages, energy penalties, power stations with and without carbon capture from the flue gases, and the possibility of capturing CO2 emissions from fermentation tanks as well. EPCCUS builds on available technologies, providing major carbon removals and dispatchable power, while also increasing energy security. By simulating the use of an equivalent amount of ethanol currently produced worldwide (100 GL.y-1), the net avoided and reduced emissions combined would range between 0.2 and 0.4 GtCO2e.y-1, displacing about 5% of the natural gas used for power generation globally. This would require a harvested area of approximately 16 Mha of sugarcane or 37 Mha of corn in single cropping, based on average crop yields. Similarly, while substituting 100% of natural gas, this reduction would range between 3.7 and 7.4 GtCO2e.y-1, which are equivalent to 6.3% and 12.5% of the total greenhouse gas emissions of all sectors combined worldwide (59 GtCO2e.y-1). However, the annual harvested area required to achieve this extreme mitigation scenario would be about 323 Mha of sugarcane or 733 Mha of corn, which could be reduced using lignocellulosic ethanol. Our cost estimates suggest that EPCCUS would be already viable in some market niches, especially in liquefied natural gas importing countries, but it would require major policy support to be sustainably developed at scale.
AU  - Strapasson,A
AU  - Weber,Neiva Masulino N
AU  - Conti,C
AU  - Horta,Nogueira LA
PB  - TAGEM, UNIDO, GEF
PY  - 2022///
TI  - Ethanol Power with Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage
UR  - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/360877419_Ethanol_Power_with_Carbon_Capture_Utilization_and_Storage
UR  - https://bioenergysymposium.org/
ER  -

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