Room: Amazon
Date: Friday, 22 May 2026
Time: 11:30 - 12:45 CEST
Session code 2DO.5
BECCS technologies and forest carbon dynamics
Evaluating Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) Deployment Pathways
Short Introductive summary
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) offers a viable pathway for greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement by coupling renewable energy generation with carbon capture and storage (CCS). Large biomass resources and energy-intensive industries create strategic opportunities for BECCS deployment to support national and regional net-zero targets. This study develops an integrated framework to assess the technical, spatial, and economic potential of BECCS implementation across the pulp and paper industry. The framework couples process-level CO2 capture, transport, and storage modelling with long-term energy systems analysis using the Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP). It captures system-wide interactions between BECCS technologies, regional energy infrastructures, and their associated costs and emission reductions. Results map deployment opportunities country-wide via infrastructure and techno-economic assessment, estimate marginal abatement costs, and postulate region-specific deployment pathways. Preliminary findings highlight concentrated biogenic CO2 streams at chemical pulping facilities and the advantage of storage hubs and corridors.
Presenter
Deborah SIPEOLU
University of Alberta, Mechanical Engineering Dpt., CANADA
Presenter's biography
Deborah Sipeolu is a master's student at the University of Alberta, whose research focuses on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)
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Co-authors:
M. Davis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CANADA
T. Saha, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CANADA
S. Radpour, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CANADA
A. Kumar, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CANADA
Session reference: 2DO.5.5