🚨REVIEW PAPER🚨 #Hydrogen, a green energy carrier, is one of the most promising energy sources. However, it is currently mainly produced from depleting #FossilFuels with high #carbon emissions, which has serious -ve effects on the economy and environment. #HyBECCS #ATT
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To address this issue, sustainable hydrogen production from bio-energy with #carbon capture and #storage (#HyBECCS) is an ideal technology to reduce global carbon emissions while meeting energy demand. 2/6
So, a recent review presents an overview of "the latest progress in alkaline thermal treatment (#ATT) of #biomass for #hydrogen production with #carbon storage, mainly focusing on the technical characteristics & related challenges from an industrial application perspective." 3/6
Additionally, the roles of alkali and catalyst in the #ATT process are critically discussed in the review, and several aspects that have great influences on the ATT process are expounded, such as:
🔸biomass types
🔸reaction parameters
🔸reactors 4/6
Review concluded that "compared with WGS, MEC, SMR, #biomass dark fermentation & gasification, #ATT of biomass for #H2 production has the benefits of:
🔸wide range of feedstocks
🔸low energy consumption
🔸high purity of H2
🔸#NegativeCarbonEmission from entire LC of biomass 5/6
Read the open access review on sustainable hydrogen production from bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (HyBECCS) here ⬇️ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
🚨French Academy of Sciences has released a new report on #SolarGeoengineering, stressing that the absolute priority must remain reducing GHG emissions via structural changes & accelerating adaptation to climate impacts.
On #SRM, the report offers several recommendations:🧵1/6
2/ SRM Recommendation 1️⃣
Promote an international agreement aimed at prohibit any initiative, public or private, to deploy SRM, regardless of the framework or scale.
To do this, the entire scientific community will have to be involved.
3/ SRM Recommendation 2️⃣
Support & deepen research on climate, atmospheric physicochemical processes and biodiversity in order to be able to rigorously assess the potential & risks of SRM.
🚨An analysis of forest-based projects funded through the sale of #CarbonCredits shows that 10% of them may have a net warming effect on the climate because of the way they alter the Earth’s #albedo, or how much sunlight is reflected back into space.
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2/ Albedo is how much sunlight Earth’s surface reflects vs. absorbs
Forests are darker than grass or snow, meaning they absorb more heat
So when grasslands or snowy areas are turned into forests, Earth’s surface can absorb more heat, partly cancelling out cooling effect of #CDR
3/ So, this study analyzed 172 Afforestation, Reforestation & Revegetation projects in the Voluntary Carbon Market - projects that collectively aim to deliver nearly 800 million tons of CDR over the next century.
But none of these projects’ standards account for albedo change.