"#NegativeEmissionsTechnologies are needed to achieve #NetZero emissions, but their deployment will depend on regional & national circumstances, technology availability, & decarbonization strategies."
In this regard, a new study is done. Details below in a 🧵 1/7
The recent paper reviews "the literature and maps the role of Process Integration (PI) in #NETs deployment." 2/7
"Techniques such as mathematical programming, pinch analysis (PA), process graphs (P-graphs), are powerful methods for planning #NET systems under resource or footprint constraints." 3/7
"Other methods such as multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), marginal abatement cost curves, causality maps, and machine learning (ML) are also discussed," in this study. 4/7
"Current literature focuses mainly on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (#BECCS) and afforestation/reforestation (#AR), but other #NETs need to be integrated into future models for large-scale #decarbonization," study found. 5/7
Read the open-access paper study entitled: "Optimization and decision support models for deploying negative emissions technologies" here ⬇️ journals.plos.org/sustainability…
🚨Solar Geoengineering (#SRM) may seem cheap (~$18B/yr) to cool the planet, but when you factor in societal risks, political instability & sudden climate rebounds, the true cost may far exceed technical estimates from both moral & practical standpoints, says a new study.
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2/ SRM often gets touted as cheap even “pennies per ton” compared to the hundreds of $/ton needed for large-scale CDR.
But these estimates usually ignore the real-world costs of deploying SRM in a politically fractured and climate-damaged world.
3/ The authors outline four cost domains that traditional SRM estimates often miss:
1️⃣ Compensation for harms
2️⃣ International coordination
3️⃣ Domestic political feasibility
4⃣ Termination Shock
Each could add major financial & political costs. Details below:
SeaO2, in collaboration with TU Delft, University of Twente, and NERA secured nearly $2M for a seawater-to-e-SAF project via TKI Energy and Industry program.
🚨Global talk on #SolarGeoengineering is heating up but Latin America’s barely in the room.
A new study analyzes the #MakeSunsets case in Mexico & shows why Latin America & the Caribbean need urgent, inclusive SRM governance to prevent risks & protect real research.🧵1/8
2/ With climate risks growing, solar radiation modification is gaining attention globally.
Yet in the Latin America & the Carribean (LAC) region, it's still a marginal topic, largely absent from political agendas, public debate, and regulatory systems.
3/ In 2023, a US-based startup called Make Sunsets released SO2 over Baja California without local approval, triggering outrage & prompting Mexico to ban SRM experiments.
The incident highlighted gaps in governance and ethical oversight.
🚨Georgia Tech researchers have developed a low-cost method to pull CO₂ from the air (#DAC) using cold temperatures and common materials, potentially slashing capture costs to ~$70 per ton and expanding where Direct Air Capture can work. #CDR
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2/ DAC is a critical tool for fighting climate change, but it’s been too expensive to scale.
Current systems often exceed $200 per ton of CO₂ captured, partly due to the high energy needed to run them.
3/ The Georgia Tech team found a smart way to tap into existing industrial cold from liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals.
When LNG is regasified for use, huge amounts of cold energy are wasted (energy that can chill air for better CO₂ capture).