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BIOENERGIE ASSOCIEE CAPTAGE STOCKAGE CARBONE [1 record]

Record 1 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Climate Change
CONT

Replacing coal with renewable energy, and significantly cutting oil and natural gas, would still leave gigatons of excess carbon in the atmosphere. BECCS could remove it, computer models suggested, if several million square kilometers—an area the size of India—were devoted to energy crops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Changements climatiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medidas contra la contaminación
  • Cambio climático
CONT

Mejor conocida como BECCS, la bioenergía con captura y almacenamiento de carbono consiste esencialmente en el cultivo de productos bioenergéticos (biomasa) y luego quemarlos en las centrales eléctricas para generar energía, mientras se captura el dióxido emitido en el proceso.

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