[HTML][HTML] Direct air capture: process technology, techno-economic and socio-political challenges

M Erans, ES Sanz-Pérez, DP Hanak… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Climate change mitigation scenarios that meet the Paris Agreement's objective of limiting
global warming usually assume an important role for carbon dioxide removal and negative …

Emerging technologies for the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass

SS Hassan, GA Williams, AK Jaiswal - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass to overcome its intrinsic recalcitrant nature prior to
the production of valuable chemicals has been studied for nearly 200 years. Research has …

[HTML][HTML] Energy requirements and carbon emissions for a low-carbon energy transition

A Slameršak, G Kallis, DW O'Neill - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Achieving the Paris Agreement will require massive deployment of low-carbon
energy. However, constructing, operating, and maintaining a low-carbon energy system will …

Estimation of global final-stage energy-return-on-investment for fossil fuels with comparison to renewable energy sources

PE Brockway, A Owen, LI Brand-Correa, L Hardt - Nature Energy, 2019 - nature.com
Under many scenarios, fossil fuels are projected to remain the dominant energy source until
at least 2050. However, harder-to-reach fossil fuels require more energy to extract and …

The role of CO2 capture and utilization in mitigating climate change

N Mac Dowell, PS Fennell, N Shah… - Nature climate change, 2017 - nature.com
To offset the cost associated with CO2 capture and storage (CCS), there is growing interest
in finding commercially viable end-use opportunities for the captured CO2. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic Energy Return on Energy Investment (EROI) and material requirements in scenarios of global transition to renewable energies

I Capellán-Pérez, C De Castro, LJM González - Energy strategy reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
A novel methodology is developed to dynamically assess the energy and material
investments required over time to achieve the transition from fossil fuels to renewable …

Contributions of sociometabolic research to sustainability science

H Haberl, D Wiedenhofer, S Pauliuk… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Recent high-level agreements such as the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable
Development Goals aim at mitigating climate change, ecological degradation and …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative technoeconomic analysis of renewable hydrogen production using solar energy

MR Shaner, HA Atwater, NS Lewis… - Energy & Environmental …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A technoeconomic analysis of photoelectrochemical (PEC) and photovoltaic-electrolytic (PV-
E) solar-hydrogen production of 10 000 kg H2 day− 1 (3.65 kilotons per year) was performed …

Potential and challenges of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage as a carbon-negative energy source: A review

A Babin, C Vaneeckhaute, MC Iliuta - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) is gaining increasing attention not only
as a carbon-neutral alternative to fossil fuels as an energy source, but also as one of the …

[HTML][HTML] EROI of different fuels and the implications for society

CAS Hall, JG Lambert, SB Balogh - Energy policy, 2014 - Elsevier
All forms of economic production and exchange involve the use of energy directly and in the
transformation of materials. Until recently, cheap and seemingly limitless fossil energy has …