Background
As industrial decarbonisation progresses, and CCS infrastructure comes online, the wider role of the clusters in delivering net zero will come into sharper focus, including the potential to deliver negative emissions. BECCS is a key pillar of the UK net zero strategy but many remaining challenges and uncertainties to its deployment are identified as being non-technical in nature and dependent on specific supply chain configurations. The project will supplement feasibility studies by providing much-needed clarity on specific aspects of BECCS development, taking account of specifics in terms of geography and supply chain configuration, benchmarked against the NW cluster
Associated Outputs
Dr Clair Gough
Principal Investigator
Dr Clair Gough, University of Manchester
Project Team
University of Manchester:
Dr Sarah Mander
Dr Diarmaid Clery
Dr Muir Freer
Ms Abhilasha Fullonton
Ms Lisa Bell
Aim
This project will assess the technical and non-technical implications of developing integrated BECCS facilities within the clusters, including supply chain emissions, policy, regulatory and social factors.
More Detail
With competition for biogenic feedstocks, including the use of residues and waste streams, the spatial configuration of supply chains requires greater scrutiny to support a realistic assessment of their potential and impacts, and to enable accurate monitoring of emissions and carbon removals.
Furthermore, near term BECCS deployment requires transparency and certainty across the complex policy and regulatory landscape. The aim will be to expose key barriers and challenges to BECCS deployment and inform future deployment choices towards a just and successful net zero transition. The research will be conducted through a combination of linked desk-based and empirical methods which will bring together spatial modelling, carbon accounting, policy mapping, interviews with stakeholders and a community workshop.
Meet the Team
Dr Sarah Mander
Dr Sarah Mander
University of Manchester
Dr Diarmaid Clery
Dr Diarmaid Clery
University of Manchester
Dr Muir Freer
Dr Muir Freer
University of Manchester
Ms Abhilasha Fullonton
Ms Abhilasha Fullonton
University of Manchester
Ms Lisa Bell
Ms Lisa Bell
University of Manchester
Dr Sarah Mander
Dr Sarah Mander
University of Manchester
Dr Diarmaid Clery
Dr Diarmaid Clery
University of Manchester
Dr Muir Freer
Dr Muir Freer
University of Manchester
Ms Abhilasha Fullonton
Ms Abhilasha Fullonton
University of Manchester
Ms Lisa Bell
Ms Lisa Bell
University of Manchester
Planned Outputs
This project will consider potential BECCS facilities within the NW cluster to advance understanding in certain critical areas, namely:
- Spatially explicit supply chain configuration and carbon performance including the movement of feedstocks, CO2 and energy vectors between energy conversion, storage and end use facilities
- The regulatory environments into which different elements of the supply chains operate and the overarching policy frameworks which will govern and finance their development
- Community perceptions of industrial decarbonisation and BECCS and their governance.
