Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

The negative emission potential of alkaline materials

  • Phil Renforth

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09475-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The potential of biomass energy carbon capture and storage is unclear. Here the authors estimated the negative emissions potential from highly alkaline materials, by-products and wastes and showed that these materials have a CO2 storage potential of 2.5–7.5 billion tonnes per year by 2100.