Important story.
I know less about the CCS side of the equation, but I do know that the bioenergy part of BECCS won’t work at scale bc it drives up land competition with food production, timber production, & C storage.
But BECCS is the “magic asterisk” that achieves negative emissions in models.
I know less about the CCS side of the equation, but I do know that the bioenergy part of BECCS won’t work at scale bc it drives up land competition with food production, timber production, & C storage.
But BECCS is the “magic asterisk” that achieves negative emissions in models.
NEW: A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change.
Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
with @drilledmedia.bsky.social
Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
with @drilledmedia.bsky.social
How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy
A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promis...
www.propublica.org
November 1, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Important story.
I know less about the CCS side of the equation, but I do know that the bioenergy part of BECCS won’t work at scale bc it drives up land competition with food production, timber production, & C storage.
But BECCS is the “magic asterisk” that achieves negative emissions in models.
I know less about the CCS side of the equation, but I do know that the bioenergy part of BECCS won’t work at scale bc it drives up land competition with food production, timber production, & C storage.
But BECCS is the “magic asterisk” that achieves negative emissions in models.
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#AutismusDialog #Autismus #Identität #Minzgespinst
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#AutismusDialog #Autismus #Identität #Minzgespinst
November 1, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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#AutismusDialog #Autismus #Identität #Minzgespinst
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The continued reliance on BECCS in the reports particularly after the failure of cellulosic ethanol - which I think is an irreversible issue - has been problematic for me.
November 1, 2026 at 1:31 AM
The continued reliance on BECCS in the reports particularly after the failure of cellulosic ethanol - which I think is an irreversible issue - has been problematic for me.
Wood-based BECCS also doesn’t help. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds
Research casts doubt on plans by UK government to offer subsidies for carbon capture attached to the power source
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Wood-based BECCS also doesn’t help. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
BECCS joins the chat.
Important story.
I know less about the CCS side of the equation, but I do know that the bioenergy part of BECCS won’t work at scale bc it drives up land competition with food production, timber production, & C storage.
But BECCS is the “magic asterisk” that achieves negative emissions in models.
I know less about the CCS side of the equation, but I do know that the bioenergy part of BECCS won’t work at scale bc it drives up land competition with food production, timber production, & C storage.
But BECCS is the “magic asterisk” that achieves negative emissions in models.
NEW: A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change.
Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
with @drilledmedia.bsky.social
Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
with @drilledmedia.bsky.social
November 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
BECCS joins the chat.
Incredible work from @katieworth.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social and @themadstone.bsky.social on how unproven carbon capture and storage (CCS) came to be legitimized.
Popular CO₂ removal (CDR) methods, bioenergy w/CCS (BECCS) and direct ocean removal, also rely on CCS actually being a thing.
Popular CO₂ removal (CDR) methods, bioenergy w/CCS (BECCS) and direct ocean removal, also rely on CCS actually being a thing.
How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy
A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promis...
www.propublica.org
October 30, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Incredible work from @katieworth.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social and @themadstone.bsky.social on how unproven carbon capture and storage (CCS) came to be legitimized.
Popular CO₂ removal (CDR) methods, bioenergy w/CCS (BECCS) and direct ocean removal, also rely on CCS actually being a thing.
Popular CO₂ removal (CDR) methods, bioenergy w/CCS (BECCS) and direct ocean removal, also rely on CCS actually being a thing.
I don't know the biomass side well, but I can tell you is while concentrated flow CCS works well, post combustion CCS on dilute, variable & contaminated waste streams is only working on a couple of projects, with lots of failures, ergo, big BECCS should probably not be a big part of IAM scenarios.
Important story.
I know less about the CCS side of the equation, but I do know that the bioenergy part of BECCS won’t work at scale bc it drives up land competition with food production, timber production, & C storage.
But BECCS is the “magic asterisk” that achieves negative emissions in models.
I know less about the CCS side of the equation, but I do know that the bioenergy part of BECCS won’t work at scale bc it drives up land competition with food production, timber production, & C storage.
But BECCS is the “magic asterisk” that achieves negative emissions in models.
NEW: A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change.
Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
with @drilledmedia.bsky.social
Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promises back.
with @drilledmedia.bsky.social
November 1, 2026 at 2:50 AM
I don't know the biomass side well, but I can tell you is while concentrated flow CCS works well, post combustion CCS on dilute, variable & contaminated waste streams is only working on a couple of projects, with lots of failures, ergo, big BECCS should probably not be a big part of IAM scenarios.
Welche Technologien sind damit gemeint?
Alles mit CCS offensichtlich nicht (inkl. BECCS, DACCS, PYCCS, Liming aus CaCO3)
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Alles mit CCS offensichtlich nicht (inkl. BECCS, DACCS, PYCCS, Liming aus CaCO3)
bsky.app/profile/rahm...
In 2006 I coauthored a report for the German government which also covered CCS and concluded:
"Therefore, sequestration can only be regarded as an acceptable climate mitigation technology if long-term CO2 storage for at least 10,000 years can be guaranteed."
I.e., it is not a realistic option.
"Therefore, sequestration can only be regarded as an acceptable climate mitigation technology if long-term CO2 storage for at least 10,000 years can be guaranteed."
I.e., it is not a realistic option.
November 3, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Welche Technologien sind damit gemeint?
Alles mit CCS offensichtlich nicht (inkl. BECCS, DACCS, PYCCS, Liming aus CaCO3)
bsky.app/profile/rahm...
Alles mit CCS offensichtlich nicht (inkl. BECCS, DACCS, PYCCS, Liming aus CaCO3)
bsky.app/profile/rahm...
"Wenn 50% des CO2 aus unterirdischen, geologischen Reservoirs entkäme, wüssten sie [die einpumpende CCS Crew] es nicht"
... das will auch niemand hören - weil es leider auch die Technologien BECCS, DACCS, PyCCS und alles mit Ca(OH)2 (frisch aus CaCO3) betrifft.
bsky.app/profile/davi...
... das will auch niemand hören - weil es leider auch die Technologien BECCS, DACCS, PyCCS und alles mit Ca(OH)2 (frisch aus CaCO3) betrifft.
bsky.app/profile/davi...
I visited Northern Lights in Norway, the project to put CCS-captured CO₂ beneath the North Sea. I spoke with a Norwegian researcher who told me that if 50% of the CO₂ leaked from the undersea geologic reservoirs, they wouldn't know. 🫠
November 1, 2026 at 8:30 AM
"Wenn 50% des CO2 aus unterirdischen, geologischen Reservoirs entkäme, wüssten sie [die einpumpende CCS Crew] es nicht"
... das will auch niemand hören - weil es leider auch die Technologien BECCS, DACCS, PyCCS und alles mit Ca(OH)2 (frisch aus CaCO3) betrifft.
bsky.app/profile/davi...
... das will auch niemand hören - weil es leider auch die Technologien BECCS, DACCS, PyCCS und alles mit Ca(OH)2 (frisch aus CaCO3) betrifft.
bsky.app/profile/davi...
When I taught climate change mitigation, the reliance on CCS and especially BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) in the IPCC reports always felt "off" to me given my work on ethanol. But I'm not a geologist and I trusted the CC mitigation options the IPCC pushed. What a disappointment.
How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy
A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promis...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2026 at 3:20 AM
When I taught climate change mitigation, the reliance on CCS and especially BECCS (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) in the IPCC reports always felt "off" to me given my work on ethanol. But I'm not a geologist and I trusted the CC mitigation options the IPCC pushed. What a disappointment.
#Deforestation is not a #ClimateSolution. The amount of land needed to grow specifically to burn is untenable. Besides which, #CCS is and has always been a lie pushed and promoted by fossil industry, that despite 30+ yrs of public funding has failed - #Biomass & #BECCS are proven #FalseSolutions.
November 3, 2026 at 11:56 AM
#Deforestation is not a #ClimateSolution. The amount of land needed to grow specifically to burn is untenable. Besides which, #CCS is and has always been a lie pushed and promoted by fossil industry, that despite 30+ yrs of public funding has failed - #Biomass & #BECCS are proven #FalseSolutions.
Naja, technische Entnahmemethoden werden da kaum weiterhelfen können. Es wurden gerade wieder welche als ineffektiv entzaubert (alles mit #CCS inkl. BECCS und DACCS), weil sie per Abstimmung in einem UN-Bericht landeten unter Lobbydruck.
Bitte lesen - ggf. google translate
bsky.app/profile/davi...
Bitte lesen - ggf. google translate
bsky.app/profile/davi...
Incredible work from @katieworth.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social and @themadstone.bsky.social on how unproven carbon capture and storage (CCS) came to be legitimized.
Popular CO₂ removal (CDR) methods, bioenergy w/CCS (BECCS) and direct ocean removal, also rely on CCS actually being a thing.
Popular CO₂ removal (CDR) methods, bioenergy w/CCS (BECCS) and direct ocean removal, also rely on CCS actually being a thing.
How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy
A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promis...
www.propublica.org
November 1, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Naja, technische Entnahmemethoden werden da kaum weiterhelfen können. Es wurden gerade wieder welche als ineffektiv entzaubert (alles mit #CCS inkl. BECCS und DACCS), weil sie per Abstimmung in einem UN-Bericht landeten unter Lobbydruck.
Bitte lesen - ggf. google translate
bsky.app/profile/davi...
Bitte lesen - ggf. google translate
bsky.app/profile/davi...
This is because the IPCC considers reduction unrealistic. What reduction?
“Population growth and rising incomes remain the strongest drivers of increases in CO2 emissions."
- IPCC, 2022
“Population growth and rising incomes remain the strongest drivers of increases in CO2 emissions."
- IPCC, 2022
October 30, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This is because the IPCC considers reduction unrealistic. What reduction?
“Population growth and rising incomes remain the strongest drivers of increases in CO2 emissions."
- IPCC, 2022
“Population growth and rising incomes remain the strongest drivers of increases in CO2 emissions."
- IPCC, 2022
Gap three, removals: 250 million extra allowances over 2031 to 2040 would pay for certified BECCS and direct air capture, and waste incineration joins the system. The catch is that capture plants are paid for years before their first certified tonne.
October 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Gap three, removals: 250 million extra allowances over 2031 to 2040 would pay for certified BECCS and direct air capture, and waste incineration joins the system. The catch is that capture plants are paid for years before their first certified tonne.
"Happy" 25th birthday to "BECCS"
October 26, 2001 – BioEnergy Carbon Capture and Storage mooted
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October 26, 2001 – BioEnergy Carbon Capture and Storage mooted
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October 26, 2001 - BioEnergy Carbon Capture and Storage mooted - All Our Yesterdays
Twenty two years ago, on this day, October 26, 2001, BECCS put in an early appearance, in a letter to the American publication Science. “We provided this information in an IIASA interim report, which ...
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October 26, 2026 at 8:41 AM
"Happy" 25th birthday to "BECCS"
October 26, 2001 – BioEnergy Carbon Capture and Storage mooted
allouryesterdays.info/2023/10/25/o...
October 26, 2001 – BioEnergy Carbon Capture and Storage mooted
allouryesterdays.info/2023/10/25/o...
It's not renewable energy. It's fast-track deforestation and mass acceleration of emissions, because #CCS and #BECCS are lies designed to prolong acceptance of fossil use.
Take the time to read this definitive report from
@propublica.org
Take the time to read this definitive report from
@propublica.org
How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy
A U.N. report concluded carbon capture could offset fossil fuels’ effect on climate change. Two decades later, the process has failed to meaningfully scale up, and it’s proving hard to take the promis...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
It's not renewable energy. It's fast-track deforestation and mass acceleration of emissions, because #CCS and #BECCS are lies designed to prolong acceptance of fossil use.
Take the time to read this definitive report from
@propublica.org
Take the time to read this definitive report from
@propublica.org
Greenlighting BECCS and biochar as removal technologies in the EUTS buys into the fantasy that burying tree carbon “removes” CO2 from the atmosphere – which is exactly what Drax is peddling in its efforts to attract investors. Read our post. www.pfpi.net/2026/10/shou...
Should EU citizens pay to prop up Drax, the UK’s most notorious tree-burner? - Partnership for Policy Integrity
The EUTS biomass gravy train gains another carriage
www.pfpi.net
October 27, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Greenlighting BECCS and biochar as removal technologies in the EUTS buys into the fantasy that burying tree carbon “removes” CO2 from the atmosphere – which is exactly what Drax is peddling in its efforts to attract investors. Read our post. www.pfpi.net/2026/10/shou...
Real examples: IPCC AR6 1.5 °C pathways assume up to ~780 billion t CO₂ removed via BECCS this century; overshoot-and-return paths ~380 billion t net removal after 2050. Today’s new methods remove ~1 million t/yr.
October 20, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Real examples: IPCC AR6 1.5 °C pathways assume up to ~780 billion t CO₂ removed via BECCS this century; overshoot-and-return paths ~380 billion t net removal after 2050. Today’s new methods remove ~1 million t/yr.
In the IPCC pathways that overshoot 1.5 °C and come back, the median assumes ~500 billion t of removal by BECCS and machines by 2100. That’s thousands of times today’s rate, every year, for 80 years.
It’s in the Summary for Policymakers (C.3.5), but not in the headline.
It’s in the Summary for Policymakers (C.3.5), but not in the headline.
October 20, 2026 at 4:11 PM
In the IPCC pathways that overshoot 1.5 °C and come back, the median assumes ~500 billion t of removal by BECCS and machines by 2100. That’s thousands of times today’s rate, every year, for 80 years.
It’s in the Summary for Policymakers (C.3.5), but not in the headline.
It’s in the Summary for Policymakers (C.3.5), but not in the headline.
Sweden has allocated nearly $1 billion in support to three companies that will deliver biogenic carbon capture and storage, contributing towards the country’s climate goals.
No info on how many MW will come from these BECCS power plants. 🔌💡
carbonherald.com/sweden-grant...
No info on how many MW will come from these BECCS power plants. 🔌💡
carbonherald.com/sweden-grant...
Sweden Grants Nearly $1B In Funding To Three BECCS Companies
Sweden has allocated nearly $1B in support to three companies that will deliver biogenic carbon capture and storage.
carbonherald.com
October 19, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Sweden has allocated nearly $1 billion in support to three companies that will deliver biogenic carbon capture and storage, contributing towards the country’s climate goals.
No info on how many MW will come from these BECCS power plants. 🔌💡
carbonherald.com/sweden-grant...
No info on how many MW will come from these BECCS power plants. 🔌💡
carbonherald.com/sweden-grant...
Sweden's SEK 9.3bn BECCS award is Europe's largest public bet on engineered removal, run as a reverse auction: the state pays per tonne stored, not per plant built. Until the EU decides whether removals enter the ETS, those tonnes have no compliance value outside Sweden.
October 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Sweden's SEK 9.3bn BECCS award is Europe's largest public bet on engineered removal, run as a reverse auction: the state pays per tonne stored, not per plant built. Until the EU decides whether removals enter the ETS, those tonnes have no compliance value outside Sweden.
Daily digest: three numbers landed on the same day. 3% of contracted durable CDR has been delivered, 19% of biochar pure-plays look dead, and Sweden put SEK 9.3bn into one BECCS award. Capital is concentrating in a few state-backed projects while the long tail thins out.
October 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Daily digest: three numbers landed on the same day. 3% of contracted durable CDR has been delivered, 19% of biochar pure-plays look dead, and Sweden put SEK 9.3bn into one BECCS award. Capital is concentrating in a few state-backed projects while the long tail thins out.
Sweden wrote one cheque for SEK 9.3bn (~$1bn) to three bioenergy-with-carbon-capture (BECCS) firms. Brussels has a 250m-allowance tranche to buy the same kind of tonne, terms still under amendment. Same question: who pays for durable removal. Only one answer is bankable today.
October 20, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Sweden wrote one cheque for SEK 9.3bn (~$1bn) to three bioenergy-with-carbon-capture (BECCS) firms. Brussels has a 250m-allowance tranche to buy the same kind of tonne, terms still under amendment. Same question: who pays for durable removal. Only one answer is bankable today.
Clean Air Task Force launched a tool that scores biomass removal protocols (BECCS, biochar) on biomass origin, land counterfactual, storage duration and leakage. Buyers can compare rulebooks instead of trusting a registry logo. A good protocol score is not a good project.
October 18, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Clean Air Task Force launched a tool that scores biomass removal protocols (BECCS, biochar) on biomass origin, land counterfactual, storage duration and leakage. Buyers can compare rulebooks instead of trusting a registry logo. A good protocol score is not a good project.