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Restoring pre-industrial CO2 levels while achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Unless humanity achieves United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 and restores the relatively stable climate of pre-industrial CO2 levels (as early as 2140), species extinctions, starvation, drought/floods, and violence will exacerbate mass migrations. This paper presents conceptual designs and techno-economic analyses to calculate sustainable limits for growing high-protein seafood and macroalgae-for-biofuel. We review the availability of wet solid waste and outline the mass balance of carbon and plant nutrients passing through a hydrothermal liquefaction process. The paper reviews the availability of dry solid waste and dry biomass for bioenergy with CO2 capture and storage (BECCS) while generating Allam Cycle electricity. Sufficient wet-waste biomass supports quickly building hydrothermal liquefaction facilities. Macroalgae-for-biofuel technology can be developed and straightforwardly implemented on SDG-achieving high protein seafood infrastructure. The analyses indicate a potential for (1) 0.5 billion tonnes/yr of seafood; (2) 20 million barrels/day of biofuel from solid waste; (3) more biocrude oil from macroalgae than current fossil oil; and (4) sequestration of 28 to 38 billion tonnes/yr of bio-CO2. Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) costs are between 25–33% of those for BECCS with pre-2019 technology or the projected cost of air-capture CDR.
- University of Connecticut United States
- Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning United States
- University of New Hampshire United States
- University of the South Pacific Fiji
- University of Southern Mississippi United States
Renewable energy, Technology, carbon dioxide removal (CDR), 550, Carbon dioxide removal (CDR), Macroalgae (seaweed) biofuels, Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), waste-to-energy, Allam Cycle, sustainable development goals (SDGs), Waste-to-energy, T, 600, renewable energy, Sustainable development goals (SDGs), Carbon sequestration (BECCS), carbon sequestration (BECCS), sustainable development goals (SDGs); carbon dioxide removal (CDR); carbon sequestration (BECCS); renewable energy; waste-to-energy; Allam Cycle; hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); macroalgae (seaweed) biofuels
Renewable energy, Technology, carbon dioxide removal (CDR), 550, Carbon dioxide removal (CDR), Macroalgae (seaweed) biofuels, Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL), waste-to-energy, Allam Cycle, sustainable development goals (SDGs), Waste-to-energy, T, 600, renewable energy, Sustainable development goals (SDGs), Carbon sequestration (BECCS), carbon sequestration (BECCS), sustainable development goals (SDGs); carbon dioxide removal (CDR); carbon sequestration (BECCS); renewable energy; waste-to-energy; Allam Cycle; hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL); macroalgae (seaweed) biofuels
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