Biomass in a European energy system with negative emissions
Photographer: Adapted from Millinger et al, CC BY 4.0
Biomass use in the European energy system: Feasible solution space to achieve net-negative carbon dioxide emissions (-110 percent compared to 1990). The shaded area shows the possible space, with the used amount of biomass per year on the y-axis and the cost increase (compared to the lowest possible cost) on the x-axis. The figure also shows how much the amount of biomass can vary within a span where the system cost only increases by 1 per cent. Previous similar studies have typically focused on a single cost-optimal solution, but that is difficult to achieve in practice. In the new study, the researchers have therefore contributed with a flexible solution space where the amount of biomass is almost cost-optimal.
