Thanks Felix, yes I agree with you, going forward. I'll take a look at the studies you posted!

We include spatial detail for biomass on the country level. Hope you enjoy the read, and happy to discuss!

Thank you Marta! I'm happy to discuss it.
Have a nice weekend!

That is great! I haven't seen an IAM study with e-fuels/CCU yet though, are they out yet?

Thanks for sharing our study Adrian!

Renewable carbon can also be sequestered for negative emissions.

Among the challenges: key technologies such as BECCUS and DACCUS have yet to take off, and not all biomass is sustainably sourced today. But I don't see how it would take off without subsidies in waiting for a reliable carbon market.

Thank you Roger, hope you enjoy the read!

Thank you Jonas!

We used the state-of-the-art open-source European energy systems model PyPSA-Eur to analyse near-optimal solution spaces. Co-authors: Fredrik Hedenus, Elisabeth Zeyen @lisaze.bsky.social, Fabian Neumann @fneum.bsky.social, Lina Reichenberg and Göran Berndes.

➡️ Policy support for sustainable biomass use alongside emerging technologies reduces energy system costs and the risk of missing emissions targets.

We used the state-of-the-art open-source European energy systems model PyPSA-Eur to analyse near-optimal solution spaces. Co-authors: Fredrik Hedenus, Elisabeth Zeyen @lisaze.bsky.social, Fabian Neumann @fneum.bsky.social, Lina Reichenberg and Göran Berndes.

🔹 Bioenergy with carbon capture is more cost-competitive than DAC under a wide range of assumptions. This may inhibit DAC deployment unless it is targeted by policy.

🔹 Policies limiting biomass (residue) use likely need to be accompanied by strong policies to support a greater deployment of clean electricity, electrolytic hydrogen and direct air capture to achieve emissions targets.

🔹 Excluding biomass increases energy system costs by ~20% under a net-negative emissions target, like excluding wind power or electrolytic hydrogen.

Highlights:
🔹 The main value of biomass is to provide renewable carbon, rather than bioenergy. It is less central what biomass is used for if carbon is captured for reuse or sequestration.