Chasing the sun: Feasible CO2 supply as a gateway to low-cost e-fuel production

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Modeling suggests that transporting captured CO2 to regions with abundant solar power can lower the cost of synthetic e-fuel production more effectively than transmitting electricity. The analysis also finds that moving biomass to sunny regions for carbon capture can be attractive, underscoring the importance of coordinating renewable energy and carbon supply.

Scalable synthetic e-fuels require low-cost renewable electricity and sustainable carbon, but best solar sites and major carbon sources are rarely neighbors. To overcome this geographic mismatch, new modeling shows that shipping CO2 to sunny regions lowers fuel costs more effectively than transmitting power. Transport of biomass to capture the CO2 in sun-rich regions is also found attractive, opposing biomass transport or hydrogen production. The post Chasing the sun: Feasible CO2 supply as a gateway to low-cost e-fuel production appeared first on pv magazine Global.