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Bioenergy With Carbon Capture and Storage

  • Glossary item | Last updated: 19 Mar 2025
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Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage, or BECCS, involves capturing and permanently storing CO2 from processes where biomass is converted into fuels or directly burned to generate energy. Because plants absorb CO2 as they grow, this is a way of removing CO2 from the atmosphere.

IEA 2023. Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage

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IEA 2023

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BECCS
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17 Mar 2025 | 19 Mar 2025

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