Muir Freer

BECCS, Biomass and CCS Researcher /
Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research /
University of Manchester /
#BECCS 🌾♻️🪨=🗺️

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🌱 Exploring BECCS supply chains in the UK with digital twin modelling.

🗻Track1&2 vs dispersed chains
⚡Energy & fuel security
🌿Biomass competition

BECCS critical for net-negative emissions (UK Biomass Strategy)

#BECCS #biomass #SustainableEnergy #CCS #digitaltwin

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Day 31
A map showing the cooperative deployment of three BECCS-Power facilities within the Humber ICCS Cluster, maximising local biomass utilisation and minimising transportation costs within 50km 🤝
#MapMay #BECCS #CCS #Humber #NetZero #ClimateChange #EnergySecurity

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Day 30
Maps showing the UK's offshore geological storage sites with current licenses for carbon storage and those with licences offered for application 🪨
#MapMay #CCS #Storage #Subsurface #NetZero #ClimateChange

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Day 29
3D block map of the emitters within the Viking ICCS cluster storing CO2 offshore in the North Sea 🏭
#MapMay #VikingCCS #NetZero #ClimateChange #CCS #Humber

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Day 28
Swine manure distribution map for 2022 🐷
#MapMay #Biomass #Bioenergy #NetZero #ClimateChange #Pig #SustainableFarming

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Day 27
Maps showing the same 1MtCO2/yr BECCS-Power facility in the Black Country cluster, where one uses diesel propelled rail and the other uses green hydrogen propelled rail (optimising produced emissions) 🚂
#MapMay #BECCS #Rail #NetZero #ClimateChange #FreightRail

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Day 26
Map showing the CCS integration pathways for all of the UK's industrial emitters without devolved administration cooperation, leading to some areas seeing a 1258% increase in transport costs 💰
#MapMay #CCS #Devolution #NetZero #ClimateChange

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Day 25
Maize spatial distribution map from 2016 to 2022 🌿
#MapMay #Biomass #Bioenergy #NetZero #Biofuel #Corn

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Day 24
3D map of the integration pathways for the emitters within the London ICCS cluster storing in the North Sea via the Viking cluster 💂
#MapMay #London #VikingCCS #NetZero #Shipping #ClimateChange #CCS

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Day 23
Maps showing the CCS integration pathways for all the UK's industrial emitters, where one uses heavy fuel oil propelled shipping and the other uses green ammonia propelled shipping 🚢
#MapMay #CCS #Shipping #NetZero #ClimateChange

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Day 22
A map showing the same 1 MtCO2/yr BECCS-Power supply chain, where one has 100% biomass availability (no competition for biomass) and the other has 10% biomass availability (high competition for biomass) 🌱
#MapMay #Biomass #Bioenergy #BECCS #Competition #energysecurity

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Day 21
Distribution map of the UK's potential salt cavern storage sites for short to medium term hydrogen storage 🗺️
#MapMay #Hydrogen #NetZero #ClimateChange #EnergyStorage

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Day 20
Map showing the operational footprint of a 92MW waste-to-energy BECCS facility (0.6 MtCO2/Yr) in the Teesside ICCS cluster, sourcing it's biomass from the organic fraction of MSW 🗑️
#MapMay #BECCS #MSW #Waste #CCS #WtE #Teesside

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Day 19
Carbon performance heatmap for the optimal siting location of a 1 MtCO2/yr BECCS-hydrogen supply chain (waste wood) within 100km of the NW ICCS cluster ⚡
#MapMay #BECCS #Hydrogen #NetZero #CCS #ClimateChange

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Day 18
Map showing the CCS integration pathways for all of the UK's industrial emitters using a mixture of pipeline and non-pipeline transportation methods under a fossil fuel regime, including the newly announced Peak Cluster⛰️
#MapMay #CCS #NetZero #Energy #Transportation

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Day 17
Sheep manure distribution map for 2022 🐑
#MapMay #Biomass #Bioenergy #NetZero #ClimateChange #Sheep #Wales

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Day 16
A map showing the same 1 MtCO2/yr BECCS-Power supply chain in the Humber ICCS cluster, where one is under present day conditions and the other is under an RCP 8.5 heatwave 🔥
#MapMay #BECCS #ClimateChange #Heatwave #NetZero #Humber #Biomass #Drax

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Day 15
Map showing the operational footprint of a 62MW waste-to-energy BECCS facility (0.3 MtCO2/Yr) in the Scottish ICCS cluster, sourcing it's biomass from the organic fraction of MSW
#MapMay #BECCS #MSW #Waste #CCS #WtE #ScottishCluster

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Day 14
3D map of the integration pathways for the emitters within the South Wales ICCS cluster storing in the East Irish sea
#MapMay #SouthWales #SWIC #NetZero #ClimateChange #CCS

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Day 13
Rapeseed straw spatial distribution map from 2016 to 2022 🌿
#MapMay #Biomass #Bioenergy #NetZero #Biofuel