Integrated techno-economic and environmental assessments of sixty scenarios for co-firing biomass with coal and natural gas

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dc.contributor.authorAgbor, Ezinwa
dc.contributor.authorOyedun, Adetoyese Olajire
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Xiaolei
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Amit
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-01T12:23:53Z
dc.date.available2025-05-01T12:23:53Z
dc.date.issued2016-01-01
dc.descriptionDisplacement of fossil fuel-based power through biomass co-firing could reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from fossil fuels. In this study, data-intensive techno-economic models were developed to evaluate different co-firing technologies as well as the configurations of these technologies. The models were developed to study 60 different scenarios involving various biomass feedstocks (wood chips, wheat straw, and forest residues) co-fired either with coal in a 500 MW subcritical pulverized coal (PC) plant or with natural gas in a 500 MW natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) plant to determine their technical potential and costs, as well as to determine environmental benefits. The results obtained reveal that the fully paid-off coal-fired power plant co-fired with forest residues is the most attractive option, having levelized costs of electricity (LCOE) of $53.12 to $54.50/MWh and CO2 abatement costs of $27.41 to $31.15/tCO2. When whole forest chips are co-fired with coal in a fully paid-off plant, the LCOE and CO2 abatement costs range from $54.68 to $56.41/MWh and $35.60 to $41.78/tCO2, respectively. The LCOE and CO2 abatement costs for straw range from $54.62 to $57.35/MWh and $35.07 to $38.48/tCO2, respectively.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.7939/r3-m1vn-bw26
dc.language.isoen
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.018
dc.relation.isversionofAgbor, Ezinwa, Oyedun, Adetoyese Olajire, Zhang, Xiaolei, & Kumar, Amit (2016). Integrated techno-economic and environmental assessments of sixty scenarios for co-firing biomass with coal and natural gas. Applied Energy, 169, 433-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.018
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectBiomass Co-Firing
dc.subjectNatural Gas
dc.subjectPower Generation
dc.subjectCoal
dc.subjectTechno-Economic Assessment
dc.subjectGHG Emissions
dc.titleIntegrated techno-economic and environmental assessments of sixty scenarios for co-firing biomass with coal and natural gas
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