Feasibility of Afforestation and Biomass energy with carbon capture storage for Greenhouse Gas Removal (FAB GGR)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Aberdeen
Department Name: Inst of Biological and Environmental Sci
Abstract
GGR Consortium: FAB GGR
Future climate change is projected to have overall negative impacts on many aspects of human society (e.g. health, availability of food, rising sea levels) and on natural ecosystems (e.g. loss of biodiversity). In Paris in December 2015, countries agreed to limit the increase in global mean temperature to well below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C. This poses a phenomenal challenge because most of the allowable 'budget' of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to stay within these temperature targets has already been spent, and global CO2 emissions are still increasing.
Current efforts to limit the negative impacts of climate change focus on reducing the amount of greenhouse gases especially CO2 that we put into our atmosphere, by changing how we generate and use electricity, how we power our transport, and how we heat or cool our homes. However, keeping the increase in global temperature to well below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial will also require us to actively remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere on a very large scale. Two ways that scientists and economists suggest we could do this are by (1) planting forests to lock up carbon and (2) using energy crops or waste from the timber and agricultural industries to generate electricity and capture and store underground the CO2 produced when the electricity is made. Both of these approaches require large areas of land on which to grow the energy crops or trees.
This project will investigate how realistic it is to depend on these methods of CO2 removal, and what the consequences would be for the climate, land-use, ecosystems, and wider social and political systems.
We aim to more accurately determine the amount of CO2 these methods are able to remove from the atmosphere for a given amount of effort. Many factors contribute to this calculation, some of which are highly uncertain. For example, how the carbon cycle will respond to a large shift in land use for energy crops or forests. Social factors are also critical. The development of these important technologies depends on understanding social reactions and the right policies being in place to stimulate uptake.
We will use an interdisciplinary mix of quantitative models and qualitative social science methods to address these issues. The models represent relevant aspects of the Earth system from farm to global scales, including the land, soils, plants, and atmosphere. A key aim is to make a comprehensive (termed 'consequential') life cycle assessment of the effect of the chosen technologies on the carbon cycle, working from the scale of supply chains to particular power plants, to the UK national scale, to the whole Earth system.
We aim to go beyond this and also consider the wider effects and trade-offs of the technologies on societies and policy, the climate system, land-use, and ecosystem services. These include impacts on the release of other greenhouse gases, physical effects on the climate system (for example changing the reflectivity of the land surface to sunlight), effects on the water cycle and water quality, on biodiversity, and on the recreational value of landscapes.
Working together with the quantitative analysis we will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the societal, policy and governance-related uncertainties, implications and bottlenecks associated with the real world implementation of the project's two chosen GGR methods. This draws on state-of-the-art social science approaches developed by the research team for the review and analysis of how members of the public and stakeholders perceive and respond to emerging technologies, including those for CO2 removal.
The consortium team will meet every six months to exchange ideas and learn from each other. At the end of the project we will present our most important findings to policy makers so they can better understand how realistic it is to depend on these methods.
Future climate change is projected to have overall negative impacts on many aspects of human society (e.g. health, availability of food, rising sea levels) and on natural ecosystems (e.g. loss of biodiversity). In Paris in December 2015, countries agreed to limit the increase in global mean temperature to well below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C. This poses a phenomenal challenge because most of the allowable 'budget' of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions to stay within these temperature targets has already been spent, and global CO2 emissions are still increasing.
Current efforts to limit the negative impacts of climate change focus on reducing the amount of greenhouse gases especially CO2 that we put into our atmosphere, by changing how we generate and use electricity, how we power our transport, and how we heat or cool our homes. However, keeping the increase in global temperature to well below 2 degrees C above pre-industrial will also require us to actively remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere on a very large scale. Two ways that scientists and economists suggest we could do this are by (1) planting forests to lock up carbon and (2) using energy crops or waste from the timber and agricultural industries to generate electricity and capture and store underground the CO2 produced when the electricity is made. Both of these approaches require large areas of land on which to grow the energy crops or trees.
This project will investigate how realistic it is to depend on these methods of CO2 removal, and what the consequences would be for the climate, land-use, ecosystems, and wider social and political systems.
We aim to more accurately determine the amount of CO2 these methods are able to remove from the atmosphere for a given amount of effort. Many factors contribute to this calculation, some of which are highly uncertain. For example, how the carbon cycle will respond to a large shift in land use for energy crops or forests. Social factors are also critical. The development of these important technologies depends on understanding social reactions and the right policies being in place to stimulate uptake.
We will use an interdisciplinary mix of quantitative models and qualitative social science methods to address these issues. The models represent relevant aspects of the Earth system from farm to global scales, including the land, soils, plants, and atmosphere. A key aim is to make a comprehensive (termed 'consequential') life cycle assessment of the effect of the chosen technologies on the carbon cycle, working from the scale of supply chains to particular power plants, to the UK national scale, to the whole Earth system.
We aim to go beyond this and also consider the wider effects and trade-offs of the technologies on societies and policy, the climate system, land-use, and ecosystem services. These include impacts on the release of other greenhouse gases, physical effects on the climate system (for example changing the reflectivity of the land surface to sunlight), effects on the water cycle and water quality, on biodiversity, and on the recreational value of landscapes.
Working together with the quantitative analysis we will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the societal, policy and governance-related uncertainties, implications and bottlenecks associated with the real world implementation of the project's two chosen GGR methods. This draws on state-of-the-art social science approaches developed by the research team for the review and analysis of how members of the public and stakeholders perceive and respond to emerging technologies, including those for CO2 removal.
The consortium team will meet every six months to exchange ideas and learn from each other. At the end of the project we will present our most important findings to policy makers so they can better understand how realistic it is to depend on these methods.
Planned Impact
GGR Consortium: FAB GGR
Who and How?
The main beneficiaries outside of the scientific community for our project are:
Policymakers: National and international policymakers will benefit from results of FAB GGR to inform policy on climate change, land-use and innovation. At the UK-level relevant policymakers and advisory groups include BEIS, Defra, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), and the Natural Capital Committee (NCC). The Paris Agreement seeks to hold global mean temperature to well below 2 degrees C and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C. Future emission pathways that are commensurate with these temperature increases rely extensively on the use of carbon dioxide removal. The two most commonly used methods of carbon dioxide removal in these emission pathways are afforestation and Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage, which both involve large-scale changes in land-use. FAB GGR will provide information on the feasibility of the large scale application of these methods. This information is relevant to determine what CO2 emissions pathways are realistic for given climate targets and informs policies for driving innovation (BEIS, CCC). FAB GGR will also provide information on the implications of these methods for land-use and ecosystem services at global and UK scales (Defra, NCC), and the proposal team includes Co-I Bateman who is a member of the NCC.
The IPCC and UNFCCC: FAB GGR will provide key information on the feasibility of large scale afforestation and BECCS as currently used in future emission pathways that limit temperature increase to 1.5-2 degrees C. This will contribute to decision making associated with how to achieve the aspirations of the Paris Agreement on climate change, by improving our understanding of how much carbon dioxide can be removed by these methods at a national and global scale, which will influence the revisions of Nationally Determined Contributions. The IPCC WGIII report identified the importance of assessing not just the technical potential of mitigation and GGR activities but more importantly their real world feasibility. FAB GGR will directly address this question which impacts on the ability to 'overspend' cumulative carbon budgets in the near term by conducting GGR in the longer term. The improvement in understanding presented by FAB GGR will therefore impact directly upon near term policy choices and will make significant contributions to AR6 and AR7.
The media and the public: FAB GGR researchers are active in promoting a good public understanding of climate science and policy, particularly greenhouse gas removal and climate change mitigation. The work of FAB GGR will contribute to the ongoing public discussions about how to address climate change, how much climate change, and impacts that might be expected.
Other scientists across disciplines: FAB GGR research spans a broad range of disciplines. We will engage within disciplinary and at interdisciplinary academic peers through publication in high impact disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals and attendance at key national and international conferences for these communities. Our academic impact will be increased through our extensive national and international networks and be supported by our advisory panel.
Who and How?
The main beneficiaries outside of the scientific community for our project are:
Policymakers: National and international policymakers will benefit from results of FAB GGR to inform policy on climate change, land-use and innovation. At the UK-level relevant policymakers and advisory groups include BEIS, Defra, the Climate Change Committee (CCC), and the Natural Capital Committee (NCC). The Paris Agreement seeks to hold global mean temperature to well below 2 degrees C and to pursue efforts to limit warming to 1.5 degrees C. Future emission pathways that are commensurate with these temperature increases rely extensively on the use of carbon dioxide removal. The two most commonly used methods of carbon dioxide removal in these emission pathways are afforestation and Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage, which both involve large-scale changes in land-use. FAB GGR will provide information on the feasibility of the large scale application of these methods. This information is relevant to determine what CO2 emissions pathways are realistic for given climate targets and informs policies for driving innovation (BEIS, CCC). FAB GGR will also provide information on the implications of these methods for land-use and ecosystem services at global and UK scales (Defra, NCC), and the proposal team includes Co-I Bateman who is a member of the NCC.
The IPCC and UNFCCC: FAB GGR will provide key information on the feasibility of large scale afforestation and BECCS as currently used in future emission pathways that limit temperature increase to 1.5-2 degrees C. This will contribute to decision making associated with how to achieve the aspirations of the Paris Agreement on climate change, by improving our understanding of how much carbon dioxide can be removed by these methods at a national and global scale, which will influence the revisions of Nationally Determined Contributions. The IPCC WGIII report identified the importance of assessing not just the technical potential of mitigation and GGR activities but more importantly their real world feasibility. FAB GGR will directly address this question which impacts on the ability to 'overspend' cumulative carbon budgets in the near term by conducting GGR in the longer term. The improvement in understanding presented by FAB GGR will therefore impact directly upon near term policy choices and will make significant contributions to AR6 and AR7.
The media and the public: FAB GGR researchers are active in promoting a good public understanding of climate science and policy, particularly greenhouse gas removal and climate change mitigation. The work of FAB GGR will contribute to the ongoing public discussions about how to address climate change, how much climate change, and impacts that might be expected.
Other scientists across disciplines: FAB GGR research spans a broad range of disciplines. We will engage within disciplinary and at interdisciplinary academic peers through publication in high impact disciplinary and interdisciplinary journals and attendance at key national and international conferences for these communities. Our academic impact will be increased through our extensive national and international networks and be supported by our advisory panel.
People |
ORCID iD |
| Astley Hastings (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Abdalla M
(2019)
A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity.
in Global change biology
Guo Y
(2021)
A systematic analysis and review of the impacts of afforestation on soil quality indicators as modified by climate zone, forest type and age.
in The Science of the total environment
Hastings A
(2020)
Achieving Net Zero Emissions Requires the Knowledge and Skills of the Oil and Gas Industry
in Frontiers in Climate
Guo M
(2023)
Advances in biorenewables-resource-waste systems and modelling
in Carbon Capture Science & Technology
Hastings A
(2017)
Bioenergy and Land Use Change
Donnison C
(2020)
Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS): Finding the win-wins for energy, negative emissions and ecosystem services-size matters
in GCB Bioenergy
Clifton-Brown J
(2017)
Biofuels and Bioenergy
Clifton-Brown J
(2019)
Breeding progress and preparedness for mass-scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar.
in Global change biology. Bioenergy
Clifton-Brown J.
(2023)
BUILDING THE POLICY ECOSYSTEM IN EUROPE FOR CULTIVATION AND USE OF PERENNIAL BIOMASS CROPS
in European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings
Clifton-Brown J
(2023)
Building the Policy Ecosystem in Europe for Cultivation and Use of Periennial Biomass Crops
Shepherd A
(2020)
Commercial experience with miscanthus crops: Establishment, yields and environmental observations
in GCB Bioenergy
Abdalla M
(2018)
Critical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands.
in Agriculture, ecosystems & environment
Hastings A
(2017)
Economic and Environmental Assessment of Seed and Rhizome Propagated Miscanthus in the UK.
in Frontiers in plant science
Logan K
(2020)
Electric and hydrogen buses: Shifting from conventionally fuelled cars in the UK
in Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
McCalmont JP
(2017)
Environmental costs and benefits of growing Miscanthus for bioenergy in the UK.
in Global change biology. Bioenergy
Nunn C
(2017)
Environmental Influences on the Growing Season Duration and Ripening of Diverse Miscanthus Germplasm Grown in Six Countries.
in Frontiers in plant science
Taft H
(2019)
Estimating greenhouse gases emissions from horticultural peat soils using a DNDC modelling approach
in Journal of Environmental Management
Kalinina O
(2017)
Extending Miscanthus Cultivation with Novel Germplasm at Six Contrasting Sites.
in Frontiers in plant science
Iqbal Y
(2017)
Harvest Time Optimization for Combustion Quality of Different Miscanthus Genotypes across Europe.
in Frontiers in plant science
Richards M
(2016)
High-resolution spatial modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from land-use change to energy crops in the United Kingdom
in GCB Bioenergy
Rowe RL
(2024)
Low risk management intervention: Limited impact of remedial tillage on net ecosystem carbon balance at a commercial Miscanthus plantation.
in Global change biology. Bioenergy
Albanito F
(2019)
Mitigation potential and environmental impact of centralized versus distributed BECCS with domestic biomass production in Great Britain
in GCB Bioenergy
Fitton N
(2017)
Modelling spatial and inter-annual variations of nitrous oxide emissions from UK cropland and grasslands using DailyDayCent
in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment
Argles A
(2023)
Modelling the impact of forest management and CO2-fertilisation on growth and demography in a Sitka spruce plantation
in Scientific Reports
Wagner M
(2017)
Novel Miscanthus Germplasm-Based Value Chains: A Life Cycle Assessment
in Frontiers in Plant Science
Shepherd A
(2023)
Novel Miscanthus hybrids: Modelling productivity on marginal land in Europe using dynamics of canopy development determined by light interception.
in Global change biology. Bioenergy
Clifton-Brown J
(2023)
Perennial biomass cropping and use: Shaping the policy ecosystem in European countries.
in Global change biology. Bioenergy
Lewandowski I
(2018)
Perennial Grasses for Bioenergy and Bioproducts
Ledo A
(2018)
Perennial-GHG: A new generic allometric model to estimate biomass accumulation and greenhouse gas emissions in perennial food and bioenergy crops
in Environmental Modelling & Software
Hastings A
(2021)
Petroleum Industry: An Enabler or Pariah of Net Zero?
Henner D
(2020)
PopFor: A new model for estimating poplar yields
in Biomass and Bioenergy
Clifton-Brown J
(2016)
Progress in upscaling Miscanthus biomass production for the European bio-economy with seed-based hybrids
in GCB Bioenergy
Albanito F
(2022)
Quantifying the land-based opportunity carbon costs of onshore wind farms
in Journal of Cleaner Production
Dondini M
(2018)
Soil Carbon Storage
Delafield G
(2024)
Spatial context matters: Assessing how future renewable energy pathways will impact nature and society
in Renewable Energy
Zhang B
(2020)
Spatiotemporal assessment of farm-gate production costs and economic potential of Miscanthus × giganteus, Panicum virgatum L., and Jatropha grown on marginal land in China.
in Global change biology. Bioenergy
Jing R
(2020)
Sustainable Design of Urban Rooftop Food-Energy-Land Nexus.
in iScience
Liu Y
(2022)
The development of a new crop growth model SwitchFor for yield mapping of switchgrass.
in Global change biology. Bioenergy
Sandison F
(2021)
The environmental impacts of pelagic fish caught by Scottish vessels
in Fisheries Research
Stavridou E
(2016)
The impact of soil salinity on the yield, composition and physiology of the bioenergy grass Miscanthus × giganteus
in GCB Bioenergy
| Description | If BECCS or CCS is going to used in the UK then to take advantage of the skills, infrastructure and resources available in the declining offshore oil and gas industry, projects must be started now, otherwise this window of opportunity will be lost and the UK will struggle in the future with skills and the cost of storing the CO2 will increase. The UK has the capability to grow only a small amount of biomass to be used for BECCS in comparison to the energy consumption of the UK. This is limited by the area of land available without impinging on food production, which is estimated by this study and others to be around 1.5 million ha. This would produce around 16.5 million tons of biomass. This is only equivalent to the consumption of 2.2 Drax power stations. This is equivalent to 6.2 million tons of oil or 4% of UK's primary energy consumption. Given that land is the limiting factor to land based GGR in the UK on balance growing biomass where possible is wil store the most carbon. Other land can be afforested and together with better management of existing woodlands and forest can store carbon both in the standing biomass but also in the longer life wood products like building structures etc. the residue can also be use to produce energy and enhance GGR by BECCS. There are no technical limits to the amount of Carbon Dioxide that can be stored.in the UK. There are just policy and incentive limits. The MiscanFor model has been further developed to produce hi resolution 1x1 km grids of Miscanthus yield globally with current and future scenarios. We have added the RCP 2.6 scenario to the future emissions scenarios that can be run. This is in addition to the AI, A2, B1 and B2 SREC scenarios. |
| Exploitation Route | Policy changes are required to get the starting gun fired on the first CCS. This will facilitate the start up of a demonstration BECCS project. In addition there are links to the NERC funded ACESS-BECCS and ADVENT projects. /There are many peer reviewed papers that have been listing but also members of the project are now on the ELMS modelling advisory board for DEFRA. The tea has also continued to work together with collaborators in the UKERC-4 and ADVANCES project and have also pu in proposals for future GGR fundimg/ |
| Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Energy Leisure Activities including Sports Recreation and Tourism Government Democracy and Justice Transport |
| Description | Led to many public engagement with the oil and gas industry in the N Sea and with power generators on the subject of BECCS. We have also has ongoing collaborations with a biomass producing company Terravesta Ltd. We are also starting collaborations with Pale Blue Dot Ltd. This has also led to futher awards amd work on the BBSRC GGR projects for afforestation NETZERO+ and PCB4GGR. This in turn has led to futher work for DEFRA with Forest Research on land use oftions and also membership of ELMS expert committees. More recently we have been involved in the Data For Net Zero (D4NZ) project which is funded by the NNZTC (Net Zero Technology Cente ) and are looking at the reuse of offshore infrastructure for CCS and Hydrogen generation. This has continued with award of work through Forest Research by DEFRA to develop LCA's for land use change for renewable enegy and GGR and produce a visualization tool for use by thrid parties. THis hopefully will feed into improving sustainable farming anmd land use. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
| Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Energy,Environment,Financial Services, and Management Consultancy |
| Impact Types | Cultural Societal Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Membership of the DEFRA ELMS Climate Change committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | Help to develop ELMS |
| Description | Membership of the DEFRA ELMS modelling committee |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | I think (hope) the group is inflencing the development of ELMS policy |
| Description | ADVENT (ADdressing Valuation of Energy and Nature Together) |
| Amount | £182,321 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/M019691/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2015 |
| End | 08/2021 |
| Description | Greenhouse Gas Removal Plus (GGR+): Sustainable Treescapes Demonstrator & Decision Tools |
| Amount | £4,311,888 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/V011588/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 11/2025 |
| Description | Perennial Biomass Crops for Greenhouse Gas Removal |
| Amount | £3,908,830 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | BB/V011553/1 |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 10/2025 |
| Description | Supergen Bioenergy Hub 2018 |
| Amount | £5,658,418 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S000771/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 10/2023 |
| Description | UK Energy Research Centre Phase 4 |
| Amount | £18,206,734 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S029575/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Description | Vertical Farming to Improve UK Food System Resilience |
| Amount | £144,490 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2024 |
| End | 08/2027 |
| Title | MiscanFor, SalixFor, SwitchFor and PopFor process based models |
| Description | MiscanFor, SalixFor, SwitchFor and PopFor wuite of perennial crop and tree growth and associated soil carbon models process based computer simulation models continues further fdevelopment with papers written contnued to present day |
| Type Of Material | Model of mechanisms or symptoms - non-mammalian in vivo |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | These tools have been used by many collaborators in Germany, New Zealand, Moldova, Tonga, Denmark, Belgium and Hungary. |
| URL | https://www.abdn.ac.uk/sbs/research/environmental-modelling-587.php |
| Title | CohortFor |
| Description | This is the Cohort Model for soil and biomass carbon based upon work by Bosatta and Augren translated into FORTRAN, this was initially part of the MiscanFor model but is now developed into a stand alone model for various land uses. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | THis model has been used in the background in many projects for biomass life cycle assessment |
| URL | http://bdn.ac.uk/people/astley.hastings |
| Title | MiscanFor |
| Description | MiscanFor is a process based crop growth model for Miscanthus grass that incorporates a cohort soil and lifecycle assessment model written in FORTRAN that outputs site and or spatial data sets of yield, energy use efficiency, carbon sequestration and soil carbon change in a format that can be display in GIS or other format. This model is under continuing development as a paprt of the PCB4GGR project |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2009 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This model has been used in many international project and by many international collaborators. |
| URL | http://bdn.ac.uk/people/astley.hastings |
| Title | PopFor |
| Description | PopFor is a process based crop growth model for Miscanthus grass that incorporates a cohort soil and lifecycle assessment model written in FORTRAN that outputs site and or spatial data sets of yield, energy use efficiency, carbon sequestration and soil carbon change in a format that can be display in GIS or other format. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Currently beingg further developed in the Envirocrops and PCB4GGR project |
| URL | http://bdn.ac.uk/people/astley.hastings |
| Title | SalixFor |
| Description | SalixFor is a process based crop growth model for short rotation coppice(SRC) Willow that incorporates a cohort soil and lifecycle assessment model written in FORTRAN that outputs site and or spatial data sets of yield, energy use efficiency, carbon sequestration and soil carbon change in a format that can be display in GIS or other format. |
| Type Of Material | Computer model/algorithm |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | It is currently being further developed in the PCB4GGR project |
| URL | http://bdn.ac.uk/people/astley.hastings |
| Description | Collaboration with Terravesta Ltd on the further development of Miscanthus and seed Based Miscanthus |
| Organisation | Terravesta Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provided modelling for Miscanthus in Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria Unraine and Moldova |
| Collaborator Contribution | Started to have commercial activity in planting and supplying material for planting Miscanthus in these countries. |
| Impact | Continues activity with a Supergen fellowship for the Post Doc on the project |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | 2 Presentations at the Gothenboerg Conference on Met Zero |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presented two papers to the conference |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://eccsel.org/events-folder/the-2nd-international-conference-on-negative-co2-emissions/ |
| Description | EAGE virtual conference presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Achieving Net Zero emissions requires the knowledge and skills of the oil and gas industry |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://eage.eventsair.com/annual-conference-online/ |
| Description | EGE virtual presentation 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Early commercial experience with Miscanthus crops: establishment, yield and environmental observations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://egu2020.eu/ |
| Description | Membership of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers Academic Assessment Committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Regular meeting 4 per year and continuous assessment of cases |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | Membership or THe UK DEFRA ELMS review committee |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Memebership of two committees approximately 1 meeting per month |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| Description | Presentation at SPE Offshore Europe Technical Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presented the need for CCS for Net Zero and highlighted the potential Market size in the UK and discussed the potential for the oil and gas industry to morph into a CCS industry or combine the two |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.spe-aberdeen.org/events/offshore-europe-2019/ |
| Description | Stem ambassador and support to schools for career and subject advice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Usuall do 2 events a year from multiple schools called Maths in the energy mix and also atten career fairs in local schools several per year |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024 |