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BECCS is the process of capturing and storing CO2 from processes that use biomass feedstocks to produce heat, electricity, or biofuels (e.g., in biomass combustion, gasification, biogas plants, ethanol plants, pulp mills for paper production; lime kilns for cement production; and biorefineries). Biomass absorbs CO2 as it grows, releasing it during processing or burning. The released CO2 is captured and injected into storage such as deep geological formations, thus removing it from the natural carbon cycle.
SOURCE: IEA
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