Denbury plans to breathe new life into this old field by injecting it with massive amounts of carbon dioxide a process with big implications for the capture and sequestration of carbon emissions from power plants across the country.
The capture and sequestration of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel power plants can be achieved via oxyfuel combustion, which reduces or completely eliminates nitrogen from the feed gas to the combustor and hence, produces a flue gas with high CO2 concentration.
The sequestration of carbon dioxide emissions, i.e. resulting from fossil fuel use, is a core aspect for mitigating future climate change[9].
The sequestration of carbon dioxide emissions, i.e. resulting from fossil fuel use, is a core aspect for mitigating future climate change [ 9].
Strohbach et al. [32] simulated the carbon footprint (sequestration minus emissions) of selected park trees planted in the city of Leipzig, Germany, with a total net of up to 162 tC/ha for a 50-year LCA (averaging 3.24 tC/ha/year per unit of tree cover) concerning mean tree growth and low annual tree mortality.
While C accounting is a two-part issue made up of inputs (sequestration) and outputs (emissions of CO2 and other GHGs), currently, most regulation is focused on emissions.
Capturing and sequestration of CO2 from these emission sources is a practical way to mitigate GHG emission impact.
In many developing countries efforts are taken to reduce avoidable greenhouse gas emissions or off-setting unavoidable emissions through sequestration of C (Lehmann et al. 2006).
It is quite striking to note that approaches do only partly reflect the true situation of carbon sequestration and emissions by forests and may reverse sources to sinks and vice versa.
There also may be cases where we cannot afford to wait for the net benefit to be achieved that is associated with the balance of sequestration and emission release within the timeframe of a bioenergy system.
This reduces greenhouse gas emissions by sequestration of CO2 in the reservoir, thus reducing heat trapped in the atmosphere.
