An integrated GIS-MARKAL toolbox for designing a CO2 infrastructure network in the Netherlands

M.A. van den Broek, E. Brederode, C.A. Ramirez, K. Kramers, M. van der Kuip, T. Wildenborg, A.P.C. Faaij, W.C. Turkenburg

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Abstract

Large-scale implementation of carbon capture and storage needs a whole new infrastructure to transport and store CO2. Tools that can support planning and designing of such infrastructure require incorporation of both temporal and spatial aspects. Therefore, a toolbox that integrates ArcGIS, a geographical information system with elaborate spatial and routing functions, and MARKAL, an energy bottom-up model based on linear opt imization has been developed. Application of this toolbox for devising blueprint s of a CO2 infrastructure in the Netherlands, shows that early knowledge on the availability, potential, and suitability of sinks is of major importance for a cost-effective design of the infrastructure.
Original languageUndefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)4071-4078
Number of pages8
JournalEnergy Procedia
Volume1
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009

Keywords

  • CO2 capture and storage
  • MARKAL
  • Geographic information system
  • Linear optimisation
  • CO2 infrastructure

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