Title: Nuclear energy and bio energy carbon capture and storage, keys for obtaining 1.5°C mean surface temperature limit

Authors: André Berger; Tom Blees; Francois-Marie Breon; Barry W. Brook; Marc Deffrennes; Bernard Durand; Philippe Hansen; Elisabeth Huffer; Ravi B. Grover; Claude Guet; Weiping Liu; Frederic Livet; Herve Nifenecker; Michel Petit; Gérard Pierre; Henri Prévot; Sébastien Richet; Henri Safa; Massimo Salvatores; Michael Schneeberger; Bob Wornan; Suyan Zhou

Addresses: Georges Lemaître Center for Earth and Climate Research, Earth and Life Institute, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium ' Science Council for Global Initiatives, 1701 St. Clair Avenue E. North Fort Myers, Florida 33903, USA ' Save the Climate (Sauvons Le Climat), 15 passage Ramey, 75018 Paris, France ' School of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 55, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia ' Tulpenlaan, 24 1702 Dilbeek, Belgium ' Save the Climate (SLC) and Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO), 2 rue des blés d'or, Dirée, 17530 Arvert, France ' Save the Climate (Sauvons Le Climat), 15 passage Ramey 75018 Paris, France ' Save the Climate (Sauvons Le Climat), 15 passage Ramey 75018 Paris, France ' Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 400094, Maharashtra, India ' Energy Research Institute Nanyang Technological University, 637141 Singapore ' China Institute of Atomic Energy, P.O. Box 275(1), Beijing 102413, China ' Université Grenoble Alpes, SIMAP-Phelma- CNRS F-3800 Grenoble, France ' 49 rue Seraphin Guimet, 38220 Vizille, France; Université interages du Dauphine 38000 Grenoble, France ' Save the Climate (Sauvons Le Climat), 15 passage Ramey 75018 Paris, France ' Bourgogne University, Dijon, France; Save the Climate (Sauvons Le Climat), 15 passage Ramey 75018 Paris, France ' Save the Climate (Sauvons Le Climat), 15 passage Ramey 75018 Paris, France ' Save the Climate (Sauvons Le Climat), 15 passage Ramey 75018 Paris, France ' International Institute of Nuclear Energy, Gif-sur-Yvette, France ' Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID 83401, USA ' Save the Climate (Sauvons Le Climat), 15 passage Ramey 75018 Paris, France ' Saving Our Planet, Strategic Validation, 6 Montée de Maupas, 26200 Montélimar, France ' EDF China Division, Beijing, China

Abstract: A rapid development of nuclear energy production reaching 173 EJ/y in 2060 and 605 EJ/y in 2110 limits the Global Mean Surface Temperature (GMST) increase to 1.5°C with respect to preindustrial value, with a reduction of the stored carbon dioxide from 800 Gt in the original MESSAGE-Efficiency scenario to 275 Gt in the present one, while multiplying by 6 the Total Primary Energy Supply between 2015 and 2110.

Keywords: climate warming; nuclear energy; carbon dioxide emissions; carbon capture and storage; bio energy; renewable energies.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2017.086622

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 2017 Vol.40 No.3/4, pp.240 - 254

Received: 19 Aug 2017
Accepted: 19 Aug 2017
Published online: 14 Sep 2017 *

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