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New report: Biomass CO2 emissions 4X higher than Coal | Just Have A Think (www.youtube.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

From the link you provided, it looks like in 2021 it was 4.2 not 7.5. Apart from that, this approach sounds too speculative to me, since the production comes from 2021 and the CO~2~ emissions quota from 2023. In the Drax chart it shows a decline in TWh produced from 2017 to 2021 (btw 2021 is also the year they retired coal). Still, assuming from this trend that their production few years latter continues to decline is something I would consider too risky to do.

2017 -> 14.9
2018 -> 11.7
2019 -> 10.2
2020 -> 7.5
2021 -> 4.2

The Ratcliffe chart has so many fluctuations till 2021 that I couldn't dare guess what their 2023 production was.

2017 -> 2.6
2018 -> 3.2
2019 -> 0.7
2020 -> 0.1
2021 -> 0.8

If I find the 2023 numbers, I'll add a comment or edit this one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks. Fixed the original comment.