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Low-carbon GeoEnergy resource options in the Midland Valley of Scotland, UK

View ORCID ProfileN. Heinemann, View ORCID ProfileJ. Alcalde, G. Johnson, View ORCID ProfileJ. J. Roberts, View ORCID ProfileA. T. McCay and View ORCID ProfileM. G. Booth
Scottish Journal of Geology, 55, 93-106, 4 November 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2019-007
N. Heinemann
1School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, West Main Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK
2Steinmann Institute – Geology, Bonn University, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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3Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera ICTJA-CSIC, C/ Lluís Solé I Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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4Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose St, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK
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Abstract

Scotland is committed to be a carbon-neutral society by 2040 and has achieved the important initial step of decarbonizing power production. However, more ambitious measures are required to fully decarbonize all of the electricity, transport and heating sectors.

We explore the potential to use low-carbon GeoEnergy resources and bioenergy combined with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) in the Midland Valley area to decarbonize the Scottish economy and society. The Midland Valley has a long history of geological resource extraction and, as a result, the geology of the region is well characterized.

Geothermal energy and subsurface energy storage have the potential to be implemented. Some of them, such as gravity and heat storage, could re-use the redundant mining infrastructure to decrease investment costs. Hydrogen storage could be of particular interest as the Midland Valley offers the required caprock–reservoir assemblages. BECCS is also a promising option to reduce overall CO2 emissions by between 1.10 and 4.40 MtCO2 a−1. The Midland Valley has enough space to grow the necessary crops, but CO2 storage will most likely be implemented in North Sea saline aquifers. The studied aspects suggest that the Midland Valley represents a viable option in Scotland for the exploitation of the majority of low-carbon GeoEnergy resources.

Thematic collection: This article is part of the ‘Early Career Research’ available at: https://www.lyellcollection.org/cc/SJG-early-career-research

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Low-carbon GeoEnergy resource options in the Midland Valley of Scotland, UK

N. Heinemann, J. Alcalde, G. Johnson, J. J. Roberts, A. T. McCay and M. G. Booth
Scottish Journal of Geology, 55, 93-106, 4 November 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2019-007
N. Heinemann
1School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh, Grant Institute, West Main Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, UK
2Steinmann Institute – Geology, Bonn University, Nussallee 8, 53115 Bonn, Germany
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3Institute of Earth Sciences Jaume Almera ICTJA-CSIC, C/ Lluís Solé I Sabarís s/n, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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4Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose St, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK
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J. J. Roberts
4Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Strathclyde, James Weir Building, 75 Montrose St, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK
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N. Heinemann, J. Alcalde, G. Johnson, J. J. Roberts, A. T. McCay and M. G. Booth
Scottish Journal of Geology, 55, 93-106, 4 November 2019, https://doi.org/10.1144/sjg2019-007
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