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Energy Resources and Carbon Management

Carbon Removal & Mineralization Program

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LBNL’s Carbon Removal and Mineralization Program is focused towards performing fundamental and applied earth science research relevant to capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the atmosphere and durably storing it in geologic, bio-based and ocean reservoirs or in value-added products to create negative emissions.

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Coastal Wetland Restoration a Nature Based Decarbonization Multi-Benefit Climate Mitigation Solution

Nature-based solutions for climate mitigation, such as restoring wetlands, can help decrease atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, slow climatic and environmental change (nature-based decarbonization solution) while providing additional ecosystem services to coastal communities. This project aims to (1) delineate the natural processes and management practices within wetlands that control C dynamics, and (2) integrate environmental…

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Enhanced Weathering via Soil Amendments for Negative Carbon Emissions

Weathering of geological materials is well known to capture CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it to mineral carbonates and soluble carbonate and bicarbonate species.  Enhancing the rate at which those materials weather will clearly increase the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. The key knowledge gaps associated with these processes include the magnitude of...

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Impact of Biochar Amendments on Soil Water and Plant Dynamics under different climatic years and agronomic practices

Negative carbon emissions from agricultural soils have been stressed as important but yet understudied piece to combat climate change. Similarly, the inclusion of waste-derived material, such as biochar in crop production is viewed as a natural climatic solution to mitigate CO2 emissions in addition to promoting soil health. These positive benefits of biochar are attributed...

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Silicate Rock Amendments for Reduced Methane Emissions and Increased Carbon Storage in Rice Fields

This project aims to evaluate whether addition of silicate materials (rock dust and/or clean industrial by-products) to rice agriculture can have two simultaneously climate benefits, namely decreasing methane emissions while increasing soil carbon storage. The work proposed herein focuses on three tasks: 1) mesocosm experiments for evaluating key variables; 2) reactive transport modeling for process…

Program Overview

LBNL’s Carbon Removal and Mineralization Program is focused towards performing fundamental and applied earth science research relevant to capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) directly from the atmosphere and durably storing it in geologic, bio-based and ocean reservoirs or in value-added products to create negative emissions. Key topics of interest to the program include cost benefit analysis, enhanced weathering (e.g., surficial applications), ocean alkalization to conversion and use of products (e.g., low-carbon concrete).

To tackle this wide array of interest, projects in this Program Domain envision a close interaction with Carbon Storage and other associated programs. The program itself builds upon significant laboratory and field testing, domain knowledge and multi-scale multi-phase modeling expertise in EESA.

Featured Projects

Project

Coastal Wetland Restoration a Nature Based Decarbonization Multi-Benefit Climate Mitigation Solution

Nature-based solutions for climate mitigation, such as restoring wetlands, can help decrease atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations, slow climatic and environmental change (nature-based decarbonization solution) while providing additional ecosystem services to coastal communities. This project aims to (1) delineate the natural processes and management practices within wetlands that control C dynamics, and (2) integrate environmental…

Project

Enhanced Weathering via Soil Amendments for Negative Carbon Emissions

Weathering of geological materials is well known to capture CO2 from the atmosphere and convert it to mineral carbonates and soluble carbonate and bicarbonate species.  Enhancing the rate at which those materials weather will clearly increase the removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. The key knowledge gaps associated with these processes include the magnitude of...

Project

Impact of Biochar Amendments on Soil Water and Plant Dynamics under different climatic years and agronomic practices

Negative carbon emissions from agricultural soils have been stressed as important but yet understudied piece to combat climate change. Similarly, the inclusion of waste-derived material, such as biochar in crop production is viewed as a natural climatic solution to mitigate CO2 emissions in addition to promoting soil health. These positive benefits of biochar are attributed...

Project

Silicate Rock Amendments for Reduced Methane Emissions and Increased Carbon Storage in Rice Fields

This project aims to evaluate whether addition of silicate materials (rock dust and/or clean industrial by-products) to rice agriculture can have two simultaneously climate benefits, namely decreasing methane emissions while increasing soil carbon storage. The work proposed herein focuses on three tasks: 1) mesocosm experiments for evaluating key variables; 2) reactive transport modeling for process…

Program Contacts

Bhavna Arora portrait

Bhavna Arora
Carbon Removal and Mineralization Program Head;
Research Scientist

Helen G. Prieto
Program Operations Analyst

News & Events

EESA Research Scientist Selected for NAE 2022 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

May 23, 2022

Mengsu Hu, an EESA research scientist, was selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium in September. For more than 25 years, the NAE has identified the best and brightest early-career engineers from large and small companies, research universities, and government laboratories to discuss their leading-edge research and…

EESA Experts Participate in National Energy Storage Summit

March 29, 2022

To support the nation’s transition to renewable energy and the growing demand for battery production, there is an accelerating urgency for new ideas and innovative solutions. From March 8-9, Berkeley Lab hosted a National Energy Storage Summit to connect national and regional leaders across industries, government, and communities to encourage collaboration on tackling the challenges…

Carol Chien Makes Impact as Co-Founder of Asian Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group

February 24, 2022

As Programs Operational Analyst in the Energy Geosciences Division and co-founder of the Asian Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group (API ERG), Carol Chien’s efforts have been impactful in both EESA and Berkeley Lab’s employee community.  The API ERG is a group dedicated to help API employees reach their full potential by establishing a support system,…

Remote Autonomous Monitoring Developed at the GMF Makes the Difference in Carbon Storage Investigations

Back in November 2020 when field research worldwide had more or less grounded to a halt due to COVID related travel restrictions, one team of EESA geoscientists was able to carry through with a key field investigation–and a complicated one at that. Conducted in underground rock laboratories, their work involves activating a geological fault to…

Quantifying California’s Lithium Valley: Can It Power Our EV Revolution?

February 22, 2022

This article appeared first at newscenter.lbl.gov The Salton Sea geothermal field in California potentially holds enough lithium to meet all of America’s domestic battery needs, with even enough left over to export some of it. But how much of that lithium can be extracted in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way? And how long will the…

National Labs Support Safe Nuclear Waste Disposal by Studying Safety Material for Underground Sites

January 19, 2022

When it comes to nuclear power, the uranium at the heart of fuel rods is also this power source’s Achilles’ heel.  When power plants shut down or the fuel rods in nuclear reactors become inefficient, the high-level nuclear waste resulting from the spent fuel created from running these plants could stay radioactive for thousands of years.…

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