Kenneth Möllersten

Kenneth Karl Mikael Möllersten (born 6 November 1966) is a Swedish researcher. He holds a PhD in chemical engineering and an MSc in mechanical engineering, from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden and completed his postdoctoral training at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Vienna. Möllersten is a researcher at IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and adjunct professor at KTH.[1]

Möllersten made significant contributions to the early conceptualisation of the Bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology[2][3][4][5] and the evolution of the abstract idea of negative emissions.[6] His work contributed to the early framing of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as a means to achieve globally net-negative carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as part of a climate risk management strategy,[7][8] suggested the potential for including negative emissions as part of an emissions trading scheme,[9] a proposal in 2004 to use CDR to bring back atmospheric CO2 to pre-industrial levels,[10] and several of the earliest studies that model the integration of BECCS in global greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation scenarios.[11][12] In 2002, Möllersten's PhD thesis introduced the concept of "carbon-negative production", expanding available options for industrial carbon management.[13] Subsequently, Möllersten made further contributions to the early conceptual development of negative emission technologies (NETs) as one of the original proponents of biochar carbon removal.[14][15]

Selected publications

  • Möllersten K, Yan J (2001). Economic evaluation of biomass-based energy systems with CO2 capture and sequestration in kraft pulp mills -The influence of the price of CO2 emission quota. World Resource Review 13 (4), 509-525.
  • Obersteiner M, Azar Ch, Kauppi P, Möllersten K, Moreira J, Nilsson S, Read P, Riahi K, Schlamadinger B, Yamagata Y, Yan J, van Ypersele J-P (2001). Managing climate risk. Science 294 (5543):786-787.
  • Möllersten K (2002). Opportunities for CO2 reductions and CO2-lean energy systems in pulp and paper mills. Doctoral thesis, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
  • Möllersten K, Yan J, Moreira JR (2003). Potential market niches for biomass energy with CO2 capture and storage - Opportunities for energy supply with negative CO2 emissions. Biomass and Bioenergy 25 (3):273-285.
  • Möllersten K, Chladná Z, Chladný M, Obersteiner M. Negative emission biomass technologies in an uncertain climate future. In: Warnmer S F (Ed) Progress in biomass and bioenergy research, pp. 53–100. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., NY, 2006. ISBN 1-60021-328-6.
  • Azar Ch, Lindgren K, Larson ED, Möllersten K (2006). Carbon capture and storage from fossil fuels and biomass – Costs and potential role in stabilising the atmosphere. Climatic Change 74 (1-3): 47–79.
  • Azar Ch, Lindgren K, Obersteiner M, Riahi K, van Vuuren D, Michel K, den Elzen M, Möllersten K, Larson E (2010). The feasibility of low CO2 concentration targets and the role of bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Climatic Change 100(1):195-202.
  • Möllersten K, Gao L, Yan J (2006). CO2 capture in pulp and paper mills: CO2 balances and preliminary cost assessment. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 11 (5-6):1129-1150.
  • Yan J, Obersteiner M, Möllersten K, Moreira J.R. (Editors) (2019). Special issue on Negative Emission Technologies. Applied Energy 255:1-3.

References

  1. ^ "KTH | Kenneth Möllersten". www.kth.se. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  2. ^ "The scientists who popularized carbon capture have a warning about it | Environmental Change Institute". www.eci.ox.ac.uk. 12 November 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  3. ^ "Timeline: How BECCS became climate change's 'saviour' technology". Carbon Brief. 13 April 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  4. ^ Schenuit, Felix; Colvin, Rebecca; Fridahl, Mathias; McMullin, Barry; Reisinger, Andy; Sanchez, Daniel L.; Smith, Stephen M.; Torvanger, Asbjørn; Wreford, Anita; Geden, Oliver (4 March 2021). "Carbon Dioxide Removal Policy in the Making: Assessing Developments in 9 OECD Cases". Frontiers in Climate. 3 638805. Bibcode:2021FrCli...3.8805S. doi:10.3389/fclim.2021.638805. hdl:1885/270309. ISSN 2624-9553.
  5. ^ Laybourn, Laurie; Risk, Strategic Climate (5 November 2025). "The boldest measures are the safest". New Climate Reality. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  6. ^ Oh, Soyoung; Eberenz, Samuel; Honegger, Matthias; Wallis, Olivia; Michaelowa, Axel; Poralla, Matthias (23 July 2025). "Effective and fair policy to mobilize industrial carbon dioxide removal". Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. 30 (6): 47. Bibcode:2025MASGC..30...47O. doi:10.1007/s11027-025-10235-8. hdl:10419/330439. ISSN 1573-1596.
  7. ^ Dixon, Tim (11 October 2021). "IEAGHG's GHGT conference helped stimulate the concept of BECCS". IEAGHG. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  8. ^ "Twenty years of BECCS – a short retrospection". Climate Strategies. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  9. ^ Dowell, Niall Mac; Reiner, David M.; Haszeldine, R. Stuart (19 October 2022). "Comparing approaches for carbon dioxide removal". Joule. 6 (10): 2233–2239. Bibcode:2022Joule...6.2233M. doi:10.1016/j.joule.2022.09.005. ISSN 2542-4785.
  10. ^ Bolin, Bert; Obersteiner, Michael; Möllersten, Kenneth; Christian, Azar (2004). "Climate Risk Management: Are we ignoring the obvious?". European Science Open Forum.
  11. ^ Malm1, Carton2, Andreas1, Wim2 (2024). Overshoot: How the world surrendered to climate breakdown. Verso books (published 1 October 2024). p. 63. ISBN 978-1804293980.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Azar, Christian; Lindgren, Kristian; Obersteiner, Michael; Riahi, Keywan; van Vuuren, Detlef P.; den Elzen, K. Michel G. J.; Möllersten, Kenneth; Larson, Eric D. (20 May 2010). "The feasibility of low CO2 concentration targets and the role of bio-energy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS)". Climatic Change. 100 (1): 195–202. Bibcode:2010ClCh..100..195A. doi:10.1007/s10584-010-9832-7. ISSN 0165-0009.
  13. ^ "DISSERTATIONS.SE: Opportunities for CO2 Reductions and CO2-Lean Energy Systems in Pulp and Paper Mills". www.dissertations.se. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  14. ^ EuroScience Open Forum 2004 Programme (PDF). Strasbourg: Euroscience. 2004. pp. Ss3–Ss4.
  15. ^ Moellersten, K.; Chladna, Z.; Chladny, M.; Obersteiner, M. (2006), Warnmer, S. F. (ed.), Negative emission biomass technologies in an uncertain climate future, NY: Nova Science Publishers, ISBN 978-1-60021-328-1, retrieved 27 January 2022
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