Carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) is considered an important CO2 mitigation strategy to support and compliment carbon capture and storage (CCS) objectives for the abatement and sequestration of CO2. It represents various pathways that utilise CO2 as a feedstock in process systems or otherwise for the generation of value-added commodities. The CO2 used can be captured from different sources including power plants and industrial activities via several existing carbon capture and separation technologies that ensure a pure and safe CO2 supply. CCU pathways are mainly divided into five wide-ranging categories: CO2 conversion to chemicals and fuels, mineral carbonation, enhanced oil recovery, biological conversion, and direct CO2 utilisation. This study reviews the main CCU pathways and highlights their intra-sectoral and inter-sectoral opportunities within the energy water and food (EWF) systems, which is an important resource management concept. It also discusses the global status of CCU operational projects, research and development efforts directed toward CCU deployment, and important decision-making directions when integrating CCU with the EWF nexus. This review highlights that CCU pathways provide several cross-sectoral opportunities within the EWF sectors, by allaying resource competition between sectors and proposing co/tri-integrated solutions for securing EWF resources. Future efforts in this regard should be directed towards studying the EWF nexus within CCU routes in a comprehensive, quantitative, and holistic approach to identify and measure all trade-offs and synergies within EWF sectors, and to optimise CCU supply chains.

A review of carbon capture and utilisation as a CO2 abatement opportunity within the EWF nexus

Water and nutrient use efficiency of a low-cost hydroponic greenhouse for a cucumber crop: An Australian case study

Minimizing water and nutrient losses from soilless cropping in southern Europe

Automatic carbon dioxide enrichment strategies in the greenhouse: A review

CO2 utilisation in agricultural greenhouses: A novel ‘plant to plant’ approach driven by bioenergy with carbon capture systems within the energy, water and food Nexus

Effects of EC-based irrigation scheduling and CO2 enrichment on water use efficiency of a greenhouse cucumber crop

Incorporation of a model to predict crop transpiration in a commercial irrigation equipment as a control method for water supply to soilless horticultural crops

Soilless cucumber response to mulching in an unheated mediterranean greenhouse

Corrigendum to “Effects of EC-based irrigation scheduling and CO2 enrichment on water use efficiency of a greenhouse cucumber crop” [Agric. Water Mange. 96 (2009): 429–436]

M.C. Sánchez-Guerrero

Papers

Effects of EC-based irrigation scheduling and CO2 enrichment on water use efficiency of a greenhouse cucumber crop

Incorporation of a model to predict crop transpiration in a commercial irrigation equipment as a control method for water supply to soilless horticultural crops

Soilless cucumber response to mulching in an unheated mediterranean greenhouse

Corrigendum to “Effects of EC-based irrigation scheduling and CO2 enrichment on water use efficiency of a greenhouse cucumber crop” [Agric. Water Mange. 96 (2009): 429–436]