Li, JQ;
Yu, BY;
Tang, BJ;
Hou, Y;
Mi, Z;
Shu, Y;
Wei, YM;
(2020)
Investment in carbon dioxide capture and storage combined with enhanced water recovery.
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control
, 94
, Article 102848. 10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102848.
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Abstract
Carbon dioxide capture and storage combined with enhanced deep saline water recovery (CCS-EWR) is a potential approach to mitigate climate change. However, its investment has been a dilemma due to high costs and various uncertainties. In this study, a trinomial tree modelling-based real options approach is constructed to assess the investment in CCS-EWR retrofitting for direct coal liquefaction in China from the investor perspective. In this approach, the uncertainties in CO2 prices, capital subsidies, water resource fees, the residual lifetime of direct coal liquefaction plants, electricity prices, CO2 and freshwater transport distance, and the amount of certified emission reductions (CERs) are considered. The results show that the critical CER price for CCS-EWR retrofits is 7.15 Chinese yuan per ton (CNY/ton) higher than that (141.95 CNY/ton) for CCS retrofits. However, the exemption from water resource fees for freshwater recovered from saline water and a subsidy of 26% of the capital cost are sufficient to eliminate the negative impact of enhanced deep saline water recovery (EWR) on the investment economy of CCS-EWR. In addition, when the residual lifetime is less than 14 years, CCS-EWR projects are still unable to achieve profitability, even with flexible management and decision making; therefore, investors should abandon CCS-EWR investments. On the whole, the investment feasibility for CCS-EWR technology is not optimistic despite access to preferential policies from the government. It is necessary to establish a carbon market with a high and stable CER price.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Investment in carbon dioxide capture and storage combined with enhanced water recovery |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102848 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.102848 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Direct coal liquefaction; CCS; Uncertainties; Real option approach; Investment |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10090516 |
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