Jin, Hongguang;
Gao, Lin;
Li, Sheng;
Van Sambeek, Emiel;
Porter, Richard;
Mikunda, Tom;
Wilco Dijkstra, Jan;
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(2012)
Opportunities for early Carbon Capture Utilisation and
Storage development in China:
Strategies for harnessing cost-effective integrated Carbon Capture
Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) project potential in Shaanxi Province.
Centre for Low Carbon Futures: York, UK.
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Abstract
Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) is a key technology to reduce China's carbon emissions, while satisfying its increasing demand for electricity and chemical products, and its continuous reliance on coal. Preliminary work on CCUS in China has focused on CCUS in the power sector. However, capture in the power sector is technically challenging, energy-intensive and expensive. Capture can be implemented at lower cost at large point sources of concentrated CO2, such as in ammonia and methanol plants, coal-to-liquids facilities and hydrogen production processes. China has a large industrial base in these sectors, resulting in a significant CO2 emission reduction potential through CCUS. In recent years China has seen the development of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) activities. EOR injects CO2 in oil reservoirs to enhance production and prolong the life of the reservoir. EOR is widely applied in the United States and Canada and is in development in the Middle East. China has a large EOR potential and an EOR industry is emerging. CO2 from nearby high-concentration point sources has a value for EOR operations. This value can be used to develop early cost-effective CCUS projects involving industries where capture costs are relatively low. To date a number of separate preliminary pilots for the capture and storage of CO2 have been and are being undertaken in China. However, none of these pilots succeed in cost-effectively establishing a fully integrated CCUS chain. Early demonstration of cost-effective CCUS potential in selected sectors can significantly advance CCUS development in China in selected industries, in time crossing over into other sectors, including power, as the technology and policy conditions mature. Against this background, this international collaboration project identified cost-effective integrated CCUS opportunities in Shaanxi and developed recommendations to advance the implementation of these opportunities.
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | Opportunities for early Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage development in China: Strategies for harnessing cost-effective integrated Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) project potential in Shaanxi Province |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Chemical Engineering |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10183605 |
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