Facing China’s Coal Future

Prospects and Challenges

for Carbon Capture and Storage

Dennis Best and Ellina Levina

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................... 3
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 4
China’s Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions ...................................................................................... 7 Page | 1
Energy demand and continued reliance on coal ....................................................................... 7
China’s energy‐related CO2 emissions ....................................................................................... 9
Potential for CCS globally and in China ................................................................................... 11
Current CCS Development in China................................................................................................. 15
China’s CCS policies and institutions ....................................................................................... 15
Key institutions, sectors and players ....................................................................................... 18
National R&D programmes...................................................................................................... 20
R&D trends and CCUS .............................................................................................................. 21
CCS Demonstration Projects ........................................................................................................... 26
Capture projects ...................................................................................................................... 27
Projects focusing on CO2 utilisation and storage .................................................................... 29
Options for Financing CCS in China ................................................................................................. 31
Financial rationale and needs .................................................................................................. 31
Financing sources and schemes .............................................................................................. 32
Possible mechanisms for the future ........................................................................................ 40
Stakeholder Perceptions of CCS Options in China .......................................................................... 44
Introduction and views on role of CCS .................................................................................... 44
Survey key findings .................................................................................................................. 45
Conclusions and Implications for the Future .................................................................................. 50
China’s current strategy and drivers for CCS ........................................................................... 50
Challenges for the future ......................................................................................................... 52
Next steps ................................................................................................................................ 54
Abbreviations, acronyms and units of measure.............................................................................. 56
References ....................................................................................................................................... 59

List of figures

Figure 1 World Energy Outlook New Policies Scenario primary energy demand until 2035 ............ 7
Figure 2 New Policies Scenario, Coal demand in China by sector, 2000‐35 ..................................... 8
Figure 3 Energy‐related CO2 emissions by region, 2008‐2010 .......................................................... 9
Figure 4 Regional distributions of CO2 emissions and sources from coal combustion 2009 .......... 10
Figure 5 Key technologies for reducing global CO2 emissions ........................................................ 11
Figure 6 CCS deployment pathway as estimated in 2009 IEA Technology Roadmap ..................... 12
Figure 7 Chinese government institutions involved in energy policy and administration .............. 17
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Figure 8 Typical process flowsheet of standard coal chemical industry in China ........................... 22
Figure 9 CO2 emissions of fuels including coal chemical products w/ and w/out CCS ................... 23
Figure 10 CO2 utilisation by classification of application ................................................................ 24
Figure 11 CO2 injection for EOR....................................................................................................... 25
Figure 12 The commercial gap for CCS technologies ...................................................................... 32
Page | 2 Figure 13 Stakeholder ranking of key factors for CCS development in China................................. 45
Figure 14 Stakeholder ranking on priorities for capture technology .............................................. 46
Figure 15 Stakeholder ranking on CO2 storage priorities and options to 2050 .............................. 47
Figure 16 Stakeholder views on industry readiness for CCS in China ............................................. 48
Figure 17 Stakeholder ranking on China’s near‐term CCS technical development priorities ......... 48
Figure 18 Stakeholder ranking on CCS policy priorities .................................................................. 49
Figure 19 Stakeholder views on barriers to cross‐sector co‐operation .......................................... 49

List of tables

Table 1 Key climate and CCS policy actions in China....................................................................... 15

Table 2 Key players active in China’s CCS development ................................................................. 18
Table 3 863 Programme planned IGCC and CTL demonstration plants .......................................... 20
Table 4 Capture projects in operation by 2011 ............................................................................... 27
Table 5 Capture projects under construction by 2011.................................................................... 28
Table 6 Capture projects: Planned and in the pipeline ................................................................... 29
Table 7 Projects focusing on CO2 utilisation and storage ............................................................... 30
Table 8 Financial scenarios for IGCC and supercritical power plus CCS in China ............................ 34
Table 9 Examples of China’s low‐carbon investment funds............................................................ 34
Table 10 Examples of sources of financing for key CCS demonstration projects ........................... 36

List of boxes

Box 1 ACCA21 CCS Technology Roadmap 2011 .............................................................................. 15

Box 2 Examples of China’s technical objectives for CCS R&D ......................................................... 21
Box 3 China’s domestic carbon trading pilot programs .................................................................. 40
Box 4 Potential benefits to NAMAs supported CCS projects .......................................................... 43
Box 5 Focus of TEC’s future work .................................................................................................... 43
Box 6 Next Steps for R&D ................................................................................................................ 54
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Acknowledgements
This paper is the first IEA analysis that focuses on country‐specific trends, opportunities and
challenges for carbon capture and storage (CCS). It follows previous IEA publications on CCS and
studies of cleaner coal and advanced coal technologies. The paper benefitted from significant
contributions and support from the China Coal Information Institute (CCII) of the State Page | 3
Administration of Work Safety (SAWS) and The Climate Group China.
In October 2010, the IEA, CCII and The Climate Group China jointly organised a meeting in Beijing
to identify the status of CCS technology development in China and explore stakeholder views on
CCS development and future options for CCS deployment. Based on that workshop and follow‐up
interviews and dialogue with key stakeholders in China, the IEA developed this information paper
with input and collaboration from CCII, The Climate Group China and several independent
reviewers. The process and consultation for the report included interviews, questionnaires,
desktop research and a review of information from authorities, publications and conference
materials. Questionnaires were distributed to government, research institutions, enterprise and
international organisations. Both questionnaires and interviews asked about stakeholder
viewpoints and attitudes towards CCS; current issues and understanding of CCS technology,
technical feasibility and R&D initiatives; options for financing and commercialisation of CCS
technologies; and related policy and regulatory considerations.
The IEA thanks its collaborator, the China Coal Information Institute, under the leadership of
President Huang Shengchu, for the considerable input that CCII staff provided for this report. CCII
staff members Liu Wenge and Sun Xin managed this collaboration, with the capable assistance of
Han Jiaye, Wu Jinyan, Zhao Yingchun and Zhang Yan. Wu Changhua and Lorraine Yin from The
Climate Group China also provided important input and collaboration on this project. Consultants
Pamela Tomski and Craig Hart contributed to the sections on financing options for CCS in China.
Dr. Peng Sizhen, Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21, Dr. Andrew Minchener, Clean Coal
Centre, Dr. Lei Zhu, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
also provided expert review and comment on this work.
The authors would also like to thank IEA contributors Bo Diczfalusy, Director of the Sustainable
Energy Policy Directorate, Ulrich Benterbusch, Head of the Office of Global Energy Policy and
Juho Lipponen, Head of the IEA CCS unit and Jonathan Sinton, China Programme Manager for
their guidance. IEA staff, Keith Burnard, Dennis Volk, and Julian Smith provided valuable
comments, information and suggestions in the development of this paper. Julie Jiang, Tom Kerr,
Brendan Beck, and Brian Ricketts, and the Office of Legal Counsel also played an instrumental
role in the development of this work, and particular thanks go to the Communications
Information Office and the publications team.
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Executive Summary
According to IEA analysis, if there are no major policy changes, carbon‐intensive coal and other
fossil fuels will continue to play a significant role in meeting future energy needs, in China and
globally. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of the technology options available to reduce
Page | 4 carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the use of fossil fuels. CCS offers the opportunity to meet
climate change objectives while providing energy security, as part of a portfolio of options
including energy efficiency, renewable energy, nuclear energy, more efficient coal technologies
and fuel switching from coal to gas. To meet the energy challenges of associated CO2 emissions,
global deployment of all these technologies will be necessary to achieve a more sustainable
future.
China’s recent rapid economic development has been accompanied by significant environmental
challenges, and in the future the country will need to continue to consider various options for
mitigating the climate change impacts of energy use. Based on IEA analysis, CCS can provide
large‐scale abatement in China, which continues to depend heavily on fossil fuels both in the
power sector and across industry sectors including cement, iron and steel, chemicals, biomass
and fuel transformation, and gas processing. In many industries, such as iron and steel, cement,
gas processing or the refining sector, CCS is the only realistic technology apart from energy
efficiency improvements which will be available to achieve deep emissions cuts.
This paper discusses the status of CCS in China, providing updates on past activities in R&D and
on current projects, and an overview of potential and challenges for CCS development in China. It
explores China’s energy and emission trends and pathways and the potential role for CCS, and
analyses China’s current CCS‐related activities and policies and options for financing of CCS. The
paper also provides perspectives on CCS from various Chinese stakeholders, examples of key CCS
activities with details on specific projects, and information on the regulatory and policy
environment and international co‐operation related to CCS in China. Globally, CCS for facilities
using natural gas must be considered, but this report is concerned mainly with technologies using
coal, which will remain China’s dominant fuel for some years to come.
As with other countries evaluating large‐scale deployment of CCS technologies, China must
consider many complex issues, including significant investment needs for demonstration
projects, regional development priorities, coal‐sector employment, the coal‐development chain,
political concerns, centralisation of power generation, security of supply, and long‐term trade
and commodities markets. Another set of issues relates to the technical sophistication and
human resource capacity required to build the CCS industry, as well as the competitive
advantages of various related technologies and limitations in understanding storage potential. A
strategy that considers accurate local costs of CCS development, potential for retrofits and the
time horizon for the large deployment of new coal‐fired power generation will be an important
factor in assessing a nationally appropriate deployment strategy for CCS. Another driving factor
for CCS development is China’s potential to become a significant supplier of CO2 capture
technology alongside initiatives to export advanced supercritical coal‐fired boilers abroad, given
China’s cost advantages compared to suppliers in OECD member countries.
Activities on CCS in China have evolved from an initial focus on research and development and
exploration of technical potential of CCS towards the demonstration of CCS technologies on
various scales with initial planning of larger‐scale pilot projects. While large‐scale demonstration
(>1Mt CO2 annually) of integrated CCS projects is still at an early and/or planning stage, China has
acquired significant knowledge and technical expertise in CCS pilot projects, integrating various
mature and developing technologies that may facilitate demonstration and potential deployment
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of CCS. In particular, China is focusing on developing opportunities for utilisation of CO2 to drive
and support demonstration of carbon capture utilisation and storage technologies (CCUS). China
places emphasis on developing opportunities for utilisation of CO2 to drive and support further
deployment of CCS. Note that throughout this paper we will use the term “CCS” in general, and
will refer to “CCUS” when the activity in question has an emphasis on CO2 utilisation.
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Key findings and conclusions:
 The pace of China’s economic growth and the resulting increase of emissions over the next
ten years, together with China’s commitment to addressing the problem of global climate
change, is likely to bring CCS technologies into focus with crucial actions for deployment
necessary between 2020 and 2030. The pace of CCS development and deployment in China
will have a significant impact on the overall global potential of CCS to play its role in mitigating
CO2 emissions. The IEA BLUE Map Scenario, which seeks to limit greenhouse‐gas (GHG)
emissions to 450 parts per million (ppm), points to including CCS in a portfolio of mitigation
options and technologies as part of a low‐cost option in which CCS provides 19% of total CO2
emissions reductions by 2050. The role of China and other emerging and developing countries
is fundamental to meeting the challenges identified in this scenario.
 China has several technology demonstration projects with aspects of CCS, either in
operation, under construction or planned, and the national government continues to
support technical development and research into feasibility of CCS on a larger scale.
However, at top levels of China’s policy‐making process, co‐ordination among agencies,
regulatory bodies and steering groups will be essential to further develop this area and
determine the most efficient path for CCS technology development. Evaluating alternative
and appropriate actions for China’s context, understanding the importance of timely action
and assessing the lock‐in effects of technology choices are critical in responding to rapidly
accelerating CO2 emissions in China and to the global effort to deploy climate change
mitigation tools.
 In addition to energy security and the desire to develop technology, China’s actions on CCS
are driven by global climate policy considerations and the Chinese government’s national
climate policy and sustainable development objectives. Given limited economic incentives
for CCS projects in China, as in most parts of the world, additional international mechanisms
are likely to be required for early deployment of CCS. An emissions trading system may
constitute a major financing platform for GHG emissions reductions in the long term.
However, the future of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) framework and of CCS
within that structure requires further analysis, although, as the largest beneficiary of CDM
projects and source of credits, China stands to gain from its inclusion. International climate
financing through the Green Climate Fund (USD 100 billion per year, currently being
negotiated under the UNFCCC) could potentially facilitate the development of CCS in China
and other developing countries during the learning‐curve phase.
 China’s move towards CCUS is underpinned by early experiences with enhanced oil recovery
(EOR) and enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM) projects. However, safety, storage
permanence and long‐term monitoring will be critical, and doubts remain whether all such
utilisation projects can meet the inherent objectives of CCS as a climate change mitigation
tool. The economics, capacity and technology development pathway appropriate for China’s
CCUS objectives merit more analysis. They must be clarified in the context of a larger low‐
carbon energy strategy that references CCS and takes into account co‐benefits, environmental
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impacts and other externalities across technologies, and the life cycle of the coal development
process.
 Clarification on cost estimates and comparative capture routes relevant to China’s case,
along with advanced coal technology and cleaner pathways, such as efficiency
improvements, retrofits and plant upgrades, will help to clarify strategic priorities towards
Page | 6 CCS research, development and demonstration. China’s development and progress on other
coal technologies in the next 10 to 20 years (including coal‐to‐liquids, coal‐to‐chemicals, and
integrated gasification combined cycle [IGCC]) will be important to determine policy direction
for related CCS applications, primarily with regard to safety, security and environmental
impact across the coal development chain, and long‐term demand impact on domestic
resources and markets.
 Survey results point to the key focus and challenge of further demonstrating economic
feasibility and clarifying industrial and support policies to address cost concerns if CCS pilot
projects and further demonstration will be deployed. Current R&D projects in China focus on
post‐combustion capture and IGCC with initial plans for future storage, though, however
these projects tend to explore CO2 utilisation applications. Stakeholders indicate that, until
2020, project demonstration may likely focus on post‐combustion processes and limited to
those projects that provide a reference for government decision‐making on future CCUS
policy emphasising aspects of utilisation. However, China’s comparatively low labour and
construction costs suggest that it may be well suited for early commercial demonstration
across technologies through joint international programmes in advanced technologies that
can be deployed in OECD countries.
 China is already engaged in an ambitious effort on CCS research, development and
demonstration. It has the right conditions and political will to enhance these efforts
provided that international support and global climate policy also expand. Several
international co‐operative initiatives, development banks and international institutions have
sought to develop capacity‐building and knowledge‐sharing initiatives, including networks,
fora, workshops, joint research programmes and collaborative technology‐development
programmes. For example, the CERC, NZEC and related research programmes have made
significant inroads in clarifying and developing best practices in these areas, and future
multilateral and bilateral projects should consider the importance of these agreements from
the outset.
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China’s Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions

Energy demand and continued reliance on coal
In the past decade, China has experienced accelerated industrial and urban development, with Page | 7
strong growth of gross domestic product (GDP). This has led to an unprecedented demand for
energy in concentrated population and industrial centres, resulting in a doubling of China’s
primary energy demand from 1 108 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in 2000 to over
2 271 Mtoe in 2009 (IEA, 2011a). China is the largest energy consumer in the world, ahead of the
United States, which consumed some 2 160 Mtoe in 2009.
China’s economic growth is projected to continue and to drive increasing energy consumption for
several decades (Figure 1). By 2035, China is likely to see a large increase in demand for primary
energy, perhaps up by nearly 70% from the present levels (IEA, 2011a). This demand is likely to
be met by increasing use of fossil fuels along with other sources, such as nuclear and renewable.

Figure 1 World Energy Outlook New Policies Scenario primary energy demand until 2035

Source: IEA, 2011a.

As a result of this rapid economic development, China faces significant environmental challenges.
In its development planning, the Chinese government is placing greater emphasis on scientific
development and consideration for environment and sustainability as noted in the December
2011, National 12th Five‐Year Plan for Environmental Protection (2011‐2015). China’s five‐year
plans and related industrial and energy policies increasingly focus on developing a low‐carbon
economy and set out relevant targets. In practice, this has led to significant investment across a
range of clean technologies and resource efficiency measures. Related policy development and
planning has demonstrated that future development objectives and technology considerations
will take into account climate change mitigation efforts and other environmental impacts and,
critically, will acknowledge China’s stressed resources.
The challenge is complex, as use of coal has been a cornerstone of China’s unprecedented
economic growth. China’s energy supply has been based on increased use of coal, both domestic
and, to some extent, imported. Over the last decade, more than 80% of the global increase in
coal demand came from China alone. Its share of global coal demand rose from 27% in 2000 to
47% by 2010, with coal use more than doubling to 2 350 Mtoe. Based on preliminary estimates
for 2010, China accounted for nearly half of global coal use (IEA, 2011a).
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In 2009, China consumed more coal than the next 16 biggest consumers combined (Australia,
Canada, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Poland, Russia, South Africa,
Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and United States). In 2010, coal supplied nearly
67.1% of China’s total primary energy supply. It is utilised across key sectors including power
generation, chemicals and transportation fuels. In the power sector, 78.7% of China’s electricity
Page | 8 was produced from coal in 2009. As for coal production, China’s proven recoverable domestic
reserves represent 19% of world coal reserves, behind the United States (23%), but not Russia
(16%) (IEA, 2011b).
Coal is also expected to remain the dominant fuel source in China for the coming two or three
decades, driven largely by demand in the power sector. It is, however, projected that the demand
for coal in both industry and power will stabilise after 2020 (Figure 2).

Figure 2 New Policies Scenario, Coal demand in China by sector, 2000‐35

Source: IEA, 2011a.

According to the World Energy Outlook 2011 (IEA, 2011a), coal is likely to remain the cornerstone
of the electricity mix, although the share of power generation from coal is projected to drop from
79% in 2009 to 56% in 2035, with expected increases in the use of renewable energy, nuclear and
hydropower. However, under the BLUE Map 450 ppm of CO2 case scenario, which sets the goal of
halving global energy‐related CO2 emissions by 2050 (compared to 2005 levels) and limits global
temperature rise to 2‐3°C by 2050, coal demand would need to decrease by more than half by
2035.
The Chinese government’s strategic goal to reduce dependence on expensive imported natural
gas and petroleum has been a major factor driving this reliance on coal. This strategy has been
central to China’s economic growth, energy security and macroeconomic stability (Morse, Rai
and He, 2009). China’s energy security concerns have accelerated coal power plant expansion,
with large investments in more efficient, centralised new‐generation coal power plants. China is
also investing heavily in renewable energy, including the world’s fastest growing wind energy
sector (ERI, October 2011). Given the increase in alternatives to fossil fuels, increased energy
efficiency, investment in new nuclear facilities and the switch to lower‐emissions fossil fuels
(such as coalbed methane [CBM] and natural gas), China may significantly reduce its energy
intensity and emissions over time. However, according to the WEO New Policies Scenario, the
overall growth in demand will still lead to a significant increase in emissions (IEA, 2011a).
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China’s energy‐related CO2 emissions

In 2010, China had the highest CO2 emissions from energy of all countries (Figure 3). With its
growing population, now over 1.3 billion people, and energy‐intensive, export‐oriented economy,
China is set to dominate global energy and CO2 emissions growth to 2035 and beyond.
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Figure 3 Energy‐related CO2 emissions by region, 2008‐2010

*estimated
Source: IEA, 2011a.

China’s per‐capita energy use is still just one‐third of the OECD average. As per‐capita energy
demand continues to rise, this gap is expected to shrink rapidly, placing China’s CO2 emissions on
a steep upward path that will dominate global emissions. China’s energy‐related CO2 emissions
may increase from the current 7.5 gigatonnes per year (Gt/yr) to over 10 Gt/yr by 2035, an
increase of over 35% (IEA, 2011a).
In 2009, by USD amount, China was first in the world in terms of clean energy investment, with
investment totalling USD 34.6 billion, nearly double the United States total of USD 18.6 billion
(Pew Charitable Trusts, 2010). However, heavy reliance on coal is projected to continue, and
deployment of CCS may be necessary to mitigate growing CO2 emissions from coal consumption
(ERI‐NDRC, 2009). Heavy reliance on coal combustion in both power generation and industry
demonstrates a trend towards continued increase in emissions from coal combustion which
totalled 12 849 MtCO2 globally in 2009, with China accounting for 5 881 MtCO2 (Figure 4).
Nonetheless, efforts to increase the share of new alternative fuels and develop low‐carbon
energy technologies may continue to drive down costs of reducing emissions and improve
technology learning rates in relation to reducing emissions from fossil fuels.
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Figure 4 Regional distributions of CO2 emissions and sources from coal combustion 2009

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Source: IEA, 2011c.

Although China has not committed to any internationally binding CO2 or GHG emissions reduction
targets, its national objective is to cut CO2 emissions per unit of gross GDP by 40% to 45% from
2005 levels by 2020. China has taken strong action to improve energy efficiency and reduce
carbon intensity, has enacted progressive policies to promote renewable and nuclear energy, and
has replaced the biggest share of its ageing, less efficient coal‐fired power plants. The country
continues to make significant progress in reducing its energy intensity.1 In 2009, China consumed
about one‐quarter of the energy per unit of economic output that it did in 1980. China has also
become a world leader in renewable energy, and aims to boost its share of renewable energy to
15% of total consumption by 2020.
During the 11th Five‐Year Plan (2006‐10), the Chinese government planned to reduce energy use
per unit of GDP (energy intensity) by 20%. Though the target was not fully reached, China’s
Premier Wen Jiabao has announced that during that period a reduction of 19.1% was reached,
based on successes with several wide scale energy efficiency, enterprise energy saving and
conservation programs and the shutting down of China’s most polluting small‐scale coal‐fired
power plants. The 12th Five‐Year Plan (2011‐15), released in March 2011, announced a further
planned reduction of 16%. The plan aims to improve sustainability targets and pace for growth,
including a new carbon intensity target for reducing emissions growth relative to GDP by 17%.The
17% target is part of the larger goal of reducing emissions by 40% to 45% by 2020 (WRI, 2010).

1
Energy intensity is a measure of total primary energy use per unit of gross domestic product.
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Potential for CCS globally and in China

Global role of CCS
Many governments and organisations now recognise the potential contribution of CCS to global
climate change mitigation efforts. But, as highlighted in this report, key questions remain. The Page | 11
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimates that CCS could help reduce global
GHG stabilisation costs by 30% or more during this century, in a portfolio of technologies
including renewable energy, nuclear energy, energy conservation and energy efficiency (IPCC,
2005) (Figure 5). Under the IEA BLUE Map Scenario, which calls for CO2 emissions from the
energy sector to be reduced by 50% from 2005 levels by 2050, it is anticipated that CCS could
contribute about 19% of total emissions reduction or 9.1 GtCO2 in 2050 (IEA, 2010b). CCS may
have the potential to achieve significant emissions reductions because, other than efficiency
improvements, it is the only near‐commercial technology solution that can address CO2 emissions
from large‐scale fossil‐fuel power plants and other industrial facilities.

Figure 5 Key technologies for reducing global CO2 emissions

Source: IEA, 2010b.

The contribution of CCS to emissions reduction would increase from 3% of total reduced volume
in 2020 to 10% in 2030 and 19% in 2050. In this scenario, CCS would thus become the technology
providing the single biggest share of emissions reduction. If China continues on a course to high
fossil‐fuel usage, CCS must play an important role in the total emissions mitigation effort.
In recognition of the important contribution CCS may make to global CO2 mitigation and energy
security, the Group of Eight (G8) committed in 2008 to launching 20 large‐scale (> 1 MtCO2/yr)
integrated CCS demonstration projects by 2010, with broad deployment by 2020. In 2009, the
Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) issued its Technology Action Plan: Carbon
Capture, Use and Storage in support of a similar commitment (MEF, 2009). While the 2010 target
has been missed, considerable project activity is underway globally. Large‐scale CCS deployment
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from 2020 onwards is still possible, but it will require substantial efforts, including large public‐
and private‐sector investments, policy actions and international co‐operation.
In order to meet CCS deployment targets under the IEA BLUE Map Scenario, the IEA estimated in
2009 that over 3 000 CCS facilities, each averaging 3mt CO2 captured annually (roughly evenly
divided between fossil‐fuel power and industrial sectors) must be built around the world by 2050
Page | 12 (Figure 6). Under this scenario, China would need to build 10 to 12 large‐scale projects by 2020
and ramp up to 600 projects by 2050. This provides a snapshot of what would be needed to meet
the outline of such a scenario. In reality, current policies and regional CCS development are not
on track to meet these milestones either in OECD and Non‐OECD countries. It is therefore
necessary to continue to update any such future visions and adjust milestones, scenario analysis
and policies accordingly.2

Figure 6 CCS deployment pathway as estimated in 2009 IEA Technology Roadmap

Source: IEA, 2009b.

The annual average investment required for this deployment scenario from 2010 to 2020 is
estimated at USD 3.5 billion to USD 4 billion in OECD countries and USD 1.5 billion to
USD 2.5 billion for projects in developing countries (IEA, 2009b). Globally, recent government
commitments for CCS demonstration projects have totalled USD 25 billion, but progress of
allocating funds to projects has been slow. Currently, about 70 large‐scale integrated CCS
projects globally are in various stages of development, including early planning and pre‐feasibility
stages.3 These projects may also be subject to continued approval and funding challenges, with
some high‐profile projects cancelled in 2011, while new project plans have also been announced.
2
The numbers of projects presented here should not be considered targets, but simply results of scenario analysis by the IEA.
The IEA employs several methods in its energy scenario work, either projecting current developments into the future, or
plotting a cost‐effective pathway to a politically agreed goal. Both approaches can be useful for policy‐makers and industries
in testing the impact of policy decisions. As in other countries, it will be up to Chinese authorities to set goals for technology
deployment in China, as appropriate.
3
For a recent stock‐take of global CCS project activity, see the report Global Status of CCS: 2011 by Global CCS Institute,
www.globalccsinstitute.com/publications/global‐status‐ccs‐2011.
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Additionally, the limited number of projects in operation today reflects a very challenging
environment for CCS, with global financial uncertainty affecting investment by both private and
public sectors.

Role of CCS in China’s GHG mitigation effort

As indicated in the discussion of China’s energy and CO2 emission trends in the previous section Page | 13
of this report, fossil fuel use is likely to continue, with a related increase in CO2 emissions. CCS
technologies may therefore be an important option in China’s energy future. However, it must be
noted that there is currently no official quantification of the role of CCS in China. External
organisations have done calculations within energy scenario work, but these can only be taken as
illustrative of developments in a possible best‐case scenario for tackling climate change.
China’s Low‐Carbon Development Pathway by 2050: Scenario Analysis of Energy Demand and
Carbon Emissions, completed in 2009 by the Energy Research Institute (ERI) of the National
Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), found that, without enhanced policies on energy
conservation and emissions reduction, energy demand would increase from 1.57 billion tonnes of
oil equivalent (btoe) in 2005 to 4.69 btoe in 2050 and that GHG emissions would reach
12.2 GtCO2 (ERI‐NDRC, 2009). This large energy demand and increasing CO2 emissions pose
severe challenges to China’s sustainable development, environmental protection and energy
security and have a major impact on the global energy market and global climate policies. Given
this high consumption of fossil fuels, CCS will be an important component of China’s GHG
mitigation strategy. However, it will be necessary to address many economic and site‐specific
cost considerations, as well as technical and policy issues (including appropriate incentives,
clearer estimation of storage capacity and issues regarding safety and permanence).
As the world’s largest consumer of fossil fuels and producer of CO2 emissions, China presents a
critical yet challenging market for large‐scale deployment of CCS. In the face of competing
economic, development, energy security and low‐carbon energy priorities, China has shown
cautious, but increasing interest in CCS. CCS is compatible with an existing and developing fossil‐
fuel infrastructure. With its distinct comparative advantages and unique opportunities to host
large‐scale demonstrations, China has the potential to become a leading global provider of CCS
technologies and engineering services.
Senior Chinese leaders have highlighted the importance of looking more closely at CCS as a
technology with potential for large‐scale deployment in China, and there is significant activity in
both government and industry R&D programmes to explore options for CCS. China’s current
RD&D efforts emphasise various carbon capture technologies, with an increasing focus on
utilisation opportunities. China’s early commercial demonstration projects, GreenGen and the
Shenhua Direct Coal Liquefaction CCS Project, feature important technologies (coal gasification
and coal liquefaction) with key learning on concentrated CO2 streams for hydrogen production,
EOR and storage that will likely have strategic implications for China’s long‐term energy supply
and strategy.
In 2005, China integrated CCS into its national medium‐ to long‐term science and technology
development plan, as a cutting‐edge technology to achieve fossil‐energy development of near‐
zero emissions. In 2006, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) launched China’s
National Basic Research Programme (973 Programme) for the utilisation of greenhouse gasses as
a resource in enhanced oil recovery and underground storage. In 2007, CCS was mentioned by
NDRC as a key research area for GHG emissions reduction in the National Climate Change
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Programme. In 2008, MOST launched a CCS technology research programme under the National
High‐tech Programme 863 (MOST, 2008).
Along with government research programmes, development of the commercial integrated
gasification combined cycle (IGCC) project, as well as supercritical and ultra‐supercritical projects,
demonstrates China’s advancing engineering expertise in power generation and coal gasification.
Page | 14 Industry has acknowledged the role that gasification technologies can play in laying the ground
work for near‐term and future opportunities to demonstrate CCS technologies. Gasification in
refining and other industrial facilities that allow for early separation and pure streams of CO2
could create the near‐term opportunities necessary to gain experience and demonstrate specific
types of CCS technologies at a more competitive price.
Testing applications of CCS in industrial facilities is either non‐existent or at an early stage in key
sectors such as the cement industry. But given China’s significant cement, steel and chemicals
sectors, industrial applications have the potential to comprise a significant portion of CCS‐related
emissions reductions in the future. Currently, there are only limited projects using industrial‐scale
gasification paired with geological storage.
With some initial co‐operation and preliminary estimates of storage potential, an important step
is to develop a detailed map for different types of CO2 storage in China. Projects such as the
China Australia Geological Storage of CO2 Project (CAGS) are currently providing resources and
information to support this work. It is also important to note that given China’s increasing focus
on CCUS, storage potential in China’s oilfields and coal seams is but a small fraction of the
capacity needed.
China’s leadership has not mandated CCS implementation as a part of its current CO2 emissions
reduction policy. But in China’s Scientific & Technological Actions on Climate Change, a paper
issued in 2007 by MOST in conjunction with 13 ministries and departments (MOST et al., 2007),
the government identified CCS as a key mitigation technology. China is aggressively advancing
RD&D to overcome technical barriers and get a better indication of economic and financial
viability. Initial government policies have been supportive of CCS RD&D through national science
and technology programmes.
Another example of analysis aiming to clarify the role of CCS in China is the CCUS technology
roadmap, published in September 2011 by the Administrative Centre for China’s Agenda for the
21st Century (ACCA21) of the Ministry of Science and Technology. It is not a deployment
roadmap, but rather a roadmap on technical development aspirations (Box 2).
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Box 1 ACCA21 CCS Technology Roadmap 2011

The ACCA21 roadmap* sets out goals for the development of CCUS technologies and cost levels in
the coming decades. It sets out a vision to “provide technically viable and financially affordable
technological options to combat climate change and facilitate the socio‐economic sustainability” with
the following milestones:
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By 2015, key capture technologies with low energy consumption will be realised and the research and
development (R&D) system for storage safety will be established. A full‐chain pilot and
demonstration at scale over 300 000 tonnes/yr will be conducted with an aim of achieving less than
25% additional energy consumption at the cost of approximately RMB 350/tonne;
By 2020, the storage safety system will be put in place. The Mt full‐chain CCUS demonstration will be
set up with less than 20% additional energy consumption at a cost of approximately RMB 300/tonne.
By 2030, the technical and engineering capacity for design, construction and operation of a full‐chain
CCUS project with scale over 1 Mt/yr with less than 17% additional energy consumption and the cost
of RMB 240/t or less will be in place.
*The ACCA21 roadmap does not contain a schedule or mandate actions for CCS technology
deployment.

Source: ACCA21, 2011

Current CCS Development in China

China’s CCS policies and institutions
In recent years, policy for CCS in China has focused on research and technology development.
The national government has emphasised the need to further explore CCS as an important
technology in a mix of energy options to mitigate climate change impacts. China has not yet
introduced any specific policies or schemes to stimulate large scale development and
deployment of CCS technology, but CCS has been included in a series of special actions and
planning for climate change and low‐carbon R&D development (Table 1).

Table 1 Key climate and CCS policy actions in China

Policy statement Background/description

Medium- and Long-term In February 2006, the State Council issued a proposal “to develop highly efficient clean
National Plan for Science fossil energy and resource exploitation technologies with carbon dioxide zero emissions
and Technology technologies, and to list the cleaner and more efficient coal development and utilisation
Development (2006-2020) techniques, as well as coal liquefaction and poly-generation as a top priority”.

China’s National Climate On 4 June 2007, the National Development and Reform Commission, issued China’s
Change Programme first policy document to address climate change (and the first national climate-change
(NCCP) programme among developing countries). The programme set targets, principles, key
areas and policies to address climate change and included CCS development (coal
gasification-based co-production technology, carbon capture, utilisation and storage
technology) in the key area of GHG reduction. The policy states a commitment to
“vigorously develop coal liquefaction, coal gasification, the coal chemical industry, and
poly-generation based on coal gasification, as well as carbon dioxide capture, utilisation
and storage technologies”.

China’s Scientific and On 14 June 2007, the Ministry of Science and Technology, along with 13 ministries and
Technological Actions on departments, provided guidance and co-ordination on climate-change-related science
and technology research and development and established the country’s goals to
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Climate Change promote CCS research, development and demonstration. This was listed as one of the
key tasks of GHG mitigation technology development by advancing capacity building,
and developing a CCS technology roadmap and programmmes for demonstration of CO2
utilisation and storage.

China's Policies and On 29 October 2008, the State Council Information Office published a White Paper
Actions for Addressing entitled China's Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change. It listed “Research
Climate Change (2008) of CCS technology" as one of China’s policies and actions to mitigate climate change
Page | 16 and indicated that China will advance the use of cleaner coal and develop efficient and
clean power-generating technology, such as large-scale combined cycle units and poly-
generation, to promote technology for carbon dioxide sequestration.

Guide for CCS Science and An initiative developed by MOST outlines CCS R&D goals in 2020 and 2030, identifying
Technology Development major tasks for capture, storage, transportation and utilisation technology development
and determines near-term priority projects under national science and technology
programmes.

th
China’s 12th Five-Year Plan In March 2011, China’s 12 Five-Year Plan (FYP) was released establishing CO2
emissions reduction targets and further supports the development of advanced fossil fuel
and low carbon technologies and RD&D as a means to reduce CO2 emissions.

China’s Policies and On November 2011, the State Council Information Office published an updated White
Actions for Addressing Paper on China's Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change in advance of
Climate Change (2011) COP17. The paper emphasises key climate actions of the 12th FYP and guidance on the
National Plan to Address Climate Change (2011-2020). The paper highlights the
importance China places on expanding key cooperation and R&D initiatives including
CCS, and development of low carbon technology roadmaps. It also details 12th FYP
commitments to emissions trading markets and low carbon pilot projects.

Source: PRC Information Office of the State Council and Chinese government publications.

China’s first CCS policy efforts began with a series of central government policies led by the
National Development and Reform Commission, China’s leading policy‐making institution along
with MOST. These policies focus on supporting CCS R&D within national science and technology
programmes. China’s Medium and Long‐term National Plan for Science and Technology
Development (2006‐20) noted that CCS was an important frontier technology. In 2007, China
issued its National Climate Change Programme, which aims to strengthen the development and
dissemination of advanced technologies. A large portion of this programme focuses on
developing coal gasification and systems including CCUS technologies (NDRC, 2007).
As mentioned earlier, in 2007, MOST issued China’s Scientific and Technological Actions on
Climate Change (MOST et al., 2007), an initiative developed in conjunction with 13 of the many
government institutions involved in energy policy and administration (Figure 7). Under this
initiative, projects in China of over USD 100 million must go through project approvals. In the
case of storage projects, requirements must be approved by the National Development and
Reform Comission, the National Energy Administration and the Ministry of Land Resources.
In line with broad policy priorities established in the five‐year plan and related energy planning,
further development of CCS will require legislative action at top‐level bodies, including the State
Council, the National People’s Congress and ministries with jurisdiction across several industrial
sectors and areas. Provincial, local and municipal bodies will also be essential to specific project‐
approval processes, as will engaging local stakeholders throughout the planning, feasibility and
approval stages, to avoid projects being derailed late in the process.
Municipal and local authorities in China have led significant efforts in developing low‐carbon and
clean‐energy projects within their jurisdictions. Given the complexities of industry sectors and
geological and environmental considerations, engagement at the local level will be important for
CCS project development in China and globally.
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Figure 7 Chinese government institutions involved in energy policy and administration

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Source: IEA and Chinese government publications.

Several agencies that have oversight and regulatory authority over power generation, power
markets and coal development may also have active roles in the development of CCS policy in
China. For instance, the State Electricity Regulatory Commission of China (SERC), the agency
responsible for regulating China’s power sector, is developing a climate change action plan which
will include aspects for consideration of the CCS industry with a focus on possible mandates and
incentives for improved energy efficiency and renewable energy in the electricity sector.
Following higher‐level policy development and legal and regulatory frameworks in China, SERC
may be in a position to provide further regulation on CCS with a view to integrating CCS in future
action plans. This may include a range of actions, from requirements for new plant builds
requiring CCS readiness to more aggressive mandates on efficiency and emissions that would
provide incentives for CCS.
Given China’s rapidly evolving regulatory frameworks for industry, stricter environmental
considerations and the unique challenges posed by China’s increasing energy demand, regulators
will need to identify gaps and work to develop CCS‐related regulations that consider examples of
relevant regulations adopted in other countries while meeting China’s unique situation and
development priorities. Regulatory developments in the CCS sector will need to cut across
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various areas and traditional industry sectors. That will likely require co‐ordination among
government agencies or bundled responsibilities within only a few direct authorities to develop
and implement relevant laws to guide development of approvals processes, administration and
long‐term oversight of projects.
The role of state‐owned enterprises in developing voluntary industry guidelines to address
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sector. It will be equally important that relevant industries are engaged in steps to develop CCS
with clear objectives and safety considerations, following directives from policy makers. As in
other countries, existing guidelines and regulations for oil and gas exploration, coal mines,
pipeline regulations and other legislation may be adapted or provide guidance on CCS‐related
legislation, along with climate specific policies that factor CCS into a suite of climate‐change
mitigation technologies.
The consideration and incorporation of CCS into scenario modeling, scenario analysis and the
framing of key policy questions will also be important to clarify the role CCS may play in China,
given specific technology pathways, emissions abatement requirements and deployment time
frames. The Energy & Environment Policy Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
among other research institutes is currently modeling future scenarios for energy and climate,
and may include costs and benefits of CCS in its analysis.

Key institutions, sectors and players

Several key state‐owned companies, research institutions, non‐government organisations and
government institutions are involved with CCS RD&D in China (Table 2). Furthermore, the
government is leveraging its CCS investments with a broad array of international co‐operative
activities on CCS within bilateral and multilateral frameworks. It has encouraged Chinese
companies to forge international partnerships and become global leaders in CCS technology and
research. Table 2 provides an overview of several key players involved in CCS development in
China that are referenced throughout this paper, further descriptions including international
government initiatives and demonstration project participants are detailed in the financing and
projects sections of this paper. Given the pace of project developments, announcements and
activities on CCS, this table is not intended to be exhaustive, but to identify the range of players
and examples of work in this area.

Table 2 Key players active in China’s CCS development

Government Role
National Development and Reform Formulates energy and climate policy; approves large energy
Commission (NDRC) demonstration projects.
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) Develops technology roadmaps, funds R&D programmes and
manages technology transfer.
Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21 Administration of China’s Agenda 21 and primary co-ordinator for
(ACCA21) MOST’s international CCS collaboration.
Ministry of Industry and Information Provides support for CCS equipment manufacturing industry.
Ministry of Land Resources Manages land usage and permits.
Industry Role
China Huaneng Group Managing Partner of GreenGen, which constructed China’s first
carbon capture demonstration at Beijing Thermal Power Plant (2008),
carbon capture plant at Shidongkou Plant (2010).
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China Power Investment Co GreenGen partner.

China National Petroleum Corporation EOR research; partner in the Shenhua DCL / CCS Project in Ordos.
Datang Power GreenGen participant.
ENN Group Bioenergy (microalgae)/sequestration project in Dalate, Inner
Mongolia; in partnership with Duke Energy.
Guodian Power GreenGen Participant. Page | 19
PetroChina China’s first CO2 -EOR / storage project at Jilin Oil Field (2006);
COACH.
Shenhua Group DCL/CCS project in Ordos, Inner Mongolia.
SINOPEC Carbon capture project at a SINOPEC power plant for CO2 EOR at
Shenli Oilfield.
Thermal Power Research Institute (TPRI) Gasification technology developer used at GreenGen; Shidongkou No.
2 Power Plant Project with Carbon capture; COACH; NZEC.
Academic / Research Role
China Petroleum University Geologic storage research, COACH.
China University of Geosciences at Wuhan Geological modelling and simulation, lab experiments for saline
aquifer storage.
Chinese Academy of Science, Institute of Geologic storage research, technology roadmaps, COACH; NZEC.
Geology and Geophysics
Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, CCS related environment and economic policy analysis.
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and
CASS
Energy Research Institute of National Engaged in CCS through Center for Energy, Environment and Climate
Development and Reform Commission Change Research and Center for Clean Development Mechanism,
COACH; NZEC.
North China Electric Power University Gasifier technology provider; COACH; NZEC.
Peking University Geological 19 modelling and simulation, lab experiments for saline
aquifer storage.
Shanxi University Institute of Low-Carbon Development active in a number of CCS
research activities.
Tsinghua University Fundamental research on supercritical CO2 flow in porous media,
19 modelling and simulation, GeoCapacity, COACH; NZEC,Carbon
capture, ECBM, policy.
Zhejiang University Oxy-fuel and chemical looping research; COACH, NZEC.
Huazhong University, National Laboratory of O2/CO2 combustion/Joint Implementation of 5-year US-China CERC
Coal Combustion CCUS technical programme
Financial Role
China State Development and Investment GreenGen participant.
Corporation
China Power Investment Corporation Planning and development of post combustion and IGCC pilot projects
Asian Development Bank GreenGen project lender and CCS technical capacity development.
World Bank Capacity Building Trust Fund to support planning studies.
NGO/International Institutions/Other Role
Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum An international climate change initiative focused on knowledge
(CSLF) sharing, capacity development and international cooperation on CCS.
Clean Air Task Force CCS policy and advocacy.
The Climate Group CCS and climate policy.
Energy Foundation Funding for technical research projects on CCS.
Global CCS Institute CCS project tracking and support for research, pilots and capacity.
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National Resources Defense Council Identification of policy considerations and CCS opportunities.
World Resources Institute CCS regulatory issues and public engagement.
Sources: Hart and Liu, 2010; IEA.

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National R&D programmes
During China’s 10th Five‐Year Plan (2001‐05), the National Key Technologies R&D Programme
supported strategic CCS studies by Chinese research institutions, with an emphasis on the
applicability of CCS in China and its potential impact on energy systems and GHG emissions
reductions.
The National High‐tech Development Plan (863 Programme), launched in 1986, is a programme
funded and administered by the government to stimulate development of advanced technologies
in a wide range of fields. The objective of the programme is to reduce China’s dependency on
foreign technologies. The 863 Program advances a wide range of technologies including space,
biotechnology and telecommunications.
Funded by MOST, the 863 Programme supports the development of CCS technology through R&D
on carbon capture (absorption) technologies and storage issues (including geological capacity and
viability of saline aquifers) and safety assessments and monitoring. From 2008‐10,
300 RMB million (USD 43 million) was allocated to CCS within the 863 Programme, with plans to
further support CCS technology development under this programme in the 12th Five‐Year Plan
(2011‐15).
The 863 Programme energy technology projects include high efficiency gasification. The
programme has provided seed funding to some 30 gasification research projects, including 5 IGCC
demonstrations. Three IGCC demonstrations have been at power plants and two at coal‐to‐
liquids (CTL) plants (Hart and Liu, 2010) (Table 3). Although none of the proposed plants
supported under the programme have existing plans to store CO2 upon completion (new
transport and storage infrastructure would be required and may be prohibitive), these projects
may improve capture and other enabling technologies and system integration.

Table 3 863 Programme planned IGCC and CTL demonstration plants

Company Capacity Technology Location

China Huaneng Group* 250 MW Power TPRI Two-Staged Dry-feed Tianjin, China
Pressured Coal Gasifier

China Huadian Corp. 230 MW Power ECUST Opposed Multi-nozzle Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Water-coal Slurry Gasifier

Dong Guan Power & 800 MW Power; Stage KBR TRIG Gasifier Dong Guan, Guangdong
Chemical 1 - 20 MW by 2011

Yankuang Group 1 million tonnes/year CTL Yulin, Shaanxi Province

Lu’an Group 160 000 tonnes/year CTL Lu’an, Shanxi Province

*This project has been approved by NDRC and is under construction

Source: China Coal Information Institute.
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The National Basic Research Programme (973 Programme), funded by MOST (2006‐11) at the
level of RMB 35 million, emphasises the basic science of long‐term CO2 storage, high efficiency
and cost‐effective CO2 separation, and new theory and methodologies for CO2 transport. The
programme also aims to enhance oil recovery ratios through the use of CO2 by increasing
profitability of oil operations while mitigating CO2 emissions.
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which supports fundamental research on CO2 storage. This research has involved studies of
migration of supercritical CO2 in porous media in saline aquifers. It includes research programmes
with Tsinghua University on geologic capacity, laboratory experiments, modelling simulations and
joint international research projects such as the China‐Australia Geological Storage Project
(CAGS), and the Lawrence Berkeley National Labs (Zhang, 2010). The Frontier Programme Project,
funded by the Chinese Academy of Science supports pilot tests of impure carbon capture and
saline aquifer storage (2009‐10). In 2011, the Ministry of Industry and Information also
announced plans to support development of a manufacturing industry for CCS and related
equipment, which likely supports the potential for commercial deployment and technology
drivers down the line. National research initiatives have also funded similar technical
programmes such as work on polygeneration, high‐efficiency catalytic conversion and thermal‐
to‐power conversion for gas turbines, which may also lead to enhanced research on capture
technologies (CAS, 2005).

Box 2 Examples of China’s technical objectives for CCS R&D

• CO2 absorption, migration, phase change and related mechanisms in geological structures
• Chemical reactions and solidification conditions of CO2 in the stratum
• Physical and chemical theoretical issues, complicated permeation mechanics and basic numerical
simulations for enhanced oil/gas recovery
• Chemical erosion and related mechanisms during long‐distance pipeline transportation of CO2.

Source: Zhang, Zhang and Tian; 2009.

R&D trends and CCUS

IGCC and gasification technology
Gasification technology has been used for many years in the chemicals industry in China, and its
application to the power sector is advancing rapidly. Chinese companies have purchased licenses
from several foreign suppliers in US, and Europe (Clean Coal Centre, 2010; Cai, 2010; Hart and
Liu, 2010). Experience gained through the construction and operation of imported gasifiers
helped China develop its own large‐capacity gasifiers for chemicals and power generation.
Chinese gasifiers include the Opposed Multi‐burner Coal‐water Slurry Gasifier, developed by East
China University of Science and Technology (ECUST), based on a GE/Texaco gasifier; the Two‐
staged Dry‐feed Pressurised Coal Gasifier, developed by the Xi’an Thermal Power Research
Institute (TPRI) based on a Shell design; and the Two‐staged Water‐coal Slurry Gasifier,
developed by Tsinghua University based on a GE/Texaco gasifier (Liu et al., 2008).
TPRI, part of the Huaneng Group, is a key player in the power sector. TPRI is the co‐ordinator for
the Greengen Project, funded by a group of power companies led by China Huaneng Group and
the Chinese government's 863 Programme. IGCC is a key technology in this three‐stage project
which costs USD 1 billion. Construction on the first phase began in 2009. TPRI also has access to
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Huaneng’s Beijing Gaobeidian Thermal Power Plant, a post‐combustion capture facility that
annually recovers about 3 000 tonnes of CO2 used for food production. TPRI’s central role in
Huaneng’s pilot projects, its own technology development efforts and its research and
commercialisation relationships with international technology providers position the institute
well to export equipment and engineering services for future CCS projects.
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China represents a potential early opportunity for the application of CCS and EOR, especially
through clustering of various units in specific industrial locations. An inherent characteristic of
the coal gasification process of such plants is that large quantities of high concentration CO2 are
separated and, at present, vented into the atmosphere. Marginal costs for application of CCS to
such plants may be lower than for coal‐based power generation processes, since it would only be
necessary to provide for compression, transport and injection of CO2 into suitable storage sites
(Michener, 2011). This clustering effect – centralising sources of emissions and developing
planned industrial parks – may give China another advantage over other locations in developing
more cost‐competitive CCS projects.

Coal‐to‐liquids (CTL)
China’s coal chemical technology is basically a diversified gasification technology (Figure 8). Its
process begins as coal is converted into carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen through a
gasification reaction. Then, part of the CO is converted into hydrogen and CO2 through a
transformation reaction, and the ratio of CO and hydrogen is adjusted to suit the need of the
production target (i.e. methanol, olefin, etc). CO2 is separated from syngas by means of acid gas
removal. Finally, CO and hydrogen are reacted together to generate various synthetic products
(Ren, 2009).

Figure 8 Typical process flowsheet of standard coal chemical industry in China

Source: Ren, 2009.

During the process of direct coal liquefaction, large amounts of hydrogen are required. In the
conversion reaction of coal‐to‐hydrogen, CO needs to be transformed into CO2, and separated by
means of an acid gas removal process.
In the coal chemical process flow, the acid gas removal process emits huge amounts of CO2 under
high pressure and high concentration, often 80% to 99%. China’s coal chemical industry
development will need to consider the opportunity to address high CO2 emissions and potential
high concentration streams, which could dramatically increase efficiency of capture and enhance
the economic feasibility of CCS projects over coal‐fired power generation.
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Figure 9 CO2 emissions of fuels including coal chemical products w/ and w/out CCS

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Source: REED, NETL, 2007

China’s vast coal reserves and production along with limited domestic oil resources and rising
energy demand and oil prices, has focused the country’s policy and strategy to developing and
modernising a coal‐chemical industry. As China builds its advanced coal technology programmes
including coal chemicals (coal‐to‐methanol, coal‐to‐dimethyl ether, coal‐to‐olefin, direct and
indirect liquefaction of coal, coal‐to‐hydrogen and coal gasification), there may be opportunities
to integrate these R&D efforts in line with CCS objectives. However, given comparatively high
greenhouse gas emissions emitted in various technology processes in both production and
combustion, such as coal‐to‐liquids (Figure 9), it will be necessary to consider development of
these technologies in line with both deployment of CCS and the case if CCS is not deployed.
In the petrochemicals sector, Shenhua and China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) are
leading Chinese companies developing CCS technology and know‐how. CNPC designed the
capture unit for the Shenhua coal‐to‐liquids (CTL) project and is Shenhua’s partner in the ongoing
test injection into the Ordos Basin of up to 100 000 tonnes of CO2 annually. Shenhua and CNPC
will be among the few companies in the world with experience operating a fully integrated
commercial‐scale industrial CCS project.

Carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)

In China, there is significant focus on CCUS (the utilisation of carbon dioxide in industrial and
other commercial uses) due to the potential to offset costs of CCS projects. While early projects
have explored the potential for commercial CO2 to be used in the beverage and food industry, as
well as chemicals, welding and ceramics, their scale will be limited compared with required
emissions reduction expected from CCS in general. If CCS is to be fully deployed in China, markets
for such applications would be overtaken. Although they may offer revenue generating
opportunities in the short term, the overall impact will be very limited.
China’s heavy industrial, chemicals and related manufaturing sectors may offer China the
potential to further develop utilisation processes not possible in other regions. CCS technologies
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are applicable to a range of industrial sectors and applications, with the potential to develop co‐
benefits and encourage technology crossover for applications in related industries. It will be
crucial to identify near‐term opportunities that may provide incentives for early demonstration
and deployment of CCS technologies without losing sight of climate mitigation objectives.
However, officials from NDRC have indicated that the focus is on utilisation of CO2 as a
Page | 24 commercial opportunity rather than storage without any economic benefits (NDRC, 2011) (Figure
10 and Table 4).

Figure 10 CO2 utilisation by classification of application

Source: Ai Ying Ying, 2010, IEA

China’s RD&D programmes in support of CCUS currently focus on carbon capture from advanced
power generation (i.e. IGCC); oxy‐fuel combustion and chemical looping, and high‐purity
industrial CO2 sources (i.e. coal‐to‐liquids, hydrogen production for refineries, coal‐to‐chemicals
and ammonia production). In terms of CO2 utilisation, EOR and ECBM recovery are current areas
of focus for government‐funded CCUS research projects.
As funding for R&D and demonstration in this area grows, it is important to consider the
development of a path that will lead to maximised mitigation of CO2 emissions and permanence
of CO2 sequestration at a reduced cost. Many existing and potential uses of CO2 do not ensure
the permanent removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. While current CCUS activity, both globally
and in China, focuses on enhancing the commercial viability of projects, it is important not to lose
sight of the ultimate goal to permanently contain the CO2.

CO2 utilisation in chemicals production

Use of CO2 as a raw material in the chemical industry may also offer utilisation potential in China.
By means of catalytic direct synthesis, catalytic hydrogenation and catalytic reforming, CO2 may
be transformed into urea, an important product used as a chemical raw material, along with
dimethyl carbonate, low‐carbon hydrocarbons, aldehydes and derivatives, oxygenated
alternative fuels, reformed methane and other chemical products. (Shen Guoliang, 2009).
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China has also launched industrial CO2 utilisation demonstration projects to produce bio‐
degradable plastics. A few operators including China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s
(CNOOC)’s Oriental Chemical Industry City in Hainan, have developed a 3 000 tonne per year
(t/yr) project in Hainan, as well as Beijing (3 000 t/yr), Inner Mongolia and Jinlong (10 000 t/yr), as
well as an application for carbonation in the food and beverage industries in a project linked to
Huaneng’s Bejing and Shanghai facilities. Page | 25

Enhanced oil and coalbed methane recovery

There is considerable interest and activity in China in using CO2 for EOR (CO2‐EOR) and ECBM
recovery (CO2‐ECBMR). The use of CO2 for enhanced oil (and gas) recovery or enhanced coalbed
methane recovery may provide the most significant opportunity for CO2 utilisation. EOR can
provide an option to offset costs and support the economics of CCS projects (Fig. 11). However,
ensuring permanence of storage must be prioritised to meet the intended purpose of CCS
deployment. Some utilisation methods would still allow for CO2 leakage back into the
atmosphere.4

Figure 11 CO2 injection for EOR

Source: IPCC, 2005.

China’s oil and gas industry is dominated by three state‐owned holding companies: the CNPC; the
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (SINOPEC) and CNOOC. PetroChina, an arm of CNPC,
is the industry lead in CO2‐EOR and has conducted CO2 injections in its oilfields and worked in co‐
operation with MOST and several research universities. Experimentation with EOR has been
conducted in the fields of Jiangsu, Jilin, Changun and Zhongyuan, as well as in the Ordos Basin,
Inner Mongolia, and the northern Tarim Basin, Xinjiang Province, (Liu, et al., 2008; Friedmann,
2009). PetroChina has also experimented with CO2 injection for enhanced coalbed methane
recovery (Friedmann, 2009).

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Note. Petrochina’s research arm in the Research Institute for Petroleum Exploration and Development (RIPED) has conducted
research in this field.
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There are a handful of projects exploring EOR potential, including at sites in Shengli, Shandong
Province, Zhongyuan, Henan Province, Daqing, Heilongjiang Province and Dagang, Tianjin
Province. The Sinopec Shengli Oil Field project, co‐operating with the Shengli Power Plant, is
making use of chemical absorption methods to capture CO2 to then purify and use for EOR.
Further, to these efforts there has been consideration of the potential for ECBM and injection
Page | 26 into coal seams for permanent storage. There is early research in this area including co‐operation
between China and Canada in developing a project in Qinshui Basin, Shanxi Province, managed by
China United Coalbed Methane Corporation (Ye Jianping, 2007).
The CO2 Injection/Sequestration project in deep coal seams for CBM exploitation was divided into
two phases over five years. The first two years include test injection of CO2 in one CBM well to
study how CO2 injection in deep and unmineable coal seams can increase output of CBM and
sequester GHG. Early test results suggest that recovery of CBM wells may be increased by as
much as 80% by employing CO2 injection.
In 2009, the Canadian government invested CAD 500 000 in the programme (China Energy Net,
2010). The role that enhanced coalbed methane (ECBM) recovery may be able to play in China
will depend upon further geological assessments of possible coalbed methane seams and
proximity to CO2 sources. To date, capacity and potential of CBM and related potential for
economic and wide‐scale development of the resource are still unclear. However, with existing
targets for an increased domestic CBM production (10 million tonnes of CBM in the 11th Five Year
Plan), there may be opportunities for companies developing ECBM. However, delayed production
of domestic CBM in general and limited experience in related ECBM technology applications and
the need for continued research and integrated market development will remain challenges.
In China, projects led by PetroChina and Shell in Jilin province involve an investment of
RMB 205 million. PetroChina, the largest national oil company, began building China’s first CO2
EOR project in Jilin Province in 2006. The Shenhua CTL plant and the Huaneng Greengen plant,
with plans for storage, will potentially offer additional learning and demonstration of
components of CCS technologies and applications for EOR. To expand projects for EOR using CO2
to meet climate change mitigation goals, these projects will need to monitor and limit potential
leakage to ensure permanent storage at these sites, which tend to have greater risk of geological
fractures than unused sites.
In 2006, MOST approved the national key basic research development programme of the
Utilisation of GHG for the Enhancement of Oil Recovery and Underground Storage and launched
systematic research on enrichment of CO2 from oxy‐combustion using enriched CO2 for EOR. Oil
recovery rates may increase by 8% to 10% in China, with some initial estimates of an increase in
oil production as high as 5 billion to 6 billion tonnes, and storage estimates of 13 billion to
15 billion tonnes CO2. However, early studies estimate that the EOR storage potential in China
may be limited. In any case, CO2 injection projects for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) have limited
significance for long‐term, large‐scale CO2 sequestration (MIT, 2007).

CCS Pilot and Demonstration Projects

Advanced technology programmes including MOST’s 973 and 863 programmes and those of the
National Science Foundation of China have provided support for CCS demonstration projects. In
addition to universities and scientific research institutes, a number of large state‐owned
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enterprises such as CNPC, the Shenhua Group, and the Huaneng Group also lead relevant work in
the field of CCS technology development.
Many of these activities are currently focused on small pilot projects to develop learning and
technical knowledge in advance of large CCS demonstration. For example, the Huaneng Group is
running two CCS projects, in Beijing and Tianjin, to pilot IGCC capture and utilisation
technologies, along with hydrogen production and hydrogen power generation. The Greengen Page | 27
project in Tianjin is under construction. When completed in 2016 through a three‐phase
development, it will include a 250 MW IGCC power plant and a 400 MW demonstration plant.
The project is seeking to adapt and optimise a gasifier developed by TPRI to work towards a near‐
zero emissions power plant, working closely with its partners, including international
representation (Chen and Xu, 2010). China Power Investment Corporation (CPI) is currently
developing four IGCC projects to possibly pilot a commercial‐size CCS project in Chongqing. For
this project, CPI has discussed using CO2 produced for injection via EOR in oil fields in Jiangsu
Province.

Capture projects
China has a number of CO2 capture technology projects currently in operation, under
construction or in the planning stages

Capture projects in operation

Currently, three pilot projects in power generation have been developed and are now in
operation: Huaneng Group’s 3 000 t/yr capture pilot on its Gaobeidian plant in Beijing (China’s
first capture pilot, launched in 2008); China Power Investment Corporation’s 10 000 t/yr capture
pilot in Chongqing; and Huaneng Group’s 100 000 t/yr Shidongkou plant in Shanghai (China’s
largest capture pilot).

Table 4 Capture projects in operation by 2011

A. China Huaneng Group’s Gaobeidian Thermal Power Plant w/carbon capture

Description: The Huaneng Gaobeidian Power Plant was the first coal-fired Project objective: 3 000 t/yr flue gas
power plant with CO2 capture in China. The project was developed by carbon capture pilot
Huaneng Group and Xi’an Thermal Power Research Institute Co., Ltd. The Status: Operating current
total investment was RMB 30 million and since its commissioning in 2008 it demonstration since July 2008
has captured 3 000 tonnes of CO2 per year. The CO2 recovery rate has been Location: Gaobeidian, Chaoyang
reported at greater than 85% with a CO2 purity reaching 99.997%. The CO2 is District, Beijing
sold to a local beverage producer. The pilot has capacity for maximum daily Technology: Post-combustion
carbon capture of 12 tonnes from a total of approximately 4 million tonnes of capture + reuse in beverage industry
CO2 discharged from the Gaobeidian Plant. The estimated cost of production Capture specifications: Rate > 85%;
of every tonne of food grade CO2 is reported as RMB 400. CO2 purity > 99.9%
B. China Power Investment Corporation (CPIC), Chongqing Hechuan Shuanghuai Power Plant Pilot

Description: The CPIC Chongqing Shuanghuai Thermal Power Plant has a Project objective: Industrial pilot
carbon-capture pilot based on two 300 MW units. Located at Shuanghuai capture 10 000 t/yr of CO2
Town, Hechuan District, in Chongqing Municipality, this project was built in Status: Operating demonstration
September 2008 and put into operation in January 2010. It has an annual since January 2010
capacity of treating 50 million standard cubic metres of flue gas and annual Location: Hechuan, Chongqing
production of 10 000 tonnes of industrial-grade CO2. With the investment of Technology: Post-combustion
RMB 12.35 million, the carbon capture rate was greater than 95% with a CO2 capture
concentration over 99.5%. The process requires 3.5 GJ of low-pressure steam Capture specifications: Rate > 95%;
and approximately 90 kWh of electricity consumed for every tonne of carbon CO2 purity > 99.5%
captured. The cost of liquid CO2 obtained from the pilot Shuanghuai Plant is
approximately RMB 400 per tonne. The volume of flue is less than 1% of the
total volume of emissions discharged from the Shuanghuai Power Plant.
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C. China Huaneng Group’s Shanghai Shidongkou No. 2 Power Plant

Description: Huaneng operates a CO2 capture demonstration from flue gas Project objective: 120,000 t/yr flue
from two 660 MW ultra-supercritical boiler units at the Huaneng Shanghai gas carbon capture, demonstration
Shidongkou No. 2 Power Plant. The plant is currently capturing 100 000 carbon capture
tonnes of CO2 per year with post-combustion technology developed in China. Status: Operating demonstration
Page | 28 Operating since 2009, the capture project has the capacity to treat 66 000 since 2009
standard cubic metres per hour, accounting for approximately 4% of the total Location: Baoshan District, Shanghai
flue gas emissions from these two units. The plant is designed to capture and Technology: Post-combustion
produce 100 000 tonnes of food grade CO2 annually, which is sold to local capture + reuse in the beverage
industries. Approximately 75 kWh of electricity is consumed for the capture of industry
every tonne of CO2. The investment of RMB 150 million in the demonstration Capture specifications: CO2 purity >
site has enabled China to have one of the world’s largest capture facilities on 99.5%
a coal-fired power plant.

Source: ACCA21, 2011, IEA Research

Capture projects under construction

China also has two advanced capture projects under construction: Huaneng Group’s IGCC
Greengen project in Tianjin; and an oxy‐fuel pilot being developed by Huazhong University of
Science and Technology (HUST) in Hubei Province.

Table 5 Capture projects under construction by 2011

D. Huaneng Tianjin GreenGen Project carbon capture and sequestration project
Description: Located in the Binhai New District, the Huaneng Tianjin Project objective: IGCC and focused
GreenGen Project is designed as an R&D project and demonstration of coal- on gasification-based hydrogen
based energy systems based on IGCC and focused on gasification-based production
hydrogen production. The project’s hydrogen turbine, IGCC and fuel-cell Status: Phase 1, 250 MW IGCC plant
power generation, enables CO2 separation and treatment. The project is with capture potential is under
designed to enhance efficiency of coal power generation to enable near-zero construction
emissions of pollutants and CO2 in three phases. The first phase, 2006-11, Location: Binhai New Area, Tianjin
aims at a 250 MW IGCC demonstration plant and laboratory. The second Technology: IGCC, pre-combustion
phase, planned for 2010-12, seeks to conduct R&D and demonstration and capture, EOR
optimisation of technologies such as gasification, hydrogen production,
hydrogen turbines, and fuel cells, and to prepare for construction of a
400 MW near-zero emissions power station. The third phase, 2013-15,
includes completion of construction of the 400 MW gasification-based
hydrogen, hydrogen and fuel cell generation near-zero emissions power
station. In February 2010, the Asia Development Bank (ADB) provisioned
USD 135 million in loans ADB and provided USD 1.25 million technical
assistance grant to study potential application of CCS technologies.
E. Huazhong University of Science and Technology 35 MW oxyfuel industrial pilot
Description: HUST has built an existing 400 KW oxy-fuel pilot facility. This Project Objective: 35 MW oxy‐fuel
facility uses staged combustion and fires pulverised coal and/or oil under air combustion boiler with plans for full
with O2/ CO2 flue gas recycling and a calcium-based absorbent inside the demonstration plant with 100 000 t/yr
furnace for desulphurisation. A 3 MW oxy-fuel pilot plant is planned for an CO2 storage
early stage with a capture ability of 1 tonne of CO2 per hour. Location: Yingcheng, Hubei Province
Technology: Oxy‐fuel combustion +
storage in salt mines
Status: Small pilot built/planning next
Capture specifications: Capture rate
> 90%
Source: ACCA21, 2011, IEA Research

Capture projects: planned and in the pipeline

Several other projects have been announced or planned, though the development of these
projects and related approvals are still unclear. Three plants are currently planned but awaiting
further preparation and approval: the China Guodian 20 000 t/yr capture pilot; an IGCC clean‐
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energy technology demonstration, project in Lianyungang City; and an IGCC project in

Guangdong, led by the Dongguan Taiyangzhou Power Corporation.

Table 6 Capture projects: Planned and in the pipeline

F. China Guodian carbon capture and utilisation project, Tianjin Beitang Power Plant
Description: China Guodian Corporation plans to construct a 20 000 Project Objective: 10 000 t/yr Page | 29
tonne per year CCUS project . The project, located at Tianjin’s Beitang Power carbon capture; 20 000 tonnes per
Plant, will use a chemical absorption technique to capture and process liquid year
CO2 that will be treated for food-grade application. Location: Tianjin
Technology: Post-combustion
capture for utilisation in the food
industry
Status: Planned
Capture specifications: Rate >
95%; CO2 purity > 99.5%
G. Clean energy technology demonstration system in Lianyungang
Description: The Energy Power Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Project Objective: Capture and
Sciences is implementing this demonstration project, planned to include an future storage demonstration of
advanced 1 200 MW IGCC ultra-clean power generation plant, two 1 300 MW 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year
ultra-supercritical generation systems and co-production of chemical raw Status: Planned for 2012-15;
materials and fuels. The capture and storage demonstration will plan to capture seeking approval
1 million tonnes per year to store in a saline layer. Planning and approval is Location: Lianyungang, Jiangsu
aimed by end of 2011; with construction to begin in 2012 and expected Province
completion in three years. Technology: IGCC + aquifer storage
Capture specifications:
Future Plans: Planning and approval
by end 2011; construction planned to
begin in 2012
H. Dongguan Taiyangzhou Power Corporation, Xinxing Group, Nanjing Harbin Turbine Co Ltd.
Description: A planned new-build 750 MW (net) IGCC power plant is expected Project objective: Capture of
to capture up to 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year. CO2 would be transported in 1 million tonnes of CO2 per year
a pipeline and stored in near-depleted offshore oil and gas reservoirs. At Location: Dongguan, Guangdong
present, the proposed storage site would be 100 km from the power plant. Technology: IGCC with CCS
Once feasibility studies receive approval from China's National Energy Status: Planned for 2012-15;
Administration, construction is expected to take three years. Dongguan seeking approval
Taiyangzhou Power Corporation is in an early phase of planning construction of
a 750 MW (net) IGCC plant with CCS. The project is regarded as one measure
to implement the Reform and Development Plan for the Pearl River Delta
endorsed by China’s State Council.

Source : ACCA 21 2011, IEA Research.

Projects focusing on CO2 utilisation and storage

While the Government of China attaches increasing importance to climate change mitigation, the
country’s early CCS demonstration projects, GreenGen and Shenhua’s Direct Coal Liquefaction /
CCS Project, have progressed rapidly through their application of coal gasification and coal
liquefaction, which are key technologies that will eventually be coupled with CO2 EOR projects
that have strategic implications for China’s long‐term energy supply. The current stage of
development, overall capacity and the requirements for permanence of CO2 storage through EOR
and ECBM processes are still, however unclear and need to be further assessed as the projects
develop.
Five CO2 utilisation and storage projects are currently in development: the Shenhua Group’s coal‐
to‐liquids CCS demonstration project in Erdos, Inner Mongolia; SINOPEC’s carbon capture and
EOR demonstration project, in Shengli Town, Dongying City, Shandong Province; China United
Coalbed Methane’s CO2 sequestration and enhanced coalbed methane recovery project in
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Qinshui Basin, Shanxi Province; PetroChina’s CO2 EOR research and pilot project, Jilin Oilfield, Jilin
Province; and ENN Group’s Micro algae bio‐fuel project in Dalate, Inner Mongolia.

Table 7 Projects focusing on CO2 utilisation and storage

I. Shenhua Group Erdos coal-to-liquids CCS demonstration project (Storage)

Page | 30 Description: Shenhua Group’s Erdos CTL capture and sequestration Project objective: Shenhua Group
industrial demonstration project was designed to capture CO2 discharged from aims to develop a CTL capture plant to
the Shenhua gasification-based hydrogen production device, a part of the sequester 100 000 tonnes of CO2 per
direct coal-liquefaction technology. The CO2 will be transported by tank truck year in the first phase of the project
to a storage site within 17 km and injected 1 000 m to 3 000 m underground Status: Starting operation
for storage in a saline aquifer. In the gasification-based hydrogen production, Location: Erdos, Inner Mongolia
a CO2-rich gas mixture with concentration of 87% would be generated, far Technology: CO2 chemical source
higher in concentration than emissions discharged from a power plant, greatly capture + saline aquifer storage
reducing the cost of carbon capture. In the first phase, the project aims to Capture specifications: N/A
capture 100 000 tonnes of CO2 per year. An additional investment of Storage: Deep saline aquifer, one
RMB 210 million would contribute to the development for a staged process injection well and one monitoring well
planned to store 1 million tones to 3 million tonnes of CO2. This CCS project is
one of the first planned to sequester CO2 in deep saline aquifers. The site was
identified through 3D seismic exploration and preliminary analysis of
geological conditions in the area.
J. CO2 capture and EOR demonstration China SINOPEC Shengli Oil Field
Description: The Shengli Power Plant Capture project is part of SINOPEC’s Project objective: 20 000 t/yr to
science and technology pilot test project. The project uses a compound amine 40 000 t/yr of captured CO2 from flue
method to recover CO2, by which CO2 from flue gas of a coal-fired power plant gas of coal-fired power plant with
was captured, purified and compressed for truck transport, to be used for planned injection into oil reservoir for
enhanced oil recovery in a low permeability oil reservoir in the Shengli Oilfield. EOR
In March 2010, this project was producing liquid CO2 with 99.5% Status: With pilot injection started this
concentration. Since 2008, the plant has operated a 100 tonnes per day pilot project produces liquid CO2, operating
for CCS and EOR, capturing a 14% slipstream from the flue gas of the a CCS and EOR pilot of 100 tonnes
Shengli Power Plant and Oilfield. Sinopec has plans to develop an 800 000 per day.
tons - 1 million t/yr carbon capture and purification project, EOR and storage Location: Shengli Town, Dongying
demonstration from 2013-14. City, Shandong Province
Technology: Post combustion + EOR
Capture specifications: Rate > 14%
of flue gas from power plant and oil
field; CO2 purity > 99.5%
Future Plans: 1 Mt/y demonstration
plant 2013-14
K. China United Coalbed Methane ECBM Project
Description: China United Coalbed Methane, with the support of MOST, has Project objective: CO2 sequestration
developed a CO2 sequestration and enhanced coalbed methane recovery and enhanced coalbed methane
project in an unmineable deep coal seam. The research project for deep coal- recovery project
seam injection with CO2 for enhanced coalbed methane and mining Status: Early test injections have
technologies is in partnership with China United CBM Company, Prata Man, been completed
and Enviro Energy International Holdings Limited. Technical support for the Location: Qinshui Basin, Shanxi
project was obtained from Canada-based ARC. The project, commenced in Province
2008, identified the site for the injection area and surveyed potential CO2 Technology: R&D on enhanced
sources. Subsequently, China United CBM Company conducted well drilling, coalbed methane technologies
well completion, fracture, emission and extraction at the test location to obtain
geological and engineering parameters. In May 2010, the first field CO2
injection was completed, with 234 tonnes of CO2 injected to deep coal seams.
L. CNPC/PetroChina CO2 EOR research and pilot project, Jilin Oilfield
Description: With support from MOST, PetroChina has established a pilot Project Objective: Research and
programme in Jilin oilfield in Northeast China. PetroChina started China’s first develop EOR and storage
project on CO2 storage and utilisation (EOR), which has been in operation technologies, enhance oil recovery
since 2006. The company has invested RMB 200 million, and CO2 has been from low-permeability oil reservoirs for
injected into ten wells to enhance oil recovery. The CO2 mainly comes from projected CO2 storage of O.8 million to
natural gas sourced at the Changchun gas field. By May 2010, 122 000 1 million t/yr by 2015
tonnes of liquid CO2 had been injected into EOR and storage pilot test sites. A Status: Phase I completed; Phase II
reported 80 000 tonnes has been stored. A plant has also been constructed to in progress
separate and capture 200 000 t/yr of CO2 from the oilfield. By 2015, Location: Jilin Oilfield, Jilin Province
expectations are that the site will enable CO2 storage capacity of 0.8 million Technology: Separation of CO2 from
tonnes to 1 million tonnes and output of 500 000 t/yr of oil. natural gas + EOR
Capture specifications: CO2 source
from highly-carbonated natural gas
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M. ENN Group’s Micro algae biofuel project

Description: The project aims to use microalgae to absorb 320 000 t/yr CO2 Project Objective: ENN is planning to
emitted from the flue gas of coal-derived methanol and coal-derived construct a facility that absorbs
dimethylether production equipment and to produce bio-diesel and feeds. 320 000 t/yr of CO2
Location: Dalate, Inner Mongolia
Status: Under construction
Technology: Third-generation bio-fuel
technology Page | 31
Capture specifications: Capture from
coal-derived methanol and
dimethylether production

Source: ACCA21, 2011; IEA Research.

Options for Financing CCS in China

Financial rationale and needs
While CCS still faces considerable technological, regulatory and public acceptance hurdles, a
central barrier to deployment is the ability of project developers to overcome project risks and
secure adequate financing to address the additional or incremental cost of projects with CCS,
often referred to as the commercial gap. Based on several reports and IEA estimates, a typical
coal‐fired power plant in OECD member countries will likely incur additional costs of around
USD 1.5 billion (for capture technologies without storage costs, with 90% capture efficiency).
In China those figures for capture costs are likely to be lower, roughly USD 1 billion, based on
2009 cost analysis by the UK‐China Near Zero Coal initiative (NZEC). Operating costs for power
plants with CCS are also higher, largely because of the energy penalty or extra energy required to
run the capture and compression system (15% to 30%). With today’s technology, coal‐fired
power plants with CCS could see an increase in the cost of electricity of as much as 80% or would
need carbon prices at levels as high as USD 70/ton (USD 40/ton in China) to become financially
viable. More specific cost analysis for China can be referenced from the 2009 NZEC studies and
other domestic cost analysis. However more in‐depth analysis of costs related to the whole chain
of CCS and site‐specific costs would help further clarify costs for specific technology pathways
that are likely to differ in China from those of other countries engaging in CCS demonstration.
According to IEA CCS cost analysis, considering uncertainties of current cost performance data,
from a global perspective, no single technology for carbon capture from coal‐fired power
generation clearly outperforms the available alternative capture routes. In particular, this applies
to average overnight costs and levelised cost of electricity, but also includes cost of CO2 emissions
avoided, provided the same plant without capture is chosen as a reference (Finkenrath, 2011).
China’s position towards funding CCS on a wide scale is similar to that of most developing
countries. Some concerns reflect the belief that CCS is too expensive, reluctance to accept
responsibility for funding it solely themselves, considering China’s stated CO2 emissions per
capita compared with OECD figures. However, given China’s rising energy consumption and
correlated carbon emissions per capita, further consideration for rapid mitigations efforts even at
higher costs may be needed, for China’s efforts to achieve a balance between enhancing and
sustaining energy security – while providing affordable energy – also limit progress in this area.
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CCS demonstration projects and early commercial projects are expected to be more expensive
than later projects, and costs are expected to decline as experience is gained and the technology
moves along its learning curve (Riahi et al., 2004) (Figure 5.1). Public‐private partnerships (PPP)
and targeted incentives need to be further explored at this stage in order to address the
commercial gap, accelerate deployment and drive down both costs and risks. Substantial public
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should decline with experience, technology improvements and market development.

Figure 12 The commercial gap for CCS technologies

*The commercial gap (additional cost of technologies compared to conventional technology) is a major barrier to large‐scale
demonstration projects and early commercial deployment. Current CCS financing and risk‐sharing mechanisms are insufficient in both
OECD and non‐OECD countries. The extent to which CCS is deployed largely depends on the provision of stronger incentives, industry
developments and international cooperation.
Source: McKinsey, 2008.

A number of CCS financing mechanisms and incentives are available, but none are sufficient to
fully address the magnitude of the commercial gap. There is a strong consensus among experts
in the CCS community that governments must offer a more robust suite of incentive policies and
financing tools to help mobilise large volumes of private capital. There is also an assumption that
OECD member countries must support CCS demonstration projects in developing countries, but
issues related to broad climate policy uncertainties make commitments uncertain. Despite a
number of proposals and discussions on these critical financing issues, there have been limited
policy actions. CCS funding models and financing options remain insufficient in OECD countries
and are just beginning to emerge in developing countries and China. Given the magnitude of CCS
deployment needs both globally and in China, it is crucial to develop financing mechanisms
matched to the scale of the challenge.

Financing sources and schemes

To respond to the large CCS investment challenge for China, there are a number of existing and
potential domestic and international financing options that might be used to advance large‐scale
CCS implementation in China.
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Domestic financing options in China

China’s energy and industrial companies and capital markets, like those in the rest of the world,
to date are unable to fully support the additional costs and risks of large‐scale CCS
demonstrations. The Chinese government has made modest CCS RD&D commitments and has
considerable financial resources to support clean energy investments. However, in the context of
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current economic, strategic and developmental priorities, China is taking a cautious approach. At
the same time, the Chinese government has made it clear that potential domestic financing
sources (described below) will need to be highly leveraged with international collaboration and
financing mechanisms, (Wan Gang, CSLF Ministerial). International know‐how and technology
transfer are also critically important and should accompany any financial support.

The state budget and related measures

The energy sector is a strategic priority in China, and the government has set ambitious targets to
improve efficiency of its coal fleet, further develop nuclear and renewable energy, and enhance
energy efficiency. In 2009, China was first in the world in clean energy investment with
USD 34.6 billion, nearly double the US total of USD 18.9 billion (Pew Charitable Trusts, 2010).
Because most of China’s energy and large industrial companies are state‐owned enterprises, the
government is able to significantly influence the adoption of certain technologies through its
central planning, policies and state budgets. Clean energy policies are largely driven by the
central government and enacted through various national, provincial and local government
programmes.
In addition to state budget support for CCUS RD&D, incentives or subsidies offered for renewable
energy (i.e. subsidies, tax incentives, low‐interest or interest‐free loans, pricing mechanisms such
as power purchase agreements or feed‐in tariffs, etc.) could be tailored for CCUS. There is no
official indication that the Chinese government has considered using incentive tools available for
renewable energy, for example, to promote CCS; however, it is worthwhile to highlight key
elements of their approach to renewables.
The Renewable Energy Law of 2005 was the key piece of recent legislation that mandated
minimum deployment levels (i.e. gigawatts of capacity by a target date). It supported these goals
with the establishment of a renewable energy subsidy raised by charging a fee to all electricity
users in China of about USD 0.029 per kilowatt‐hour (kWh). The fee, originally based on the
incremental difference between coal and renewable energy (USD 0.044 to USD 0.059 per kWh),
goes to electricity grid operators that must buy renewable power from project developers. Thus,
the cost of renewable energy development and deployment in excess of conventional coal‐fired
power is passed on to all customers as a surcharge to retail power prices. In 2009, the Renewable
Energy Law was amended to require electricity grid companies to buy all the electricity produced
by renewable energy generators. The national government provides incentives for grid
companies to connect to renewable energy projects, and those who do not comply face
significant fines (Campbell, 2010).
To further highlight the opportunity for CCUS under a similar renewable energy policy, a 400 MW
IGCC facility with CCUS would require a tariff of USD 0.112/kWh to achieve a market financial
return. (ADB, 2011) (Table 5). The required tariff is 23% higher than tariffs currently available for
wind power in China (approximately USD 0.09/kWh).
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Table 8 Financial scenarios for IGCC and supercritical power plus CCS in China
Tariff USD/MWh 650 MW
400 MW IGCC
Scenarios supercritical
IGCC Supercritical with CCS
with CCS
Base Case (No 112 90 No subsidy No subsidy
subsidy)
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Carbon revenues USD 37/tonne CO2 USD 70/tonne
83 56
only CO2
Capital subsidy only 99 73 USD 135 USD 350
Capital subsidy and USD 135 million + USD 24 million per/a USD 350 million +
88 61
energy penalty offset USD 50 million/a
Identical capital 75 67 USD 226 million USD 226 million
subsidy and carbon
offset revenue at
USD20/ton

Source: ADB, 2010.

The Chinese government has also established a number of funds (some in co‐operation with non‐
profit organisations or jointly with provincial governments) to accelerate low‐carbon project
development and reduce GHG emissions. These may be broadened to include CCS (Table 9)
(International Emissions Trading Association, 2010).

Table 9 Examples of China’s low‐carbon investment funds

Fund Organisation Purpose
China Clean Development Chinese Ministry of Finance Use revenue from CDM projects to
Mechanism Fund promote and support low-carbon
projects.
China Green Carbon Fund China Green Foundation Support forestation and other forest
management and conservation
measures.
Green Energy Technology Fund Chinese State-owned Assets Support clean energy industries in
Supervision and Administration Tianjin’s Binhai High-Tech Industry
Commission Park.
Venture Capital Funds Private and state funds Invest in the country’s high-tech
sector, with new energy and energy
efficiency as a prime focus.
Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, 2010.

It is worthwhile to point out that China’s RMB 4 trillion (USD 586 billion) stimulus package
(2008‐09) included state budget expenditures across ten industries and sectors, with the bulk of
the funds directed towards infrastructure. Approximately, RMB 210 billion (USD 31 billion) – 5.3%
of its entire stimulus package – was used for energy conservation and environmental
engineering, although none directly stipulating CCS (EON, 2009).

Provincial and local governments

As noted, policies for encouraging the adoption of energy technologies are largely driven by
China’s central government and enacted through national, provincial and local government
programmes. Both provincial and local governments provide incentives for renewable energy
development. China has established economic development zones or industrial clusters to
stimulate technology manufacturing and provide resources to energy and infrastructure projects,
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including IGCC, a key CCS application. Relevant projects that have received financial support from
local government include GreenGen in Tianjin Municipality, the Shenyang IGCC project in the
Shenyang High Tech Industrial Development Zone and the Dong Guan IGCC project in Dong Guan
(Hart and Liu, 2010).

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Like many sectors in China, the banking sector is under transition from centrally planned to
market‐oriented, and banks range from publicly owned to hybrids. China Development Bank
(CDB), a wholly state‐owned bank with a mandate to advance China’s national interest, plays an
important role in the energy sector (Downs, 2010). In 2010, CDB, with double the assets of the
World Bank, provided over USD 35.5 billion in low‐interest loans to Chinese companies for clean
energy projects, which constitute about 28% of all CDB lending. Many of the loans were in
support of expanding China’s manufacturing and production base, which will help push down
technology costs for domestic use and enable more competitive exports.

Given financing for demonstration projects to date, China’s state‐owned banking system has
demonstrated willingness to lend to CCUS projects, which is significant, particularly, as few banks
globally have been willing to lend to CCS‐related projects. For example, domestic banks provided
USD 195.5 million (representing 47% of project costs) to finance GreenGen’s Phase I and are
expected to participate in the second and third phases, which include CCUS. Future CCUS projects
supported by the central government are likely to be viewed favourably by state‐owned domestic
banks for financing support, as they actively promote Chinese government policy.

Domestic carbon markets

In 2013, China plans to launch a domestic carbon market to help meet its 2020 carbon intensity
targets: ‐ 40% to ‐ 45% by 2020 compared with 2005 levels and a 17% reduction over the 2011‐15
period. Targets for individual provinces have been allocated and the government has been
exploring sectoral cap‐and‐trade schemes to help meet these goals, but there is still debate
among experts and industry regarding their design (World Bank, 2011). Domestic trading
platforms will be included in three major exchanges, in Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin, and seven
pilot carbon market regions have been chosen: the provinces of Guangdong and Hubei and the
cities of Shenzhen, Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai and Tianjin (Stanway, 2011) Possible sectors for
pilot projects are likely to include coal‐fired power generation (for which CCUS could be eligible)
(Jing, 2010). Demand for domestically generated carbon credits could open significant CCUS
project opportunities.

China’s state‐owned enterprises and international private capital

China’s industrial sector uses about 70% of total energy, with much of it concentrated among
about 1 000 state‐owned enterprises. Therefore government sustainability directives for clean
energy and carbon‐capture technologies can be relatively quickly deployed. Moving beyond R&D
investments, large CCS projects would require larger additional pools and funds for CCS directed
by state‐owned enterprises (SOEs). As costs for deploying CCS in China are still unclear, and may
vary from low‐cost early opportunity industrial projects to more expensive projects in power and
industry, select SOEs may be directed by agencies with authority over these sectors to stimulate
development and deployment in specific CCS applications. As SOEs develop their plans for
strategic investments in line with government policy, costs related to deployment of CCS must
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examined along with other mitigation options in terms of the cost of inaction as well as potential
cost increases in later CCS retrofits if plans are not put in place early on.

International collaborators and international joint venture partners on both RD&D projects have
generally supported their own efforts in China by contributing knowledge, expertise or funding to
Page | 36 the projects. Given China’s comparative CCS advantages, discussed earlier, international equity
investors may be attracted to some projects as an opportunity to develop projects and
technologies at a lower cost than that of deploying projects in OECD or other developed
countries. Given potential market opportunities and the expected development of operational
and technical expertise in China, building early partnerships with Chinese firms also provides a
strategic business case for funding and investing in projects in China. Examples of companies that
have invested in RD&D in China include Peabody Energy, with a 6% equity stake in GreenGen,
and Duke Energy’s broad research alliance with ENN Group that includes CCS (Duke Energy News,
2011) and project co‐operation on ENNa low2 algae utilisation pilot project.

Table 10 Examples of sources of financing for key CCS demonstration projects

Project Name Project Owner(s) Investment Financing Source

Gaobeidian Power Plant Carbon Huaneng Group CNY 30 million China funds*
Capture
CNY 150
Shanghai Shidongkou Huaneng Group China funds
million
Carbon Capture projects of
China Power Investment Corporation CNY 12.35
Chongqing Hechuan Shuanghai China funds
(CPIC) million
Thermal Power Plant

CNY 210
Erdos CTL CCS demonstration Shenhua Group China funds
million
(1) Huaneng Group
(2) Datang Group
(3) Shenhua Group (1) China funds
(4) China Huadian Corporation (2) USD 135
(5) CPIC million, Asia
CNY 7 billion
Greengen Project (Tianjin) (6) Peabody Corporation (USA) Development Bank
(approximately)
(7) China Guodian Corporation (3) USD 1.25
(8) National Development and million, ADB
Investment Corporation technical grant
(9)China National Coal Group
Corporation
CO2 capture and EOR
demonstration China SINOPEC Sinopec Corp Unclear China funds
Shengli Oil Field
China United Coalbed Methane Co. (1) China funds
Ltd (2) CAD 500 000
Deep coal seam injection of CO2
An Alberta Canada Firm CNY 9.9 million Grant from
for enhancing CBM recovery
Hong Kong Enviro Energy Canadian
International Holdings Ltd. Government
CNOOC Degradeable plastic China National Offshore Oil CNY 152
China funds
production from CO2 Corporation million
*Reference to funding that has been directed through the project owner, in most cases state‐owned enterprises, however it is unclear
whether domestic bank loans or additional public funds are provided.
Source: IEA research from Chinese news publications.

International institutional financing

There is intense interest within the international community in supporting China’s efforts to
reduce greenhouse‐gas emissions through CCUS deployment. Moreover, China’s government has
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strong potential to raise international funds. The Chinese government is also highly organised
and effective at accessing multilateral development funds, making the country an attractive
location for CCUS demonstration projects. Broadly speaking, potential international financing
mechanisms fall into four categories: bilateral government funding; multilateral institutions;
multilateral development banks; carbon finance.
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Bilateral government funding
The European Union and several EU countries, Australia, Japan and the United States currently
have bilateral activities with China on CCUS RD&D which, in many cases include the broader
portfolio of clean coal technologies. As noted previously, these activities have focused on studies,
modelling, geologic storage assessments, test pilots etc. This is in large part because of funding
limitations but also because of China’s early stage of CCUS development. Now that China has
established a foundation for CCS, it is prudent to advance large‐scale demonstration activity and
more substantial financing support. While current bilateral financing levels are too low for any
meaningful large‐scale projects, bilateral arrangements offer funding vehicles that could
potentially be leveraged. Prominent examples of bilateral activities include:
China and the European Union: In September 2005, the EU‐China Partnership on Climate Change
was established to provide a high‐level political framework for co‐operation between the
European Union and China. Several areas of CCS co‐operation were launched under this
framework including the China‐UK Near Zero Emissions Coal Initiative (NZEC), Co‐operation
Action within CCS China‐EU (COACH) and the Support to Regulatory Activities for Carbon Capture
and Storage (STRACO2). NZEC and COACH have both helped lay the foundation for large‐scale
CCUS demonstration. Funding is delivered through the European Union’s Sixth Framework
Programme. The overall budget for COACH is USD 3.7 million over three years.
China and the United States: Bilateral co‐operation on CCUS between China and the United
States is guided under two principal agreements: the US‐China Fossil Energy Protocol (Shengli
Consulting, 2010) and the Protocol for Cooperation on a Clean Energy Research Center. The Fossil
Energy Protocol was established in 2000 between the US Department of Energy (US DOE) and
MOST and includes six annexes under which joint projects are conducted (CCUS cuts across all of
the annexes but is focused in Annex II: Clean Fuels and Annex IV: Energy and Environmental
Control Technologies). In November 2009, the high‐level US‐China Clean Energy Research Center
(CERC) was established with USD 150 million in equal joint funding that will support institutions
and researchers in the two countries. CERC’s Advanced Coal Technology Consortia (CERC‐ACTC)
have developed a five‐year joint work plan that includes CCUS (US DOE, 2011).
China and Australia: Most bilateral CCUS activities take place under the Australia‐China Joint
Coordination Group on Clean Coal Technology, which was established in 2007. The China
Australia Geological Storage of CO2 (CAGS) Project (2009‐11) is supported through the Cleaner
Fossil Energy Task Force of the Asia‐Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
(funded by the Australian Government) and jointly managed by Geoscience Australia and
MOSTS’s ACCA21 (Australian funding of AUD 4 million). Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) was also involved in China’s first post‐combustion
capture plant with Huaneng Group and has projects relating to geological storage assessments.
China and Japan: Co‐operation between China and Japan is directed under China’s NDRC and
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI). It currently focuses on a USD 300 million
CO2 EOR project that plans to capture and utilise 3 Mt to 4 Mt of CO2 per year from two 600 MW
coal‐fired power plants in China’s north‐east province of Heilongjiang. Lead partners include
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Japan’s Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) and CNPC, Daqing Oil
Field Ltd., Harbin Utilities Co. and Huadian of China. The project started in 2009.

Multilateral Development Banks

Support for CCS is available from multilateral development banks, but it is limited to small‐grant
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guarantees. The banks can also play an important role in building conditions that enable
investors and commercial financiers to plan CCS investments.

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

The ADB is active in CCS in a number of areas from technical assistance and capacity building to
project loans. In June 2009, the ADB established a CCS Fund to accelerate CCS demonstrations
with an initial contribution of AUS 21.5 million (USD 23 million) from the Global CCS Institute
(GCCSI). The fund is structured to allow other financing partners to contribute and participate;
however, there have been no additional partners to date. The ADB has proposed to build on this
CCS fund concept with a larger, dedicated USD 5 billion CCS Demonstration Fund (still in the
development stage) to stimulate and provide incentives for CCS demonstration in developing
countries. The ADB also manages the Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility (CEFPF) to
support clean energy projects in developing countries through grants and loans, through which
funds are available for CCS projects in China.
ADB is providing support to China’s GreenGen project, an IGCC with plans to include CCS in later
stages. ADB issued a construction loan of USD 135 million and a technical assistance grant of
USD 1.25 million to help support IGCC scale‐up and CCS (Phases II and III). GreenGen is expected
to be eligible for carbon credits under the CDM and the ADB is providing technical support to
help with the CDM registration process on the basis that the GreenGen facility will be more
efficient than China’s baseline power plants.

European Investment Bank (EIB)

The EIB maintains a China Climate Change Framework Loan of EUR 500 million that provides
concessional loans to China for efforts to mitigate climate change. While there have been no
projects directly related to CCS, it is a potential mechanism that should be explored further.

The World Bank

In 2010, the World Bank established a CCS trust fund with support from the Government of
Norway (USD 6 million) and GCCSI (USD 2 million) focused on providing technical and capacity
building support for CCS in developing countries. It presently does not have a China‐specific
focus. Another vehicle for CCS is the World Bank’s Clean Investment Funds (CIF), a portfolio of
new funding sources that provides support in the form of highly concessional loans, grants and
risk‐mitigation instruments to developing countries to support investments in low‐carbon
development plans. In order to access CIF funding, a Country Investment Plan is required, which
could include CCS.

Global Environmental Facility (GEF)

GEF is an independent multilateral financial mechanism of the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Jointly implemented by the World Bank, the United
Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Development Programme
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(UNDP), the GEF assists developing countries in meeting their commitments under the UNFCCC
through policy implementation co‐financing, technology pilots and demonstrations. So far, there
has not been any financing for CCS in China from GEF. Based on an internal review in 2007, CCS
was not eligible for GEF support (ADB Briefing, 2010). However, in response to the request of the
Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP), the GEF is now re‐examining its possible support
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large‐scale demonstrations. The Special Climate Change Fund, administered by the GEF, has
awarded a USD 2.65 million grant to finance a carbon capture project based on a sugar
fermentation project in Brazil, but broader CCS support has not gained much traction under the
Fund (GEF, STAP, 2007).

Multilateral institutions
Many of the bilateral partnerships with China described above are also linked with multilateral
institutions and programmes (represented by countries and private organisations) that address
capacity building, knowledge sharing, technical assistance related to CCS. Working groups from
the Asia‐Pacific Partnership (APP), Asia‐Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), the Clean Energy
Ministerial, the International Energy Agency, the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
(MEF), the World Energy Council (WEC), The GCCSI, the UN Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO), the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) and the G8/G20 processes have
engaged on a discussion of CCS development.
In many cases and increasingly, these policy fora address CCS financing issues either through
expert meetings or advancement of policy recommendations. China’s participation in these
groups is important to help advance CCS financing strategies, build domestic capacity, enhance
networks and share project experience. However, none of these multilateral institutions
currently have the capability or mandate to fund large‐scale CCS demonstration projects in China.
Only the GCCSI and APP have resources, albeit limited, to support some collaborative R&D or
pilot tests.

Carbon finance
Carbon finance is a generic term for revenue generated by projects from the sale of GHG
emissions reduction or trade of carbon credits. The Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC brought
carbon finance activities into play, but voluntary GHG reduction schemes also generate carbon
finance revenue (GEF, 2011). The two most significant legally binding carbon markets in
operation today are the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) and the Clean Development
Mechanism under the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC. However, a number of other countries
including Australia, Canada, China, Indonesia, Mexico, Thailand and the United States have
nascent carbon markets under development.
From its inception in 2005 (the year the Kyoto Protocol came into force), the CDM system has
generated USD 25 billion for developing countries (World Bank, 2011). Carbon finance can offer
an important source of financial support for CCS, but the degree of its impact depends on its
inclusion in various trading schemes and also on the market price for carbon credits. The
international carbon market is now at its lowest point since it opened, generating only
USD 1.5 billion in credits in 2010 (with 97% coming from the EU). In part, low prices are a
reflection of uncertainty over the future of the Kyoto protocol and extension to a second
commitment period beyond 2012.
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It is important to emphasise that current carbon prices are inadequate to bridge the commercial
gap for CCS projects and must be combined with other types of public assistance or financing
mechanisms to enhance viability of project implementation. The EU ETS provides an example of a
package of incentives for CCS. Under the EU ETS, regulated emitters may use CCS as a means to
reduce their CO2 emissions to meet GHG emissions limits. With current low carbon prices, this
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considerably more expensive than current technology. The European Union, however, has
further harnessed carbon markets with plans to auction 300 million tonnes of emissions
allowances held in the New Entrants Reserve (NER) of the EU ETS, the proceeds of which will fund
seven to eight competitively selected large‐scale CCS demonstration projects in the European
Union. Given variations in the carbon market, it remains to be seen how much resources NER 300
will raise for CCS projects. However, if it is a successful use of carbon finance for CCS
development, it could set an example for other carbon markets, including China.
The province of Guangdong has recently proposed a regional cap and trade system for carbon
emissions, while other provinces have proposed the establishment of national trading platforms.
In October 2010 the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) approved
proposals to establish a carbon emissions trading market gradually over the next five years, with
relevant targets included in the 12th FYP and 2011 White Paper China’s Policies and Actions for
Addressing Climate Change 2011.

Box 3 China’s domestic carbon trading pilot programs

China is assessing sector‐specific and economy‐wide carbon trading schemes through an

examination of the experience of the EU and other regions, along with domestic pilot programs that
are expected in three areas:
— Low carbon pilot regions (chosen from five nationally‐recognized, low carbon provinces and eight
low carbon cities, including Guangdong’s proposed regional carbon‐trading pilot in 11 cities)
— Energy‐intensive industrial sectors (such as electric power, chemicals and oil)
— SOEs
Pilot regions are expected to take on caps on energy or emissions, however, details remain
undisclosed and likely undecided. As this process will be introduced gradually over a number of
years it is not likely to contribute to significant emissions reductions in the 12th FYP period.

Source: TCG, 2011

Possible mechanisms for the future

CCS in the Clean Development Mechanism
One approach to employing carbon finance to support CCS is through carbon‐offset projects
based on CCS technology. In carbon‐offset projects under the Clean Development Mechanism,
project proponents develop a project to reduce emissions in a developing country and then sell
emissions credits (verified by a third party) to buyers from a developed country with GHG
emission reduction targets. The buyers can then apply those credits against their emissions
reduction commitment.
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During the UNFCCC negotiations in Cancun in December 2010, CCS was approved as an eligible
activity under the CDM provided that technical details are resolved. At the subsequent
COP 17/CMP 7 in Durban in December 2011, Modalities and Procedures for CCS in the CDM were
officially adopted. This means that CCS projects can now be developed to reduce CO2 emissions
in developing countries and generate CO2 emission reduction credits for sale to developed
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technology and in providing international incentives for its development. This decision would also
create an international standard for addressing technical details of a CCS project.

The debate on whether or not to include CCS in the Clean Development Mechanism under the
UNFCCC has been ongoing since 2005, when CCS eligibility in the CDM was first discussed at the
COP/MOP in Montreal. These discussions have been protracted and hamstrung by two deeply
entrenched positions both for and against its inclusion. Broadly, developed countries and a
number of developing countries (including OPEC countries, the African Group, Pakistan,
Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) have supported the inclusion of CCS in the CDM, while the
opposition has come from a few influential developing countries, including Brazil and India, as
well as some countries in the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS). The opposition to CCS in the
CDM has been based on a range of objections related to technological, methodological/policy,
legal, finance/market and other issues.

While CCS has received mixed support among developing countries, China has been cautiously
interested and supportive. China, the leading beneficiary country in CDM projects, would clearly
additionally benefit from CCS in the CDM. Based on cost data for CCS in China, carbon offsets
could potentially bridge a much higher portion of the commercial cost gap in comparison to
developed countries. However, China and many other CDM host countries still have questions
and concerns related to long‐term liability and stewardship of storage sites and associated
financial liability. Modalities and Procedures for CCS projects under the CDM leave the decision
on assigning long‐term liability to the project participants and their respective governments. The
rules specify that liability and responsibility for the project rest with the project participants
during the project phase and until the liability is transferred to the host party (and to the Annex I
party if the host party does not accept the obligation to address a net reversal of storage in case
of physical seepage).

However, current weak CO2 emission reduction targets in Annex I countries and resulting low
carbon prices as well as lengthy CDM project procedures mean that financing CCS through the
CDM remains highly uncertain. It is likely to be several years before the first CCS CDM projects
are able to raise capital through the sale of CDM certified emissions reduction credits. It is also
plausible that CDM financing will need to be combined with other financing mechanisms to
bridge the existing commercial gap of CCS projects.

Green Climate Fund (GCF)

The Green Climate Fund, adopted in 2010 at the UNFCCC COP 16 as part of the Cancun
Agreements, and officially launched by COP 17 in Durban, intends to mobilise and distribute
USD 100 billion annually by 2020 as climate finance to help developing countries meet GHG
emissions reduction targets and adapt to the impacts of climate change. The GCF will cover full
and incremental costs for mitigation, adaptation, technology transfer (including CCS) and
capacity building through grants and concessional loans.
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The Green Climate Fund Board was created in Durban and charged with creating rules and
procedures to make the GCF operational. The World Bank is currently serving as interim trustee,
an arrangement that will be reviewed after three years of operation.
One of the key principles of the GCF is that it should support country‐driven actions. For CCS it
means that if a developing country views CCS as part of its mitigation strategy it could request
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agreement is to have mitigation and adaptation windows under the GCF. However, additional
windows could be created, and some countries proposed creation of a CCS window or a window
that could facilitate financing of long‐term actions that are not cost‐effective today. The fund is
also supposed to provide resources for readiness, including for development of nationally
appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) and strengthening of in‐country institutions that also
includes domestic financial institutions. Given the complexity of legal, institutional and financial
arrangements that may be required for successful implementation of a CCS project, countries
with interest in CCS may find it beneficial to request assistance for CCS‐related capacity building.
The Durban Decision on GCF also allows a private‐sector facility to enable private‐sector
involvement. CCS projects that currently require both private and public sector funding could be
good candidates for multi‐source financing under the GCF.
The fund could be accessed through accredited UN agencies, multilateral development banks,
international financial institutions and regional institutions. This provision leaves room for
financing opportunities through the initiatives of regional banks and institutions. For example, a
proposal from the Asia Development Bank to create a CCS Fund, if implemented, could
potentially be a vehicle for accessing GCF resources for CCS development in the Asian region.

Framework for nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs)

The emerging post‐2012 framework recognises that major developing countries will need to
contribute to global emission reduction efforts through domestic action. It also recognises that a
substantial proportion of costs that developing countries incur in reducing their emissions may
be met by developed countries. Some of this may be achieved through nationally appropriate
mitigation actions, which will outline the costs, emissions reductions and time frame associated
with these actions.
A registry of NAMAs and available support was officially created at the COP 17 in Durban. Now
developing countries will be able to submit their NAMAs seeking support while developed
countries will submit information on resources available to support NAMAs. The registry will
match NAMAs and support. The idea is that some NAMAs will be unilateral actions by developing
countries and will be registered in the NAMA Registry for the purposes of recognition. While
other NAMAs may seek international support for their implementation and will be submitted to
the Registry to be matched with offers of support made available by developed countries. These
offers of support could cover both capital and operating costs. In addition, NAMA support can
take the form of building capacity, overcoming financing barriers, reducing the costs of
implementing policies (e.g. feed‐in tariffs), and developing and demonstrating advanced
technologies that are not cost‐effective today.
The NAMA framework will significantly differ from the Clean Development Mechanism. First,
supported NAMAs will produce GHG emissions reductions that are developing‐country
contributions to the global effort to control climate change; they will not deliver offsets for
developed countries. Second, in most cases, support for NAMAs will begin after developing
countries achieve a certain level of emissions reduction from business as usual (BAU) with their
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own resources – so‐called unilateral actions (Centre for Clean Air Policy, 2009). Depending on the
growth pattern of the developing country, supported NAMAs (e.g. policies and programmes) may
produce a net reduction in emissions or they may reduce the amount of growth in emissions that
would otherwise occur in these countries.
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for developed countries to offer support for CCS NAMAs.

Box 4 Potential benefits to NAMAs supported CCS projects

Developed countries may benefit and choose to support developing‐country mitigation efforts
through funding for CCS projects in such ways as:
‐ Short‐term operational and technology learning obtained, regardless of project location;
‐ A wider variety of CCS projects that enhance global experience across applications;
‐ Cumulative mitigation actions that benefit the global community, no matter where CO2 is
stored.

Developed countries with long‐term interest in CCS technology (due to energy security, climate
mitigation and economic competitiveness) may be interested in supporting CCS projects in the
developing world, if this facilitates adoption of CCS.

Technology Mechanism
At COP 16 in Cancun in 2010, a decision was adopted to create a Technology Mechanism,
comprising a Technology Executive Committee (TEC) and a Climate Technology Centre and
Network, with the objective of enhancing action on technology development and transfer to
support action on mitigation and adaptation. The 2011 Durban Decision on Modalities and
Procedures of the TEC adopted rules that would guide the work of the TEC and make it
operational in the near future.

Box 5 Focus of TEC’s future work

The rules stipulate that the TEC will work on the following six elements:
‐ Analysis and synthesis;
‐ Policy recommendations;
‐ Facilitation and catalysing (including sharing experience in developing and implementing
technology roadmaps);
‐ Linkage with other institutional arrangements;
‐ Engagement of stakeholders;
‐ Information and knowledge sharing.

It is clear that CCS could be one of the technologies that could benefit from a targeted and
co‐ordinated international effort focused on its development and deployment through policy
recommendations, knowledge sharing, international networks and partnerships.
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Stakeholder Perceptions of CCS Options in China

Introduction and views on role of CCS
Page | 44 In co‐ordination with the IEA, the China Coal Information Institute (CCII)5 and The Climate Group
China, jointly conducted a survey to identify stakeholder perceptions of aspects of CCS
technology development in China. The 49 stakeholders surveyed included representatives from
government (8), industry (12), research institutions (25), and international organizations (4), with
expertise in CCS‐related energy policy, technical programmes and industries. This section
discusses the survey results and provides an indication of stakeholder perspectives on a range of
CCS technology development trends in China. The responses reflect personal opinions of
respondents and do not represent the positions of the agencies involved. They should be viewed
as providing insight and background to the current debate and discussion of CCS activities and
their direction in China.

Role of CCS in China

The survey suggests that approximately 80% of stakeholders consulted consider CCS a necessary
technology to deal with climate change, though the role, scale and the sectors most impacted
vary according to economic drivers, pace of technical development and the learning curve. The
findings also suggest that Chinese government agencies have adopted a positive but cautious
view of CCS development, noting that critical economic and technical issues remain to be
resolved. 75% percent of government stakeholders responded that CCS may be an important
means to reduce China’s GHG emissions in the future, with industry stakeholders taking a
somewhat lower though still positive attitude.
Among the mitigation options currently available, many stakeholders suggest that priority should
be given to:
 (1) developing energy efficiency measures,
 (2) renewable energy deployment,
 (3)nuclear energy technologies, and
 (4) CCS, as it is identified as the lowest priority of the four options.

Respondents from key research institutes and government agencies expressed that the energy
penalty and co‐ordination required across multiple industry sectors for large‐scale deployment of
CCS are barriers that limit long‐term sustainability of the technology, given unclear cost
requirements to make CCS a reality. There was scepticism from some stakeholders, who felt that
it would be challenging to develop scalable applications in industry at reasonable cost and for
large‐scale application of CCS across varying sectors and projects of varying scale. Nonetheless,
increased focus on carbon capture and CO2 utilisation in China, using recycled CO2 in production
processes, may be a choice to transition to the deployment of CCS for reduction of GHG
emissions.

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Survey key findings

Survey Finding (Figure 13): Demonstrating economic feasibility and developing a clear industry
policy are top priorities. Survey results point to the key focus and challenge of further
demonstrating economic feasibility and clarifying industrial and support policies to address cost
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Additionally, the survey identified low stakeholder prioritization for the issues of public
awareness, which may reflect low expectations for public engagement necessary to get projects
developed in China, as well as low awareness of technology at the current stage of development.

Figure 13 Stakeholder ranking* of key factors for CCS development in China

*As a percentage of total participant rankings. The prioritisation ranking was determined by asking each stakeholder surveyed to
select three important areas, among options listed. Rankings were then represented as a percentage of the total for each priority to
demonstrate relative importance for Figures 13, 14,15,17.
Source: CCII Survey

In 2009, the China Coal Information Institute (CCII) completed a survey of CCS initiatives in China,
prepared for the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change. Results of this survey also
indicate strong interest in continued technical and cost research to disseminate best practice and
information on CCS activities in China and CCS RD&D. No further policy or regulation beyond R&D
initiatives has been planned or, to date, publicly announced, but the results from this analysis
reinforce the indication of continued interest and involvement from stakeholders in China in
ongoing investment in CCS R&D and demonstration projects.

Technology priorities
Survey Finding (Figure 14): Post Combustion R&D viewed as near term priority. Among
government, industry and researchers, over 80% of respondents indicated that post‐combustion
capture should be the short‐term priority, while those from international institutions highlighted
the importance of pre‐combustion capture (Figure 14). Survey responses suggest that pre‐
combustion RD&D may play an increasingly important role after 2020.
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Figure 14 Stakeholder ranking* on priorities for capture technology

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Source: CCII Survey.

According to stakeholder views, post‐combustion capture technology should be prioritised.

However, pre‐combustion capture will likely become the dominant technology in the long term.
Current R&D projects in China focus on post‐combustion capture and IGCC with initial plans for
future storage. These projects tend to explore utilisation applications. Stakeholders indicate that,
until 2020, project demonstration will likely be limited to those projects that provide a reference
for government decision‐making on future CCUS policy emphasising aspects of utilisation.
Stakeholders suggest that IGCC is not likely to play a significant role in the power industry in the
near term, given the pace of existing and planned demonstration plants. As a result, pre‐
combustion capture will likely not be a first priority for early development in China, though
continued R&D and demonstration are likely. Furthermore, IGCC relies on complex technologies
such as high‐temperature purification, oxygen generation and advances in the power, chemicals
and heavy machinery sectors, which, when coupled with issues of technology transfer (China’s
gas turbines, compressors and high purification technology rely on imports), mean that IGCC may
not be a strategic or mainstream technology for the power sector in the short‐term.
Stakeholders commented current economic feasibility studies of post‐combustion capture favour
cost structures for post‐combustion rather than IGCC and other pre‐combustion technologies in
China. However, China’s comparatively low labour and construction costs suggest that it may be
better suited for early commercial demonstration across technologies which may favour more
intensive joint international programmes in advanced technologies that can be deployed in OECD
countries.
Survey results also suggested a strong interest in further clarifying costs and key economic drivers
for CCS in China as a primary step.6 Stakeholders suggested there are limited or no publicly
available China‐specific cost models for CO2 pipeline transportation, and related transportation
and site‐specific costs are very unclear.
Over 75% of respondents suggested that China lags far behind in terms of storage technology
capability. At present, CCS research is focusing on CCUS pathways (including in the beverage
industry) or for EOR/ECBM. The Shenhua Erdos CTL project is currently the only one with plans
for storage, with 100 000 t/CO2 to be stored annually in a saline aquifer. Potential plans for

6 At present, China is pursuing early demonstrations of pre‐combustion and post‐combustion capture technologies. However, several
discussions with stakeholders, including funding institutions, indicated a lack of clarity in related cost assessments for both
technologies in the Chinese context. Results from demonstration projects by Huaneng Group and other state‐owned companies are
expected to provide important reference for related CCS and domestic climate policy making in China. Meanwhile, wider availability
of economic data from pre‐feasibility and technical studies of global CCS projects in commercial operation may provide impetus for
the Chinese government, industry and researchers to clarify a strategic direction towards CCS development and deployment.
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storage in the GreenGen project post 2015 have been discussed, but lack detailed planning at this
point. Information on storage capacity, site selection standards, and site investigation and
injection safety were seen as lagging far behind international developments in these areas.

Figure 15 Stakeholder ranking* on CO2 storage priorities and options to 2050

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Source: CCII Survey.

Survey Finding (Figure 15): EOR and ECBM seen as key initial drivers for CCUS, though with
limited long‐term role. Experience in geologic storage of CO2 in China has been closely linked to
EOR, which is increasingly discussed for pilot CCS projects, along with ECBM. Given China’s focus
on CCUS, activities are likely to begin with CO2 resource recycling, including usage in EOR, ECBM
and Enhanced Gas Recovery (EGR) and in the chemical and food industries. Many respondents
felt that EOR/ECBM/EGR will be a major focus of R&D and deployment policies between 2010
and 2020 along with new technologies and methods for industrialising CO2 utilisation, however,
technical issues and CO2 leakage concerns still remain.

Many stakeholders suggested that, in China, although EOR and ECBM utilisation may be a priority
out to 2020, the volume of CO2 utilisation through EOR, ECBM and EGR is rather limited relative
to CO2 storage required to meet climate change imperatives (Figure 15). Therefore, storage in
saline aquifers was seen as a priority from 2020 to 2050. Stakeholders also suggested that China’s
offshore storage sites were inadequate for the medium and long term (2020‐50), with issues of
cost and oceanic impacts. Note, that the views on distribution of storage potential displayed here
do not necessarily reflect actual storage capacity in China.

China’s industry readiness and leadership in CCS

Just under 45% of stakeholders indicated that the overall level of Chinese CCS technology lags
behind an advanced international standard (Figure 16). However, almost 37% felt that China’s
technical development was on par with an international level, and just over 6% were of the
opinion that China currently surpasses other international technology leaders. Views differ from
international organisations and local stakeholders on whether China has the components to
develop an industry ecosystem for CCS. Given the increasing development of technical projects
and international collaborations on advanced research, it is likely that these views reflect China’s
existing and growing leadership in the global industry.
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Figure 16 Stakeholder views on industry readiness for CCS in China

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Source: CCII Survey.

Survey Finding (Figure 16): Views differ on China’s CCS leadership. Local stakeholders suggested
that China’s leadership in CCS technology would likely be developed post 2020, citing a late start
in R&D and a lack of funds and policy support. Almost 90% agreed that China would not be a
global leader in CCS technology development until 2020. However, 80% expressed confidence
that China would inevitably become a leader in the long run, with increased Chinese government
investment in R&D and drivers such as international competitiveness of CCS technology and
China’s status as the largest potential CCS market. These differing views may also reflect lack of a
clear global policy direction or agreement both from a policy and technical perspective on a
standardised path to CCS development.
Moving forward, stakeholders suggested, China’s future CCS projects should prioritise capture
technology R&D (Figure 17), as CCS project feasibility from a cost perspective depends heavily on
economic viability of the capture process, with capture efficiency a key priority and closely linked
to an acceleration of demonstration projects. Development of policy and planning was seen as a
lower priority at this point.
Survey Finding (Figure 17): CO2 storage issues remain dominant concern. Addressing knowledge
and technical gaps related to storage issues in China seemed a significant priority for future
development overall, with storage‐related issues accounting for over 55% of the total issues to
be prioritised and addressed. Similar past studies reflect the importance of clarifying key
questions of China’s storage capacity.

Figure 17 Stakeholder ranking* on China’s near‐term CCS technical development priorities

Source: CCII Survey.

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A policy framework relevant to China

Survey Finding (Figure 18): Policies to drive CCS driven by global and national developments. In
their ranking of policy options to promote CCS, 54% of stakeholders stressed the requirement to
establish an international climate change policy to facilitate international financing for CCS
demonstration and deployment. Just over 51% cited the need for a taxation policy to provide
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related incentives such as a carbon tax, income tax or value‐added tax exemptions. To date,
carbon taxes have been adopted in several countries to provide enhanced economic feasibility
for CCS projects and increase motivation for deployment CCS projects. Stakeholders generally felt
that similar policies would be required in China, and smaller groups favoured an industrial
development policy mandating related CCS industry development and local municipal or regional
policy action. In China, related programmes may be driven or initiated in pilot phases at the local,
provincial or regional level, and it will be important to note how these structures may differ or
lead the way in providing incentives for low‐carbon projects in these areas, initially for potential
replication or inclusion into a national mechanism or incentives framework.

Figure 18 Stakeholder ranking on CCS policy priorities

Source: CCII Survey.

Survey Finding (Figure 19): Lack of market and policy mechanisms most significant barrier to
new project development. Stakeholders state the lack of policies and incomplete market
mechanisms to be largest barriers to CCS deployment. High project risks and unclear project
boundaries are also listed as potential main barriers. Such result is well in line with the current
general perception that policy and incentive development has not been at the core of China’s CCS
activity so far, and will in all likelihood require more emphasis in the future if CCS is to develop.

Figure 19 Stakeholder views on barriers to cross‐sector co‐operation

Source: CCII Survey.

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Conclusions and Implications for the Future

Unless sustained progress is made towards development and deployment of clean and efficient
technologies, including CCS, China’s continued rapid industrialisation and heavy reliance on coal
and other fossil fuels in power generation over the next few decades can lead to substantial
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The next decade will be critical in reversing the global path of GHG emissions. In all IEA scenarios
of energy sector development globally over the next 40 years, CCS plays an important role in the
GHG mitigation path and will be required in both a high‐renewable and a high‐nuclear case for
power production. CCS is especially important in industrial applications in which fossil fuels are
essential and where there are not so many options for decarbonisation, and GHG emissions
reduction targets could only be achieved through efficiency improvements and CCS. Given
China’s growing share of world energy demand and increasing carbon emissions, the pace of CCS
development in China will have a major impact on the overall potential of CCS to play its role in
mitigating carbon emissions globally.
The rate of development and the role that CCS will play in China by 2050 will be subject to
national policies that consider national energy strategies, technology development goals, site‐
specific costs of CCS projects, CO2 storage capacity at a regional level and incentive mechanisms.
As China currently commands 48% of total global coal consumption, options to reduce emissions
from coal use will require greater efficiencies across the coal development chain and rapid
advances in cleaner coal technologies and CCS. Coupled with other mitigation measures such as,
bio‐energy combined with CCS (BECCS), with potential for negative emissions, a mix of strategies
for cleaner fossil fuels will need to be considered.

China’s current strategy and drivers for CCS

Facilitation and clarification of the links, roles and responsibilities across economic sectors are
critical for success on CCS. In China, the following sectors and related policies would need to be
engaged in cross‐sector co‐ordination: CO2 capture, transportation and storage, power projects,
chemical (coal chemical) industry, oil, natural gas, coal extraction and geological services. These
sectors may experience differing strategic industrial development drivers and will need to
balance common and competing interests as they engage in developing CCS or CCUS projects
across resource extraction, power generation, transport, industrial utilisation and storage and
monitoring processes.

Energy security as a primary driver

China’s primary energy structure is based on abundant proven coal reserves, with limited
domestic oil and gas reserves. National and regional economic development and environmental
objectives, including a reliance on domestic resources in western provinces, will drive cleaner
coal and related CCS technology considerations over the next several decades. China’s existing
coal‐fired power plants and related technical competencies and competitive technical
advantages in these areas further support the development of cleaner coal technologies,
including CCS.
China continues to focus on CCUS dialogue amid near‐term realities that require development of
increasingly efficient coal technologies while meeting surging energy demand and energy security
priorities. With the majority of China’s coal fleet deployed in the past 15 years, China is also likely
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to have considerable potential for retrofitting of CCS onto existing plants and on those being built
today. This would however depend on criteria not limited to proximity to storage, physical space
at plant, and plant efficiency. This should be considered when setting policy and technical
priorities for this and the coming decades.

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China has accumulated a significant level of knowledge on CCS technologies and continues to
promote CCS‐related R&D. The priority areas of current R&D efforts are reduction of costs for
CCS technologies (and specifically capture technologies) and reduction of energy consumption
during the capture phase across all capture technologies.
China has considerable domestic resources to support the development of the CCS industry. In
addition to R&D efforts, China could deploy policies to support domestic demand for CCS
technologies and to position its companies to export technology and/or generate CO2 emissions
reduction through CCS projects for the international carbon market. China’s policies to promote
new technologies typically include: providing capital and other incentives for technology
adoption; forcing industry to upgrade power and industrial facilities; and entering into voluntary
agreements with industry to adopt technology. In addition, China’s lower cost structure and short
timelines for project approvals and construction provide the rationale for a positive outlook on
CCS in China compared to other parts of the world. However, as mentioned, costs, viability of
storage and scale of capacity, along with creating markets and financing channels, are key
challenges that need to be addressed for CCS to be feasible in China in the long term.

Considering the environment

A potential scale of development of CCS in China would require significant use of coal resources
to offset the energy penalty for CCS, creating additional pressures on an already high demand for
coal. Additional external costs would need to be considered across the coal development chain
from extraction to generation, creating heightened environmental stresses and demand for
water and other resources necessary for extraction, processing, transportation and utilisation of
coal. In China, these resources are already stretched and will require significant added
investment in infrastructure to provide for further development, such as water transport to coal‐
rich areas in the traditional dry climates and arid north and northwest coal regions. Any advances
in R&D on minimisation of the energy penalty during carbon capture will have significant impact
on resource efficiency, CCS cost and CCS development in China.

Climate policy considerations

China’s actions on CCS are also partly driven by important global climate policy considerations,
although except for a recently adopted decision to authorise CCS under the CDM, no other direct
international CCS‐related policy drivers are yet in place. Facing rapidly rising GHG emissions,
China’s government is one of the most pro‐active in using incentives to stimulate adoption of
clean energy technology, and has proven itself a global leader in deploying renewable energy
technologies, such as hydroelectric, wind and solar thermal applications. In these efforts, China
commonly relies on policy tools such as direct subsidies to project developers, tax credits and
special power tariffs. Introduction of carbon taxes and various types of emissions‐trading pilot
programmes is also under consideration in China as a possible prelude to a domestic carbon
market, both of which would establish a Chinese price for carbon.
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Enacting a domestic carbon tax or trading system may provide the fiscal and tax subsidies for
power plants equipped with CCS devices. However, current international carbon prices are
inadequate to bridge the commercial gap for CCS projects and would have to be combined with
other types of public assistance or financing mechanisms to enhance viability of CCS
implementation.
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Available funding options
Today CCS activities in China are financed through governmental funding, contributions from
state‐owned enterprises, loans from state‐owned banks, and capacity‐building resources from
bilateral and multilateral programmes. The energy sector is a strategic priority in China, and the
government invests more generously in clean energy technologies than any other government in
the world. China’s state‐owned banking system has demonstrated willingness to lend to CCUS
projects. This is significant as few banks globally have been willing to lend to CCS‐related projects
to date. In addition, provincial and local governments work to create favourable conditions for
the uptake of new and efficient technologies. CCS benefits from these conditions but not to the
extent possible and desirable due to the lack of targeted governmental programmes on
deployment of the technology. There is also intense interest within the international community
in supporting China’s efforts to reduce GHG emissions through CCS deployment, and China’s
government has strong potential to raise international funds.

Challenges for the future

Improving understanding of costs
Clarification on cost estimates and comparative capture routes relevant to China’s case as well as
approaches to cleaner coal pathways (including efficiency improvements, retrofits and plant
upgrades) will help to clarify strategic priorities towards CCS RD&D, in both the short and long
term.
Based on findings from several studies and perceptions among government and industry, Chinese
stakeholders remain consistent in their view that, in the near‐term, costs of CCS may be
prohibitive to accelerate the types of CCS projects required to meet the IEA BLUE Map Scenario.
Estimates that CCS demonstration today would require a carbon price of USD 70 to USD 80 per
tonne are also prohibitive. NZEC and other estimates put the cost in China at roughly USD 40 per
tonne, but these costs for various technology paths and in a site‐specific context need to be
further clarified.

Enhancing technology demonstration

For China, the development and progress of cleaner coal technologies, and subsequent
application of coal‐to‐liquids, coal‐to‐chemicals and IGCC, as well as the use of CO2 for enhanced
oil, and gas and coalbed methane recovery in the next 10 to 20 years, will be important in
determining policy direction for related CCS applications. Many of China’s initially announced
IGCC projects have not proceeded or received necessary government approvals, and challenges
remain for the development of coal‐to‐chemicals and coal‐to‐liquids technologies, including
safety, security and environmental impact across the coal development chain and long‐term
demand impact on domestic resources (such as water and broader commodities markets).
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Engagement with the private sector for successful demonstration is fundamental for CCS to be
deployed. China’s investments, as well as other national CCS projects in CCS RD&D should be
optimised by involving and leveraging private sector resources across the industrial and resource
development chain to ensure the success of demonstration projects. The explicit design of
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resources. Policy mandates and clear guidelines to industry are necessary.

Storage capacity
Large uncertainties remain pertaining to viability of long‐term storage of CO2 in China’s geological
structures. Geological storage conditions in relation to site‐specific cost analysis need to be
addressed to further clarify China’s storage capacity and China’s overall potential CCS
contribution to total global emissions reduction. International co‐operation programmes are
currently working to develop information and data to facilitate storage estimates, but access to
detailed and reliable data in these areas is still an obstacle. One of the arguments for EOR and
ECBM development in China may be that this could help to clarify storage information and
resource capacity estimates. Related learning and availability of data will be key to any CCUS
approach that China pursues, in order to ensure that long‐term storage is prioritised, rather than
pursued as an end to fossil fuel extraction and promotion of energy security itself.

International co‐operation and knowledge sharing

China provides a low‐cost venue for conducting research and development that has already
attracted foreign investors and joint ventures in technology development and research. These
programmes are continuing and are likely to expand at national, provincial, and industry levels.
Strengthening laws to protect intellectual property (IP), jointly developed by foreign and Chinese
ventures, would further enhance China’s potential to attract foreign investment in research
collaboration in related fields. Programmes such as the US‐China Clean Energy Research Center
have provided clear outlines of how future projects will be developed to maximise the exchange
of information from these public‐private and international partnerships. Several international
co‐operative initiatives, development banks and international institutions have sought to develop
capacity‐building and knowledge‐sharing initiatives, including networks, fora, workshops, joint
research programmes and collaborative technology‐development programmes. The CERC, NZEC
and related research programmes have made significant inroads in clarifying and developing best
practices in these areas, and future multilateral and bilateral projects should consider the
importance of these agreements from the outset.

Future options for financing CCS

Given inadequate economic incentives for CCS projects in China, additional mechanisms would
be required for deployment of CCS. Carbon trading through an emissions trading system will
likely constitute a major financing platform for GHG emissions reduction. In 2013, China is
planning to launch a domestic carbon market to help meet its carbon intensity targets of ‐
40% to ‐ 45% by 2020 compared with 2005 levels and a 17% reduction over the 2011‐15 period.
This could provide incentives and generate revenues for CCS technology deployment. New
international instruments recently adopted by the UNFCCC decisions in Durban (such as CCS in
the CDM, the NAMA framework and the Green Climate Fund created to support mitigation
actions in developing countries) along with adaptation and technology transfer as well as the
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Technology Mechanism, would provide new opportunities for financing and incentives for CCS in
China.

The Durban Decision: a new window of opportunity for CCS

Given the CCS potential in China and the technical work that has been done to date, China would
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NAMA framework, the Green Climate Fund, and the Technology Mechanism. Based on cost data
for CCS in China, carbon offsets (either through the CDM or NAMAs) could potentially bridge a
much higher portion of the commercial cost gap in comparison to developed countries. Differing
from a CDM framework, NAMA support may take the form of building capacity, overcoming
financing barriers, reducing costs of implementing policies (e.g. feed‐in tariffs) and developing
and demonstrating advanced technologies like CCS that are not cost‐effective today. The Green
Climate Fund and the Technology Mechanism would support implementation of NAMAs and will
be critical in facilitating CCS development and deployment in China as well as other emerging
economies.

Will CCUS projects meet the objectives of CCS?

There is significant and expanding activity in the area of R&D into CCUS activities, with a growing
number of pilot projects currently underway to provide technical knowledge, training and further
research. Existing technical skills and experience with transport, EOR and other CCS‐related
industries give China a significant competitive advantage in developing demonstration projects.
China’s move towards CCUS is underpinned by some early experience with EOR and ECBM
projects; however, safety, storage permanence and long‐term monitoring will be critical from the
start, and doubts remain whether all such utilisation projects are going to meet the inherent
objectives of CCS as a climate‐change mitigation tool.
Determining the most efficient path for CCS technology development, while evaluating China’s
context, and understanding the importance of timely action to meet rapidly accelerating carbon
emissions is a near‐term priority.

Next steps
CCS development in China is critical for global GHG mitigation based on current scenarios. China
is already engaged in an ambitious effort on CCS research, development and demonstration. It
has the right conditions and political will to enhance these efforts provided that international
support and global climate policy also expand.

Box 6 Next Steps for R&D

Building on existing work, China may benefit further from directing resources to priority R&D
areas such as:
‐ Reducing efficiency penalty during capture;
‐ Assessing storage capacity;
‐ Assessing opportunities for CCS in industrial applications;
‐ Testing co‐benefits and costs of CCS‐EOR and CCS‐ECBM; and
‐ Implementing related pilot projects.
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This would allow China to speed up technological development, position itself as a technology
leader and achieve ultimate objectives of reducing costs of CCS.
A focus on policy development conducive to CCS would be a way for China to explore domestic
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this technology. China could start with further evaluating the costs; reviewing fiscal and financial
instruments, as well as legal and regulatory frameworks that would need to be adjusted and/or
created for CCS. It could also explore how an emerging domestic carbon market could be
structured to benefit CCS and other low‐carbon technologies. There are also several international
mechanisms that could assist China in CCS policy development and implementation. The NAMA
framework could be a vehicle for setting national CCS‐related GHG targets and receiving support
through the mechanisms like the Green Climate Fund and private financing for achieving and
over‐achieving them.
CCS should not be considered in isolation: local and regional environmental, resources and
economic considerations are also important in China. Additional analytical work, potentially done
with international experts, could help clarify risks, costs and benefits further and suggest ways for
addressing risks and challenges. Continued knowledge sharing, technical exchange and capacity
building will be an important part of engagement on CCS in China.
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Abbreviations, acronyms and units of measure

Abbreviations and acronyms
ACCA21 Administrative Centre for China’s Agenda for the 21st Century
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AOSIS Alliance of Small Island States
APEC Asia‐Pacific Economic Cooperation
APP Asia‐Pacific Partnership
BAU business as usual
BP British Petroleum
btce billion tonnes of coal equivalent
btoe billion tonnes of oil equivalent
CAGS China Australia Geological Storage of CO2 Project
CBM coalbed methane
CCAP Center for Clean Air Policy
CCS carbon capture and storage
CCUS carbon capture, utilisation and storage
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CCII China Coal Information Institute
CDB China Development Bank
CDM Clean Development Mechanism
CEFPF Clean Energy Financing Partnership Facility
CERC US‐China Clean Energy Research Center
CERC‐ACTC CERC’s Advanced Coal Technology Consortia
CIF Clean Investment Funds (World Bank)
CLSF Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
CO carbon monoxide
CO2 carbon dioxide
CO2‐ECBMR CO2 for enhanced coalbed methane recovery
CO2‐EOR CO2 for enhanced oil recovery
COACH Co‐operation Action within CCS China‐EU
CNOOC China National Offshore Oil Corporation
CNPC China National Petroleum Company
COP Conference of the Parties (to the UNFCCC)
CPI China Power Investment Corporation
CSLF Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (Australia)
CTL coal‐to‐liquids
DECC Department of Energy and Climate Change (United Kingdom)
ECBM enhanced coalbed methane
ECUST East China University of Science and Technology
EGR Enhanced Gas Recovery
EIB European Investment Bank
EOR enhanced oil recovery
ERI Energy Research Institute
EU ETS EU Emissions Trading Scheme
G8 Group of Eight
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GCF Green Climate Fund

GDP gross domestic product
GEF Global Environmental Facility
GHG greenhouse‐gas
GCCSI Global CCS Institute
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HUST Huazhong University of Science and Technology
IEF International Energy Forum
IGCC integrated gasification combined cycle
IP intellectual property
IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
LBNL Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
MEF Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate
METI Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan)
MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MOP Meeting of the Parties (COP)
MOST Ministry of Science and Technology (China)
MtCO2/yr Megatonne of CO2 per year
Mtoe million tonnes of oil equivalent
NAMA nationally appropriate mitigation actions
NDRC National Development and Reform Commission
NER New Entrants Reserve (of the EU ETS)
NSFC National Science Foundation of China
NZEC UK‐China Near Zero Emissions Coal initiative
OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
PPP public‐private partnerships
R&D research and development
RD&D research, development and demonstration
RITE Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (Japan)
SAWS State Administration of Work Safety (China)
SERC State Electricity Regulatory Commission of China
SINOPEC China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation
SOE state‐owned enterprise
STRACO2 Support to Regulatory Activities for Carbon Capture and Storage
TEC Technology Executive Committee
TPRI Thermal Power Research Institute
t/yr tonne(s) per year
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme
UNIDO UN Industrial Development Organization
US DOE US Department of Energy
WEC World Energy Council (WEC)
WEO World Energy Outlook
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Units of measure
GJ gigajoule
Gt gigatonne
Km kilometre
kWh kilowatt hour
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m metre
Mt megatonne
MW megawatt
ppm parts per million
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