Facilitating China's Industrial Transformation with CCU/S
Keywords: CCU/S in China; CCU/S technologies; Role of CCU/S as mitigation option; Systematic classification of CCU/S | Study published: December 2023
The report highlights the critical role of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) in China's climate protection goals. It emphasizes the necessity of CCUS in key industries like cement, chemicals, and steel, and its potential to capture significant CO2 volumes. Challenges include establishing a supportive legal framework, addressing economic viability, and overcoming technical knowledge gaps. The summary also suggests that coal-fired power plants could play a role in short to medium-term emission reduction, with renewable energy sources being prioritized long-term. It concludes with the need for a comprehensive policy approach, including incentives and regulatory frameworks, to facilitate CCUS deployment and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
CCUS is indispensable for China to achieve its climate protection goals, particularly in high-emission industries, a variety of political instruments is needed to establish CCU/S.
- The use of coal-fired power plants can be considered as a sensible option for emission reduction in the Chinese context in the short to medium term.
- CCU/S is necessary in the long term in the following sectors in China: cement & lime industry, waste management, and negative emissions generation.
- A variety of political instruments is needed to establish CCU/S with the most important being: incentives, regulatory framework for transportation, law for storage of CO2.
The study is a result of the Climate and Energy Partnership
