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Facing China’s Coal Future: Prospects and Challenges for CCS © OECD/IEA 2011
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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
developing low‐carbon policies will be important in both power generation and the whole energy
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
National Development and Reform
Commission (NDRC)
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
Administrative Center for China’s Agenda 21
(ACCA21)
Ministry of Industry and Information
Ministry of Land Resources
Industry
China Huaneng Group
Role
Formulates energy and climate policy; approves large energy
demonstration projects.
Develops technology roadmaps, funds R&D programmes and
manages technology transfer.
Administration of China’s Agenda 21 and primary co-ordinator for
MOST’s international CCS collaboration.
Provides support for CCS equipment manufacturing industry.
Manages land usage and permits.
Role
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).