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Prospects and Challenges for Carbon Capture and Storage
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
tonne per year CCUS project . The project, located at Tianjin’s Beitang Power
Plant, will use a chemical absorption technique to capture and process liquid
CO 2 that will be treated for food-grade application.
G. Clean energy technology demonstration system in Lianyungang
Description: The Energy Power Research Center of the Chinese Academy of
Sciences is implementing this demonstration project, planned to include an
advanced 1 200 MW IGCC ultra-clean power generation plant, two 1 300 MW
ultra-supercritical generation systems and co-production of chemical raw
materials and fuels. The capture and storage demonstration will plan to capture
1 million tonnes per year to store in a saline layer. Planning and approval is
aimed by end of 2011; with construction to begin in 2012 and expected
completion in three years.
Project Objective: 10 000 t/yr
carbon capture; 20 000 tonnes per
year
Location: Tianjin
Technology: Post-combustion
capture for utilisation in the food
industry
Status: Planned
Capture specifications: Rate >
95%; CO 2 purity > 99.5%
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
to capture up to 1 million tonnes of CO 2 per year. CO 2 would be transported in
a pipeline and stored in near-depleted offshore oil and gas reservoirs. At
present, the proposed storage site would be 100 km from the power plant.
Once feasibility studies receive approval from China's National Energy
Administration, construction is expected to take three years. Dongguan
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.
Project Objective: Capture and
future storage demonstration of
1 million tonnes of CO 2 per year
Status: Planned for 2012-15;
seeking approval
Location: Lianyungang, Jiangsu
Province
Technology: IGCC + aquifer storage
Capture specifications:
Future Plans: Planning and approval
by end 2011; construction planned to
begin in 2012
Project objective: Capture of
1 million tonnes of CO 2 per year
Location: Dongguan, Guangdong
Technology: IGCC with CCS
Status: Planned for 2012-15;
seeking approval
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Source : ACCA 21 2011, IEA Research.
Projects focusing on CO 2 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 CO 2 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 CO 2 storage through EOR
and ECBM processes are still, however unclear and need to be further assessed as the projects
develop.
Five CO 2 utilisation and storage projects are currently in development: the Shenhua Group’s coalto‐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 CO 2 sequestration and enhanced coalbed methane recovery project in