Perceptions of opinion leaders towards CCS demonstration projects in China

Xi LIANG; David REINER; Jia LI

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.10.034

Perceptions of opinion leaders towards CCS demonstration projects in China

Xi LIANG^*, David REINER, Jia LI

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present results of a major survey of Chinese opinion leaders conducted from March to April 2009, supported by EU-UK-China near zero emissions coal (NZEC) initiative. Respondents were drawn from 27 provinces and regions using an online survey with follow-up face-to-face interviews. A total of 131 experts and decision-makers from 68 key institutions were consulted through online survey. This survey is the first to focus on demonstration projects in particular and is the most geographically diverse. We aim to understand perceptions of applying CCS technologies in the first large-scale CCS demonstration project in China. Though enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and enhanced coal bed methane recovery (ECBM) may not be long-term solutions for CO₂ storage, they were viewed as the most attractive storage technologies for the first CCS demonstration project. With regard to CO₂ capture technology, on the whole, post-combustion (which would be most applicable to the vast majority of existing power plants which are pulverised-coal) received slightly higher support than pre-combustion. More surprising, respondents from both the power and oil industries favoured pre-combustion. There was no consensus regarding the appropriate scale for the first demonstration. A large number of respondents were concerned about the energy penalty associated with CCS and its impact on the long-term sustainability of coal supply in China, although such concerns were much reduced compared with surveys in 2006 and 2008. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1873-1885
Number of pages	13
Journal	Applied Energy
Volume	88
Issue number	5
Early online date	26 Nov 2010
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.10.034
Publication status	Published - May 2011
Externally published	Yes

Bibliographical note

We would like to acknowledge financial support from the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) through the UK–EU–China NZEC project. We acknowledge the assistance of Heather Haydock at AEAT and Jon Gibbins of Imperial College London for help with questionnaire design and for providing insightful comments. Bill Senior and Dan Ulanowsky contributed to questionnaire design and suggested many useful contacts. Hongliang Yang at the Asian Development Bank was instrumental in nominating stakeholders. Andrew Minchener, Paul Freund and Chris Hodrien provided excellent feedback on our draft report. Min Feng at LINKSCHINA implemented the online survey system design and administration. Finally, we owe special thanks to all survey respondents.

Keywords

Carbon Capture and Storage
CCS
China
Demonstration projects
Opinion leaders

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