Opportunities and Barriers for Implementing CO2 Capture Ready Designs: A Case Study of Stakeholder Perceptions in Guangdong, China

Energy Policy, 45, 243-251

Posted: 26 Oct 2012

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Xi Liang

University of Edinburgh; Energy Policy Group; electricity policy research group

Date Written: October 11, 2012

Abstract

China has been building at least 50 gigawatt (GW) of new coal-fired power plants every year since 2004. In the absence of CO2 capture ready (CCR) designs, a large fraction of new coal power plants built in the next decade could face ‘carbon lock-in’. Building on the existing engineering and economic literature on CO2 capture ready, the aim of this study is to understand the opportunities and challenges in implementing CCR in China. In early 2010, opinion-leaders perceptions towards implementing CCR in Guangdong with two empirical phases are presented: an online consultation of 31 respondents (out of a sample of 82), three face-to-face focus group discussions including 16 officials from five power plants and two oil companies in the Guangdong province. A majority of respondents in the online survey were engineers. The survey results are compared with an earlier study of stakeholders' views on demonstrating CCS in China, conducted in April 2009 as part of the EU-UK-China Near Zero Emissions Coal initiative (NZEC) project.

Keywords: CO2 capture, capture ready, stakeholder, China

Suggested Citation

Liang, Xi, Opportunities and Barriers for Implementing CO2 Capture Ready Designs: A Case Study of Stakeholder Perceptions in Guangdong, China (October 11, 2012). Energy Policy, 45, 243-251 , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2166300

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