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UK-China Near Zero Emissions Coal Initiative Dr
Matthew Webb Department for Environment Food And
Rural Affairs, UK International Workshop on
Carbon Capture and Storage in the Power
Sector, RD Priorities for India Ashok Hotel, New
Delhi, 22-23 January

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Some Opening Remarks

• UK recognises the potential of CCS to reduce
  carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuelled
  power generation
• The global challenge is to demonstrate CCS at
  commercial scale, not only in Europe, but also in
  developing countries whose economic development
  and energy security will be heavily dependent on
  coal
• Agreements on technology transfer and the
  deployment of low carbon technologies such as CCS
  are likely to feature strongly in any global
  post-2012 settlement

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World Energy Outlook 2007

• World energy demand could be well over 50 higher
  than today.
• Global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide
  could rise from 27Gt in 2005 to 42Gt in 2030
  and increase of 57.
• Confirmed China and India as the emerging giants
  of the world economy and international energy
  markets.
• Govt action must focus in curbing the rapid
  growth in CO2 emissions from coal fired power
  stations.
• CCS is one of the most promising routes for
  mitigating emissions in the longer term and could
  reconcile continued coal burning with the need to
  cut emissions in the longer term - if the
  technology can be demonstrated on a large scale
  and if adequate incentives are put in place.

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Source IEA WEO 2007
Capacity additions in the next decade will
lock-in technology, and be crucial for emissions
through 2050 and beyond
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EU-China Political Agreement

• EU-China Summit (Sept 2005) declaration on
  Climate Change Energy
• We will aim to achieve the following
  co-operation goals by 2020 To develop and
  demonstrate in China and the EU advanced,
  near-zero emissions coal technology through
  carbon capture and storage
• Agreement followed by two complementary MoU with
  associated projects
• China-UK MoU (Dec 2005) ? UK NZEC Phase 1
• China-EC MoU (Feb 2006) ? COACH
• Key Chinese Partners are the Ministry of Science
  and Technology (MOST) supported by the
  Administrative Centre for Chinas Agenda 21
  (ACCA21)
• Chinese partners also in GeoCapacity, MoveCBM and
  Cachet

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NZEC Ambitious Phased Approach
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Current Status

• Extensive project development period
• Major workshop in July 2006
• Project launched on 20th November 2007 in
  Beijing, attended by Ministry of Science
  Vice-Minister Liu Yanhua and Deputy Ambassador
  Barbara Woodward
• 18 month programme of collaborative work
  undertaken by 28 partners to complete in early
  2009

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NZEC Phase 1

• WP1 Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building
  websites, workshops, seminars, exchanges.
• WP2 Future energy Technology Perspectives
  future energy demand, existing and advanced power
  generation technologies.
• WP3 Case Studies for Carbon Dioxide Capture
  techno economic studies of capture options.
• WP4 Carbon Dioxide Storage Potential regional
  assessment and field selection for demonstration.
• WP5 Policy Assessment and Roadmap including
  legislative and regularity issues and
  socio-economic impacts.

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WP1 Knowledge Sharing and Capacity Building

• Internal and external websites www.nzec.info
  (dual language) and www.ccsinchina.info as a
  Chinese information hub.
• Interim and Final Workshops in Beijing (Sept 2008
  and June 2009).
• Study Tour to Europe (June 2008).
• Sponsored attendance of Chinese delegates at key
  CCS schools and events e.g. IEA GHG CCS summer
  School and GHGT9 in Washington (November 2008).
• Sponsored exchange of students and industrial
  experts to UK.
• Development of Chinese reference material and
  course training material.
• Technical and non-technical journals and
  articles.

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WP2 Future Energy Technology Perspectives

• Future energy demand projections for China to
  2050.
• Refinement of National scenario (Markal) model to
  include CCS technology deployment.
• Assessment of energy intensive sectors and of
  existing and advanced technologies.
• Assessment of role of potential role of CCS in
  cutting carbon emissions.

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WP3 Case Studies for Carbon Capture

• Common understanding of potential applications of
  a range of capture technologies in the power
  generation sector in China.
• To locate techno-economic characteristics of CCS
  technologies for application in China.
• To identify the role of each option (short to
  long term).
• To recommend the preferable case for
  demonstration.
• Undertaking 8 case studies including Oxyfuel,
  Post Combustion and Pre-Combustion capture for
  new build (and also capture ready).
• Transportation and separation technologies.

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WP4 Carbon Dioxide Storage Potential

• Evaluating storage potential and undertaking
  first stage site characterisation for site
  selection.
• Future potential at regional basin level and at
  site specific level for CO2 storage through
  enhanced oil recovery, enhanced coal bed methane
  and storage in saline aquifers.
• Basins include Songliao (Jilin oilfield and
  aquifers), Subei (Jiangsu oilfield) and Quinshi
  (ECBM).
• GIS model to be compiled of select regions within
  Songliao basin.

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WP5 Policy Assessment and Roadmap

• Integration of technical reports from other work
  packages to produce summary report.
• Technology roadmapping for short term activities
  leading to demonstration and long term activities
  for wider deployment.
• Additional Social Economic Impacts modelling
  undertaken.
• Further dialogue and discussion on specific
  factors and barriers impeding the application of
  CCS technology in China.

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UKs Success Criteria for NZEC?

• To implement a truly collaborative project
  between Chinese and UK experts, which
• Builds capacity in China to determine the best
  options for carbon dioxide capture, transport and
  geological storage, and
• Makes recommendations for the development and
  demonstration of CCS technology in China and
  considers the viability of CCS deployment in the
  future.

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Common Global Challenges for CCS

• Verification of the location, capacity and
  permanence of geological storage of carbon
  dioxide.
• Need to reduce the energy penalty associated with
  capture.
• Validation of integrated capture, transport and
  storage components for commercial-scale
  operation.

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Chinese Partners

• Implementation, Monitoring and coordination
  undertaken by the Administrative Centre for
  Chinas Agenda 21 (ACCA21)

• BP Clean Energy Research and Education
  Centre, Tsinghua University (THCEC), Centre for
  Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP),
  China United Coalbed Methane Co Ltd, China
  University of Petroleum (Beijing), China
  University of Petroleum (HuaDong), Department of
  Environmental Science and Engineering of Tsinghua
  University. Department of Thermal Engineering,
  Tsinghua University (DTE), Energy, Environment
  and Economy (3E) Research Institute, Tsinghua
  University, Energy Research Institute (ERI),
  GreenGen, Institute of Engineering
  Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Science (IET),
  Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese
  Academy of Sciences (CAS), Tsinghua University.
  Jilin Oilfield, North China Electric Power
  University (NCEPU), PetroChina, State Key
  Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua
  University (DCE), Thermal Power Research
  Institute (TPRI), Wuhan University (WHU),
  Zhejiang University (ZJU)

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UK Partners

• Consortium led by AEA Energy and Environment
• Consortium members Air Products, ALSTOM Power,
  Doosan Babcock, British Geological Survey, BP,
  Shell, Cranfield University, Imperial College,
  Heriott Watt University

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EU - CHINA NEAR ZERO EMISSIONS COAL
EU ZEP Flagship Programme
EC-China-UK Steering Group
Broad alliance of EU/Chinese Government,
Industry and Academic partners implement demonstra
tion
Expanded RD collaboration UK, European
Commission and other Member States

• Initial Scoping
• UK NZEC
• EC COACH

Phase 1 Assessment
Phase 2 Design
Phase 3 Construction
2007
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2008
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Developing work with India

• UK is pleased to be holding an active dialogue
  with the Government of India and is supporting
  several capacity building and technical
  activities including
• Co-sponsored BGS study into storage capacity.
• Attendance of Indian Students at UK-Italy
  International School.
• Study into efficiency of new build coal fired
  power plants (UMPPs).
• Study into capture ready concepts for UMPPs.

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• Thank you for your attention!