CCS Financing Roundtable, Singapore, 2011

CCS Challenges for PRC

Prof. Hongguang JIN

Institute of Engineering Thermophysics,
Chinese Academy of Sciences
17 April, 2011
 Tianjin IGCC + CCS power plant

Huaneng Group
GreenGen project
Stage I: 2006-2009
Stage II: 2010-2015
Stage III: 2016-2020

250MW IGCC Demo Plant

Start to construction in 6 July 2009
Key equipments in construction
To be in operation by 2012
 Challenge of CCS in China
Existing CCS technologies in world
Energy Penalty: 7~15% Cost: 20~60 $ / t CO2

If China adopts these approaches

Additional energy input - 700 millions of tce/y in China of 2050
Energy security will be more serious!
Also, Hundred billions US$ per year

Challenge: Is it sustainable?
 (TA 7286_PRC of ADB)

Cost Reduction Potential of IGCC/CCS

Current 2100$/kW
ContributionAround 40$/t
effects:
capacity increment: 40~50%
Catch up PC+CCS:40GW localization: 15~35%
efficiency upgrade:
Around 25$/t 10~20%
800~1000$/kW

CO2 cost in IGCC/CCS lower than in PC/CCS

Key Findings
 The learning effect and localization are the key factors for the cost
reduction of IGCC/CCS, which may reduce the CO2 avoided cost from
the current 38$/t to 20~25$/t in China in the future.

 The investment of IGCC/CCS (when capacity higher than 40GW ) can

be competitive with PC/CCS; CO2 avoided cost in IGCC/CCS will be
lower than that in PC/CCS.

 With lower energy penalty compared to that of PC/CCS, IGCC/CCS

may save billion tons of coal, which will lead to the dominating CCS
technology of China in future.
 Coal based Polygeneration system for production of alternative
liquid fuel and power with CO2 recovery
Liquid Fuel
Post-combustion capture
Pre-combus
New － Post
Pre-combus － Gasifier
Post Synthesis Reaction

Partial Cycle

Coal

CO2 CO2
Combustion Combined Cycle
Gasification Removal Removal

CO2 CO2 Energy Penalty

50%
↓20%
CO2 30%
% CO2
↓20~30%
5~10%
Specific CCS target for China

Suitable
for future

Suitable for
developing countries

Suitable for
developed countries
 Key points
• Based on special issues of China, high carbon energy Vs.
low carbon tech, global insight from energy resource and
economic for S.T. Develop.;
• Need to develop innovative CCS in long term, instead of
existing CCS tech, unacceptable for developing
countries;
• Focus on low energy penalty, instead of zero emission;
• Targets of CCS: low energy penalty with less than 5
points, low cost with less than 10 $/ ton CO2;

• Successful demons. of CCS in developed countries.

Thanks for supporting from
GCCSI, ADB, NDRC!