『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: Capture ready; Stakeholders; Coal』
1. Introduction
2. Methodology and demographic information
2.1. Data collection and sample selection
2.2. Questionnaire design and distribution
2.3. Focus group discussions
2.4. Data analysis
2.5. Demographic information of survey participants
3. Results
3.1. General views on climate change and CCS technologies
3.2. Perceptions and technical concerns related to CCR
3.3. Preferences of regulatory and potential financial schemes
for implementing CCR
4. Discussion and conclusions
Acknowledgement
Appendix A. Supplementary material
References