China's first commercial carbon capture and storage plant is expected to be operational by the end of this year, Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday, citing officials from Shenhua Group, the country's top coal producer by assets.
China's first commercial carbon capture and storage plant is expected to
be operational by the end of this year, Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday,
citing officials from Shenhua Group, the country's top coal producer by assets.
The carbon dioxide storage facility, being built in Ordos City in northern
China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at a cost of CNY210 million, is
expected to capture 100,000 tons of carbon dioxide annually, Wang Heming, a
senior manager in Shenhua Group's Ordos division, said.
China
has
pledged to slash its carbon intensity--the amount of carbon produced for each
unit of gross domestic product--by 40% to 45% by 2020 from 2005 levels, and
carbon capture technology has been identified as a key to reaching the goal,
Xinhua reported. The system works by compressing and liquefying carbon dioxide
and pumping it into rocks as deep as 3,000 meters beneath the earth's surface.
Wang said Shenhua Group is also doing a feasibility study into a second
liquefaction facility that will be capable of handling one million tons of
carbon dioxide annually.
Shenhua Group is planning a third, much larger unit capable of handling three
million tons annually, but no timetable for its construction has been set.
A surveillance network will be set up to monitor leaks, Wang said, adding that
the storage facility "is tested not to leak for 1,000 years."
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