The world’s two most active nations in operating Carbon Capture and Storage projects have signed eight partnership agreements to cut greenhouse gases.
China is the world’s largest coal producer and consumer and the world’s leading emitter of carbon dioxide emissions. China is also the world’s most populous country and is suffering from high pollution levels due to its unrestrained fossil fuel use. China’s leadership is under a great deal of pressure to both reduce air pollution and to tackle its carbon emissions and they recognise the critical importance that carbon capture and storage (CCS) plays in these efforts. China has been working with the US over the last decade to collaborate on CCS development.
Earlier this month senior delegations from the US and China signed eight partnership agreements to cut greenhouse gasses. The agreements are collaborations between businesses and research institutions to develop demonstration projects and technology sharing.
China is number two in the world, behind the US in terms of active CCS projects. China has 12 large-scale projects according to the Global CCS Institute, with the US having 19. CCS efforts in China are still relatively young and the sequestration numbers are relatively small, as there is not a historical EOR industry like the one that exists in the United States. Existing demonstration projects in China have resulted in the capture of around 270,000 tonnes of CO2 per year with utilisation of more than 120,000 tonnes per year and storage of another 100,000 tonnes per year.
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