China Carbon Capture Technology

By: EconomyWatch   Date: 30 April 2010

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Beijing Carbon Capture Plant

The proposed carbon capture plant in Beijing has China and Australia working together to develop highly effective low emission coal technologies.

China's Clean Carbon Needs

It is not just the launch of the Olympic Games that has turned the world’s attention to China. It is the Asian nation’s agreement with Australia’s CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial research organization).

This agreement paved the way for the emergence of China’s first Post Consumption Carbon (PCC) pilot plant at Beijing. Between the two countries, China is regarded as the world’s largest consumer of coal, whereas Australia is the world’s largest coal exporter. So, the urgency of establishing a post combustion carbon capture plant sealed the association between both of these countries. The PCC pilot project is highly significant to both the countries. With this advanced technology, carbon dioxide emissions across all existing and future coal plants will be reduced by over 85%.

For China, the proposed Beijing pilot plant is a first. This new development marks the phase of evaluation, as the functioning of the plant under Chinese conditions will be carefully assessed. The focus of determining the efficiency of the process relies on the level of emissions and successful capturing of carbon dioxide from greenhouse gases. The installation of the Beijing PCC plant will be funded by the Australian Government under the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate initiative.

The carbon capture process devised by the researchers of CSIRO is expected to capture almost 3,000 tons of carbon dioxide from flue gases. Once the assessment phase of the plant is over, the Beijing PCC project will move on to the next phase of demonstration and large scale operation.

The Asia Pacific Partnership (APP) program will include the installation of a pilot plant at Delta Electricity’s Munmorah Power Station on the central coast of New South Wales. There are also ongoing negotiations for the establishment of a plant at the Queensland site. The APP is funding the research and development measures for the PCC with $12 million. This includes $4 million for research in China alone.

It is estimated that coal fulfills about 70% of China’s total energy requirements. Naturally, this leads to n the production of dangerous greenhouse gases. Besides, it causes acid rains in other countries, such as Japan, Taiwan, Philippines and North and South Korea.


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