The PRC: Carbon Capture and Storage

People's Republic of China ADB Asian Development Bank Carbon Capture and Storage FIGHTING POVERTY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC FACEBOOK.COM/ASIANDEVBANK There is a rapid increase in electricity demand and heavy reliance on vast coal reserves in the People's Republic of China (PRC) as a result of an energy-intensive economic growth. PRC NOW ACCOUNTS FOR. MORE THAN 80% OF PRC'S CO2 EMISSIONS ORIGINATE FROM COAL CONSUMPTION 20% 48% 25% COAL IS LIKELY TO REMAIN |INTIL A DOMINANT PART OF PRC'S ENERGY MIX AT LEAST 2035 of global primary energy consumption of global coal consumption of global C02 emissions CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE Greenhouse gases like C02 slow or prevent the loss of the sun's heat back to space - acting like a blanket, making the earth warmer than it would otherwise be. This process is commonly known as the "greenhouse effect". GREENHOUSE EFFECT Human activities, such as burning of fossil fuels, have contributed substantially to climate change by adding C02 to the atmosphere. These emissions have increased the greenhouse effect and caused the earth's surface temperature to rise. PREVENTIVE MEASURES The deployment of new technologies, including Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), is essential for the PRC to decarbonize its power sector and achieve long-term climate change mitigation goals. WHAT IS CCS? dispersed C02 CCS is a technology attempting to prevent the release of large quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere from fossil fuel use in power generation and other industries by capturing CO2, transporting it and ultimately, pumping it into underground geologic formations to securely store it away from the atmosphere. CO2 uptake by forests Coal- or gas-fired power station w/ CO2 capture technology C02 coal bed methane formations depleted oil and gas fields saline aquifers 80%-90% unmineable of C02 emissions can be cut from fuel-based power plants coal seams SOURCES Road Map for Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration and Deployment: http://www.adb.org/projects/46052-001/main Carbon capture and storage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage Causes of Climate Change: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/causes.html People's Republic of China ADB Asian Development Bank Carbon Capture and Storage FIGHTING POVERTY IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC FACEBOOK.COM/ASIANDEVBANK There is a rapid increase in electricity demand and heavy reliance on vast coal reserves in the People's Republic of China (PRC) as a result of an energy-intensive economic growth. PRC NOW ACCOUNTS FOR. MORE THAN 80% OF PRC'S CO2 EMISSIONS ORIGINATE FROM COAL CONSUMPTION 20% 48% 25% COAL IS LIKELY TO REMAIN |INTIL A DOMINANT PART OF PRC'S ENERGY MIX AT LEAST 2035 of global primary energy consumption of global coal consumption of global C02 emissions CO2 IN THE ATMOSPHERE Greenhouse gases like C02 slow or prevent the loss of the sun's heat back to space - acting like a blanket, making the earth warmer than it would otherwise be. This process is commonly known as the "greenhouse effect". GREENHOUSE EFFECT Human activities, such as burning of fossil fuels, have contributed substantially to climate change by adding C02 to the atmosphere. These emissions have increased the greenhouse effect and caused the earth's surface temperature to rise. PREVENTIVE MEASURES The deployment of new technologies, including Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), is essential for the PRC to decarbonize its power sector and achieve long-term climate change mitigation goals. WHAT IS CCS? dispersed C02 CCS is a technology attempting to prevent the release of large quantities of CO2 into the atmosphere from fossil fuel use in power generation and other industries by capturing CO2, transporting it and ultimately, pumping it into underground geologic formations to securely store it away from the atmosphere. CO2 uptake by forests Coal- or gas-fired power station w/ CO2 capture technology C02 coal bed methane formations depleted oil and gas fields saline aquifers 80%-90% unmineable of C02 emissions can be cut from fuel-based power plants coal seams SOURCES Road Map for Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration and Deployment: http://www.adb.org/projects/46052-001/main Carbon capture and storage: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture_and_storage Causes of Climate Change: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/causes.html