A Review of Recent Progress of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) in China

Abstract

The continuous temperature rise has raised global concerns about CO2 emissions. As the country with the largest CO2 emissions, China is facing the challenge of achieving large CO2 emission reductions (or even net-zero CO2 emissions) in a short period. With the strong support and encouragement of the Chinese government, technological breakthroughs and practical applications of carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) are being aggressively pursued, and some outstanding accomplishments have been realized. Based on the numerous information from a wide variety of sources including publications and news reports only available in Chinese, this paper highlights the latest CCUS progress in China after 2019 by providing an overview of known technologies and typical projects, aiming to provide theoretical and practical guidance for achieving net-zero CO2 emissions in the future.

Keywords

• carbon capture
• utilization and storage (CCUS)
• CO₂-EOR
• CO₂-EGR
• CO₂-ECBM
• CO₂ in situ leach uranium mining