Kai Jiang

China’s carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) policy: A critical review

Kai Jiang
School of Chemical Engineering

University of Queensland, Australia

URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kai-jiang-7a03a1113/

This paper reviews the evolution of CCUS policy framework in China since the beginning of 2000s, evaluates how the framework works and points out its shortcomings and improving ways. CCUS will contribute up to 32% of carbon dioxide emission reductions by 2050. In spite of this vast potential, the research and deployment to date are mainly implemented by economically-developed countries. Common challenges to further move forward it include insufficient policy support, high costs, low public perception, a lack of business design, etc.
It is believed that government intervention, both in socialist and capitalist nations, is the most significant and effective way to adopt and promote clean technologies. Therefore, this article provides valuable insights into viable ways to develop CCUS for those who express interests but lack experiences. The results suggest that the initial step for these nations is to seek international cooperation to learn and fund the imported and expensive technology. Meanwhile, it is worth involving CCUS into the climate policies which has been already promulgated by many countries. Further development of CCUS calls for the individual government to improve its CCUS policy system. To do this, it needs to legislate this technology, simplify the relevant policy regimes, improve the policy practicability, stimulate market vitality and provide sufficient financial support. We also recommend to set up national/federal and provincial/state level CCUS entities (such as CCUS Center, CCUS committee) and encourage other ministries to enhance knowledge sharing for propagandizing CCUS projects in the country.

Author Biography: Mr. Kai Jiang joined the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland in January 2018 as a Ph.D. candidate. Prior to this, he completed a Master of Engineering in Petroleum and Gas Reservoir Development at China University of Geosciences, Beijing in 2016. He has completed several consulting and research positions in Total (China) Investment Co., Ltd, Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development (PetroChina), and UK-China (Guangdong) CCUS Center with a particular focus on CCUS technology.
Mr. Jiang’s research interests include the tech-economic evaluation, the life-cycle assessment, the policy analysis and the media discourse of green technologies particularly the CCUS. He has published several journal and conference articles in these areas.