22 September 2014
The Centre is an open platform for institutes and individuals that have interests to develop high quality research and engineering activities or have interests to participate in CCUS demonstration projects development in South China. The first 8 months of the Centre made remarkable progress for CCUS Development in Guangdong. The Centre secretariat office opened and started operation at the Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute building in May 2014. The China Resources Power (Haifeng) CCUS project entered the pre-feasibility study stage in the same month. The engineering preparation works for the CO2 capture technology innovative testing platform started at the Haifeng site in August 2014. The Centre successfully recruited a prestigious international advisory board.
Supported by both Guangdong and UK government departments, with significant contribution from colleagues at University of Edinburgh, the UK-China (Guangdong) Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage Industry Promotion and Academic Collaboration Centre (UK-China (Guangdong) CCUS Centre) was officially founded on December 18th, 2013. Initial co-founders include China Energy Engineering Construction Group Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute (GEDI), Clean Fossil Energy Development Institute (CFEDI), UK CCS Research Centre (UKCCSRC) and Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage (SCCS). The core function of this Centre is to develop CCUS and other near-zero emission technology demonstration projects.
The Centre is an open platform that welcomes industry and academic members who share the interest to participate in CCUS demonstration projects or develop high quality research projects in South China. The current industry and academic members include China Resources Power (the 7th largest power company in China), China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC, the largest offshore oil company in China), CIMC Group (the largest energy transport tanker manufacturing company in the world), Howden Group, Alstom, Shell Cansolv, DNV GL, Linkschina Advisory, University of Edinburgh, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The Centre consists of three closely connected working groups, including (a) Demonstration Project Working Group, (b) Technical Working Group, and (c) Commercialization and Policy Working Group. Within the Demonstration Project Working Group, the Centre has established a China Resources Power (Haifeng) CCUS Project Sub-Working Group and an innovation, Cost Reduction and Manufacturing Sub-working Group. Within the Commercialisation and Policy Working Group, the Centre aims to develop a robust and sustained public communication programme to follow public perceptions on CCUS in South China and in particular views on CCUS demonstration project.
The centre made three significant events on the launching date, 18th December 2013: (1) The Centre held the First Guangdong International CCUS Expert Workshop in Guangzhou that attracts more than 100 Chinese and international experts attending; (2) the Demonstration Project Working Group lead institute, China Resources Power, signed a collaboration agreement with GEDI and the University of Edinburgh (UoE) to develop a CCUS demonstration project and conduct CCS ready design for the project; (3) The Centre launched its first issue of Near Zero Emission Magazine.
The 2nd Guangdong International CCUS Workshop was held on 15 May 2014 in Guangzhou with a theme of ‘Identifying CCUS Opportunities in South China’. The workshop was opened by UK State Minister of Energy and Climate Change Mr Gregory BARKER, and Deputy Governor of Guangdong Province Mr XU Shaohua. The 2nd workshop encouraged speakers and participants brainstorming potential priority work areas for the Centre. The director of the Centre, Mr CHEN Lan kicked off the pre-feasibility study CCUS demonstration project and announced the completion of first CCS Readiness Design in China (Picture 1). China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) also contributed thoughts in regard to offshore storage related CCUS demonstration project programme.
The Centre actively identifies and develops potential CCUS demonstration projects in South China. A short-term priority for the Centre is to construct an innovative CO2 capture testing platform at China Resources Power (CRP) Haifeng project Unit 1 to test and to compare at least three different technologies on the same basis. The civil engineering preparation works have started with an aim to start operation by June 2015. The best performance technology will be applied for a million tonne CCUS demonstration project at Unit 3. The exciting Testing Centre will be coordinated by the UK-China (Guangdong) CCUS Centre, with support from Chinese and international experts. The Centre is very pleased that Mr John Gale visited the project site and the China Resources Power headquarter to discuss about the demonstration project. John is kindly accepted to be a deputy chair of the advisory board. The Centre looked forward to working with John and other advisory board members.
The Centre has established a prestigious international advisory board chaired by Mr DONG Xiaoli, Assistant General Manager of China Offshore Oil Corporation with four experienced deputy chairs: Mr Andrew Minchener (General Manager of IEA Clean Coal Programme), Mr John Gale, Mr LI Kejun (Independent Director of CIMC Group), Prof ZHOU Di (Professor of South China Sea Institute of Oceanology) and fifteen advisory members: Mr Allan ZHANG (PwC), Mr Bill SENIOR (Senior CCS), Dr David REINER (University of Cambridge), Mr John Robert Gibson (City University of Hong Kong), Mr KANG Xiangwu (Ministry of Science and Technology), Prof LI Xiaochun (Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Prof LIAO Cuiping (Guangzhou Institute of Energy of Energy Conversion), LIN Qianguo (GCCSI), Mr LIU Lianbo (Huaneng Group), Dr LIU Qiang (National Climate Centre), Prof Mr Malcolm Ricketts (Sottish Government), Prof Peta ASHWORTH (University of Queensland), Prof PENG Bo (Chinese University of Petroleum), Mr Richard SMITH (Howden), Mr ZHANG Guohua (Shell Cansolv).