How polygeneration schemes may develop under an advanced clean fossil fuel strategy under a joint sino-European initiative

In this article the prospect of emerging co-production and polygeneration schemes based on pre-combustion decarbonisation and options for geological storage of the CO2 are discussed in a European and Chinese setting. Reference is made to European and Chinese undertakings – especially the COACH project1Cooperation Action within CCS China-EU, EC/FP6 Contract #038966, co-ordinated by Institut Français du Petrole (IFP), France. is being conducted under the auspices of the European Commission. COACH is based on principles lined up by the EU-based DYNAMIS2Towards Hydrogen and Electricity Production with Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, EC/FP6 Contract #019672, co-ordinated by SINTEF Energy Research, Norway. ect with reference to options for decarbonising fossil fuels within a more sustainable framework.