Impacts of CCS and Other CO2 Mitigation Options on China´s Electric Power Industry

This paper analyzes CO₂ capture and storage (CCS) technology and other CO₂ mitigation options with three scenarios induced in China from three aspects: CO₂ mitigation cost, CO₂ mitigation potential and their effects on energy resources. The paper also compares CCS with other CO₂ mitigation options. The results of the analysis reveal that CCS is a potential technology to reduce CO₂ emission in China. However, there are still some problems needed to be solved, including the high cost, the tremendous extra energy consumption and so on. Hence, the possible solution to the CO₂ emission reduction in China may lie in taking various CO₂ mitigation options into account and making a better balance among them.