The Development of Carbon Capture and Storage in China: Progress, Challenge and Collaboration

Abstract

With huge technical potential, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology has received high attention by countries around world as an important mean to tackle climate change. China is facing severe pressure of carbon dioxide mitigation and has been devoting to developing CCS technologies. This study explores the global CCS competitive landscape and China's position by patent analysis, and also investigates the development environment in China for developing CCS from political, economic, social and technological perspectives by using a method of PEST analysis. The result shows China has made some progress in recent years but also faces difficult challenges. The study examines the collaboration network in Chinese CCS industry and analyzes the features, actors and groups in the network by adopting the method of social network analysis. It is found that there are few and weak cooperative relations within China. The study also analyzes the potential R&D collaboration opportunities between China's major CCS organizations and international technology-leading CCS enterprises through the construction of technical relevance networks. The analysis results of collaboration network and technical relevance network can provide references for the development of CCS technology innovation and the promotion of international CCS knowledge exchange. At last, three suggestions are proposed for promoting the development of CCS technology in China.