On August 23, China's first 10,000-ton low-pressure adsorption-based carbon capture project in the coal-fired power sector, developed by CHN Energy with independently developed technology, officially began construction at the corporation’s Zhejiang Ninghai Power Plant.
The project, based on Ninghai Power Plant's 1,000 MW ultra-supercritical generation unit, utilizes the high-capacity carbon-based physical adsorption materials and the “low-pressure adsorption-vacuum regeneration” carbon capture process with low energy consumption independently developed by the National Institute of Clean-and-low-carbon Energy (NICE). It is estimated that the project's overall energy consumption is less than 300 kWh per ton of CO2 captured.
This 10,000-ton low-pressure adsorption-based carbon capture demonstration project will accelerate the development of China's adsorption carbon capture technology. It lays a vital foundation for the construction of subsequent 100,000-ton and even 1 million-ton projects. The implementation of the project will offer a new technological pathway for carbon capture in thermal power plants, characterized by lower costs, less secondary pollution, and higher automation. It provides significant technical reserves for the green and low-carbon transformation of the coal-fired power industry, promotes the development of the CCUS (Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage) as an emerging strategic industry, and contributes to the realization of China's carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals.
