Korean CCS Policy and R&D Plan

Korean CCS Policy and R&D Plan

Kwang Yun Choi Korea CCS R&D Center

Germany-Korea Joint Workshop on CCS Technology Dormagen, Germany

29 October 2012

Presentation Outline

 Introduction

 National Comprehensive Plan for CCS

 Korea CCS 2020 Project

 Status of CCS Technology Development in Korea

Introduction

President Lee Myung-Bak announced “Low Carbon & Green Growth” policy in the speech in commemoration of the 60

Anniversary of National Foundation in 2008.

Low Carbon, Green Growth

The Government presented “Low Carbon

& Green Growth” as a new National Vision

GHG Reduction Goal of Korea

Voluntary Reduction Goal Anticipative

Measure

- Supply next generation Green Car such as electric car and fuel cell car

- Expand supply of state-of-the-art high efficiency products

- Reinforce the introduction of CCS Major Means for Reduction

Reduce GHG by 244 mil. tons Reduce 30% of BAU by 2020

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Announced mid-term GHG Reduction Goal (Nov. 19, 2009)

298

594

813

569

1990 2005 2020

BAU

30%

Unit : million tone CO₂

How to Reduce GHG?

Industry Conversion

(Power Generation) Transport Building Agriculture, Forestry

& Fisheries Wastes Public & others Country as a whole

18.2 26.7 34.3 26.9 5.2 12.3 25 30

Total national emission will reach maximum in 2014, and from 2015 emission will start to be abated to realize the

decoupling of economic growth and greenhouse gas emission

Reduction Goal by Sector (%)

Reduction Goal by year

500,000 550,000 600,000 650,000 700,000 750,000 800,000 850,000

2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 BAU

감축 후…

-10% -30%

After reduction

Next-generation secondary cell LED lighting․ Display

Green PC

High efficiency solar cell Green car

Intelligent power network Future nuclear energy

Fuel cell

CO₂ Capture

High-degree water treatment

CCS is a core technology responding to climate change, which is a core of Low Carbon and Green Growth

Climate Change forecasting & modeling development technology Ecological space creation & urban restoration technology Climate change impact evaluation & adaptation technology Eco-friendly low energy construction technology Eco-friendly nuclear non-proliferation fast reactor & circulation nuclear

cycle system development technology Green Process technology considering environmental load and energy consumption forecast

Mass production of non-silicon solar cell & core original technology LED for lighting‧ Green IT Technology

Bio-energy production factor technology & system technology Power IT & electric appliance efficiency enhancement technology Improved type light-water reactor design & construction technology High efficiency secondary cell technology

Silicon-system solar cell high efficiency and low price technology CO₂ capture, storage, sequestration technology Nuclear fusion reactor design & construction technology Non-CO₂ (Greenhouse gas excluding CO₂) sequestration technology High efficiency hydrogen production and storage technology Water system & water quality evaluation and management technology

Next-generation high efficiency fuel cell system technology Waste reduction, recycling and energy creation technology Eco-friendly plant growth promotion technology Alternate water resource securing technology

Coal gasification combined cycle generation technology Harmful matters monitoring & environment purification technology High efficiency low pollution vehicle technology

Virtual reality technology Intelligent traffic & logistics technology

27 major Priority Technologies to promote

CCS, Priority Green Technology of Korea

27 Priority Green Technologies to promote (Jan. ‘09)

Major Means for mid-term

Reduction Target (Aug. ‘09) 10 Core Green Technologies

10 core Green Technologies

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R&D Budget related to Greenhouse Gas Reduction

Recently R&D budget was rapidly increased to achieve national greenhouse gas reduction goal

Recent 2 years (‘08~’10) Government’s R&D Budget increase rate: 36.6%

Category

‘09(A) ‘10(B) Increase rate

(A/B) %

R&D

(100 mil. won) 263 360 486 34.7

Total Tasks 79 78 81 3.8

R&D Budget / Task 3.3 4.6 6.0 29.7

[Investment Status by Year]

National Comprehesive

Plan for CCS

Objectives & Implementation Tasks

Objective

(상용화)100만톤급 포집-수송-저장 통합 플랜트 실증완료

- Demonstration of 1Mt-CO₂ integrated capture and storage systems (Select 1-2 domestic CO_₂storage sites by 2015)

- Development of original technology for CCS cost below $30/t CO_₂ (Capture: Below $20/t CO₂ / Transport-Storage: Below $10/t CO_₂)

Presidential Committee on Green Growth and the Ministries concerned jointly established National Comperhesive Plan for CCS for innovative CCS technology

development and the promotion of commercialization in July 2010

Commercialization of plant and securing of international competitiveness for technology by 2020

Implement ation Tasks

• Advancement of R&D to develop innovative original technology

• Promotion of commercialization for early establishment of growth engine

• Whole cycle environment management & establishment of base for

commercialization

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DemonstrationTechnology Development

Development of 3^rd Generation Capture Tech.

(Capture cost: 10~20$/tCO2)

Transport.

Storage

Cost Reduction (linked to Demonstration) Capture

Conversion

2010 2015 2020

Storage site exploration

Commercialization Post-combustion

pilot plant

(10~30MW) Large scale

Demonstration

Basic data Survey

2^nd Generation Tech.

Develop 0.5MW level)

Potential storage capacity evaluation & underground (land/marine) exploration

Integration of Capture- Transport-Storage (100~300MW, 1 Mt level)

Storage site construction

& management Integrated research for

Capture-Transport-Storage

(0.5MW, 10,000t level)

Development of Innovative Storage Tech.

(Transport∙Storage cost: 10$/ tCO²)

Biological Conversion & Use tech. dev.

Chemical Conversion & Use tech. dev.

Integration of Capture- Transport-Storage

(100~300MW, 1 Mt level)

Basic Base Research

Basic Base Research

3^rd Generation Tech.

Verification

(0.5MW level)

Tech. Verification Tech. Verification

Following-up Control &

Safety Evaluation Tech.

Pre & Oxy- combustion pilot plant (10~30MW)

Mid to Long-term Road Map

Investment Plan

Total investment for 2,880 billion won(2 billion euro) from 2010 to 2019 (Government – 1,510 billion (52%), Civil – 1,370 billion won (48%)

Commercialization Technology Development Environment Management & Base Establishment

2,275 billion won (79%) 290 billion won (10%) 315 billion won (11%)

Proof of large scale capture (1,460 billion won)

Conversion Technology Development (100 billion won)

Whole cycle environment management

(175 billion won)

Selection of Storage site & proof of Storage

(815 billion won)

Integrated Research on Capture-Storage

(60 billion won) Public acceptance enhancement, international cooperation and

manpower cultivation (140 billion won) Development of key tech. for

Capture (130 billion won)

Civil participation: Proof of large scale capture (Government – 20%, Civil – 80%),

Role by the Ministry

• (Capture) Develop basic original technology, Carry out small scale demonstration of less than 0.5MW

• (Storage) Develop basic original technology connected with capture, small scale demonstration of less than 10,000 tons

• (Conversion) Develop next-generation biological and chemical conversion technology

• (Capture) Develop core original technology aimed at commercialization, carry out medium to large scale demonstration of over 0.5MW

• (Exploration) Land and underground exploration, Provide exploration data of the Ministries concerned through KNOC

• (Storage) Develop original technology for commercialization connected to capture, medium scale demostration of over 10,000 tons

• (Capture) Jointly participate in land and underground exploration and evaluation of other Ministries․ (Environmental protection DB establishment)

• (Conversion) Fix CO₂ emitted from environment facilities, fix CO₂ using wastes

• (Storage) Prevent CO₂ leakage at the time of storing underground, develop monitoring and harmfulness evaluation technology and demonstrate it (Joint implementation with MEST & MKE)

• (Exploration) Carry out marine & underground exploration and evaluation

• (Storage) Prevent CO₂ leakage at the time of storing at offshore underground, develop monitoring and harmfulness evaluation technology and demonstrate at offshore

underground (Joint implementation with MKE)

MEST

MKE

ME

MLTM

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(Nov 22 2010)

(Dec 22 2011)

Establishment of Platform Network by Ministry

R&D CCS Center

(MEST)

Presidential Committee on Green Growth

Association CCS

(MKE)

Environment CCS Center

(ME/MLTM)

- Control, license and permission - Basic Original Research Network - Technology Trend analysis &

Platform creation

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KCRC’s mission is to

Develop innovative original CCS technology and Build up the basis for CCS research

Korea CCS R&D Center

CCS Policy planning, information exchange &

diffusion

International cooperation

CCS Manpower

cultivation

IPR Trust System operation &

management

CCS Project planning Diffusion of

outcome such as commercialization

CCS PA base build-up CCS Issue

Report publishing

Develop innovative

CCS

technologies

• Role

Korea CCS 2020 Project

Overview of Korea CCS 2020 Project

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Project Overview

• (Period) Nov. 1, 2011~May 31, 2020 (Approx. 9 years)

• (Budget) Total 172.7 billion won (Approx. 120 million euro)

• (Support Tasks) 39 tasks

• (Participating Institutions) 38 institutions, universities and corporates including KIER, KRICT, KIST, Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University and KAIST

• (Participants) Approx. 300 researchers with master and doctorate degrees

Project Objective

Securing leading CCS technology in the world through the development of innovative original CCS technology

• (Capture) Securing of more than 4 kinds of original technology for 3

-generation CO

capture within 30% of power generation cost increase rate (US$ 20/tCO

level as of 2010) by 2020

• (Storage) Completion of CCS technology through the implementation of CO

capture- storage integration project

• (Conversion) Securing of more than 2 kinds of original technology for CO

conversion and use that are applicable to massive CO

sequestration

• (Base Creation) Establishment of Think-tank platform center through CCS base creation

Road Map for Technology Development

Massive emission source pilot scale

proof

(pilot development) 1^st Stage (‘11-’13) 2^nd Stage(‘14-’16) 3^rd Stage(‘17-’19)

• Proof of bench scale for more than 4 kinds of CO₂ capture technology (1Nm³/h scale)

• Secure economic analysis data

• Proof of prototype for actual environment of CO₂ capture technology

(100~2,000 Nm³/h scale)

• Proof of more than 4 kinds of innovative capture technology through new materials compounding and process modeling

Capture

Storage

Conver sion

Develop more than 4 kinds of CO₂ capture technology that can be licensed

• Establish CO₂ injection &

operation technology

• Establish management technology after CO₂ injection

• Establish design & engineering technology before CO₂ injection

Proof of CO₂Storage possibility at Korea

Peninsula stratum

& secure storage technology

Final Goal

• Proof of bench scale for organic/inorganic conversion technology for CO₂

• Pilot proof of more than 2 kinds of organic/inorganic conversion technology for CO₂

• Proof of more than 4 kinds of organic/inorganic conversion technology for CO₂

Develop more than 2 kinds of CO₂

conversion technology for massive sequestration

Base • Reinforce outcome

management of Project team and maintain R&D base

• Establish CCS R&D base of global level

• Establish initial R&D

Management/Support System for Project team

Establish CCS Think-tank platform center

Technology development will be systematically implemented based on Level & Gate System starting

CCS Lab. Scale

technology development

New CCS

technology concept proof

(proof of concept)

Status of CCS Technology

Development in Korea

Status of Capture Technology Development

Name of

Technology Status

Post combustion

Amine Absorption

Process

– KEPRI

∙ Development of capture process that applied alkanolamine absorbent since 1994

∙ Construction and operation of 2TPD (600Nm3/h) test bed to Seoul Thermoelectric Power Plant in 2001, and completion of test for 2TPD level in 2007

– Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction

∙ Secured original technology through equity acquisition of HTC in Canada in 2008

∙ Transfer HTC’s stand-alone RS absorbent and process technology to Doosan Heavy Industry Ammonia

Water Absorption

Process

– KIER

∙ Operation of 100Nm³/h level bench process as research result for the period from 2005 to present – RIST

∙ Commenced construction in 2006 and completed construction and commissioning for 50Nm³/h bench process in 2008, and generated design data for 1,000Nm³/h pilot process in 2009

Dry-type Absorption

Process

– KIER

∙ Commenced Frontier Project CDRS of MEST from 2002.

∙ Developed solid CO₂ absorbent for commercial use for the 1^st time in the world (KEPRI)

∙ Success for 50 consecutive hours experiment for 2-tower fluidized process of 100 Nm³/h level in 2006

∙ Currently in the process of proof for 2,000Nm³/h(0.5MW) pilot plant to Hadong Thermoelectric Power Plant of KOSPO

Pure Oxygen Combustion

Technology

-KIER

∙ Commenced Frontier Project CDRS of MEST from 2002, Spin-off for Heating furnace technology in 2007, and currently in the process of commercialization for PVSA pure oxygen producing technology

∙ From 2009, in the process of proof for dust coal pure oxygen combustion system, and in the process of developing pure oxygen production technology that applied ITM

- KEPRI

∙ From 2007, research on the base is being performed for the proof of 100M level aiming at the completion of proof in 2020 as ETI task of MKE

-KIER

∙ From 2008, in the process of development of separation membrane applicable to Coal Gasification

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Basic Design

• Location: Next to Boryung Thermoelectric #8 Plant

• Exhaust gas sequestration capacity (200 TPD)

• Commencement: Mar. 2012

Overview of Project

- Overall Project Name: 10 MW level Post Combustion Wet-type

Amine CO

Capture Technology Development - Overall Management Institution: KEPRI

- Period: November 1, 2010 ~ September 30, 2014 (Total 47 months)

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10MW Wet type CO ₂ Capture Pilot Plant

• Commencement of construction for Dry-type CO2 Capture Plant (10MW level) in Hadong

Thermoelectric Power Plant HQ of KOSPO in Hadong, Gyeongnam (August 24, 2012)

• Dry-type CO2 Capture Plant is in the process of development by Technology Development

Consortium comprised of KEPRI (Overall

Management Institution), KIER and KOSPO as a part of ‘Energy Resource Fusion Source R&D Project’ of MKE

Overview of Project

- Overall Project Name: 10 MW level Post Combustion

Dry-type CO

Capture Technology Development - Overall Management Institution: KEPRI

- Period: November 1, 2010 ~ September 30, 2014 (Total 47 months)

Commencement of Construction for 10MW level

‘Post Combustion Dry-type Capture Plant’

Details of Implementation

• From 2002, Frontier R&D Project CDRS secured original core technology on underground storage

• Exclusive model was developed to forecast underground storage impact considering domestic characteristics

• Analysis of domestic storage site and storage capacity(2008) and establish demonstration plan on 0.5MW level Capture Technology

• From 2007, KIGAM participated in Australia Otway Basin Pilot Storage Experiment Project which is a joint international project under CSLF System

• In the process of implementing research related to domestic storage site survey

• From 2005, “CO

Marine Sequestration Technology Development Project” is being carried out through KIOST (Management Institution) and KIGAM (Collaboration)

• In the process of exploration for 10,000 ton level storage site as a Korea CCS 2020 Project

Status of Storage Technology Development

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Status of Corporate CCS R&D

Doosan Heavy Industry &

Construction

• In July 2009, Pure oxygen combustion experiment for boiler burner facility for 40MW level Coal Thermoelectric Power Plant conducted at the Scotland HQ located in Renfrew near Glasco, England was successful.

• Through equity investment to HTC of Canada, original technology for post combustion CO₂ capture and storage of HTC was secured.

SK Energy

CO₂ emitted from oil refinery plant was converted to eco-friendly plastic utilizing catalyst technology. Objective is to achieve production for 2 million tons and turnover of 5 trillion won by 2020

Samsung Heavy Industries

Research on the technology for the storage of CO₂ on the seabed after liquifying is in progress

Samsung Engineering

• CO₂ Capture Process Construction Project for PVFC, a Vietnamese fertilizer

manufacturer (Commencement of construction in Feb. 2009) is in progress (Licensor MHI)

Daewoo Shipbuilding

• Joint development with Sargas of Norway for thermoelectric power generation plant that does not emit CO₂

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