CIMC Offshore has hosted a meeting to mark the start of a Chinese project to use membrane carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) to capture carbon emissions onboard ships.
China has set the goal of striving to peak CO2 emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060, which is also the country’s commitment to the international community. As shipping transports around 90% of global trade, the IMO has introduced new carbon intensity measures which entered into force in 2022, with a stimulus to reduce carbon intensity of all ships by 40% by 2030 compared to a 2008 baseline. China’s shipping industry emits 120m tons of CO2 annually, which is the most in the world and accounts for 15% of all emissions. Reducing the carbon emissions of the Chinese and worldwide shipping industries is thus a significant challenge.
The CIMC Offshore project has attracted funded by Shenzhen government as Shenzhen Municipal Technology Breakthrough Project. CIMC Offshore leads the project execution with its technical partners Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT), and Nanhai West Oil Oilfield Service (Shenzhen) of CNOOC. After full exchange and consultation, all sides have now reached a consensus on the R&D content of carbon capture storage on ships.
The ‘Marine Membrane Carbon Capture Devices and Membrane Technology Research and Development’ project takes the opportunity of the adjustment of international marine engineering equipment market to gain the upper hand in technology – the main research focus on the process of membrane carbon capture, membrane module and devices to provide more options to reduce carbon emissions.
