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2. A wide range of developed and developing nations plan to use technologies like carbon capture,
hydrogen, and nuclear energy to meet their climate goals under the Paris Agreement-underscoring
the importance of increasing funding and advancing research, government support,
and international collaboration to commercialize these technologies quickly. Courtesy: Clean Air
Task Force (CATF)
thy, however, how much each of these
assessed NDCs have in common. With
each of these countries planning to rely
on some form of advanced low-emission
energy and climate technology, and with
the IPCC and IEA acknowledging the importance
of these technologies to a netzero
future, there should be no doubt as
to the imperative of investing globally in
research, demonstration, and development
to ensure we can commercialize
and rapidly deploy these solutions at
scale, " she said.
Davis, who authored CATF's assessment
of global NDCs, said the organization
chose to scrutinize NDCs because NDCs
offer a country's " highest possible ambition
reflecting common but differentiated
responsibilities and capabilities and considering
national circumstances. " Most
countries presented initial NDCs leading
up to the signing of the Paris Agreement
or in the one to two years following, but
countries were asked to deliver updated
NDCs in 2020 ahead of COP26.
" As of December 10, 2021, 194 countries
have submitted at least one NDC,
with 151 countries submitting an updated
first NDC and 11 submitting a second
NDC, " she noted. CATF chose an initial
subset of NDCs comprising 41 countries
and the European Union (EU) " based on
expert judgment of countries that may
be more likely to pursue one or more
advanced low-emission energy and climate
technologies. Future versions of
this assessment are expected to expand
on this list to include a broader set of
countries and potentially a broader set of
national policy documents, " Davis wrote.
The assessment found that of CATF's
10
42 analyzed NDCs, 14 include the use of
carbon capture, utilization, and storage:
Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Iceland,
Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Morocco, Pakistan,
Saudi Arabia, the UAE, the UK, and
the U.S. " Many of these countries may
anticipate using carbon capture, utilization,
and storage to manage carbon emissions
from ongoing use of fossil energy
production or power generation, but only
Pakistan, the UAE and the U.S. allude to
such applications, " the assessment says.
Some countries expect to use carbon
management with hydrogen production
(for example, in Australia, Saudi Arabia,
the UK, and the U.S.), while others (Canada,
China, Iceland, Indonesia, Morocco,
and the U.S.), will use carbon management
to prevent industrial emissions.
Another 16 of the 42 NDCs evaluated,
meanwhile, include plans to use
low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia:
Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Costa
Rica, EU-27, Jordan, Morocco, Namibia,
Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea,
the UAE, the UK, and the U.S. Some
of these countries intend to use only
hydrogen produced with renewables:
Chile, Jordan, Namibia, South Africa,
and South Korea, while others, like Australia
and Saudi Arabia highlight production
of hydrogen from renewables and
methane. " Notably, while several countries
are planning to use both nuclear
energy and low-carbon fuels and could
therefore be open to hydrogen produced
using nuclear energy (Canada,
China, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S.),
only the U.S. explicitly mentions this as
an opportunity in its NDC, though the
UK recognizes nuclear-fueled hydrogen
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in its Ten Point Plan, " the report notes.
At least 11 NDCs identify nuclear energy
as a priority measure: Armenia, Canada,
China, Egypt, India, Russia, Turkey,
Ukraine, the UAE, the UK, and the U.S.
Of these, Canada, China, Egypt, India,
and the U.K. " particularly emphasize advanced
nuclear technologies. Several others
are planning new nuclear energy but
don't specify whether they will use advanced
reactors, " the assessment shows.
Countries plan to advance a variety of
implementation measures, it adds. Canada,
the UAE, and the UK plan to spur
nuclear deployment through planning
and strategy development, while India,
Ukraine, and the UAE will establish goals
for deployment. Several countries-Armenia,
Egypt, India, Iran, Turkey, and
Ukraine-will, however, rely on international
financial or technological support
to reach their nuclear energy ambitions,
the assessment notes. " India specifically
identifies fuel availability as a potential
barrier. Russia is supporting a number of
the listed developing countries, " it adds.
-Sonal Patel is a senior associate
editor for POWER.
POWER Digest
Twenty20 Energy Will Build Gas-Fired
Plant in Papua New Guinea. Singapore-based
Twenty20 Energy Systems
in April announced it would design and
build a new gas-fired power plant in Hela
province, Papua New Guinea (PNG), on
behalf of Dirio Gas & Power, a PNGbased
utility. The Singapore power
company also plans to acquire a stake
in the power plant by investing 20% of
the required capital for the facility's construction.
Dirio Gas & Power is owned
by 11 incorporated land groups and the
provincial governments of Hela and Gulf
provinces. The 66-MW plant will be built
adjacent to the Exxon Mobil Hides gas
conditioning plant, from where it will
source its gas supply. The power station
will be equipped with four 16.5-MW Solar
Turbines Titan 130 modular power
plant sets, in open-cycle configuration.
Electricity generated from the power
plant will be supplied via an interconnect
to the Ramu Grid, which is currently being
extended further into the Highlands
region of PNG. The groundbreaking
ceremony for the plant is planned for
the third quarter of this year, and construction
is expected to be completed
in 2024. The plant will supply electricity
to the Hela region, which often suffers
from rolling blackouts. Twenty20 also
has agreed to provide operations and
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