China is doubling down on its climate goals with a revamped strategy for carbon capture technology! At a high-stakes conference in Beijing this week, officials unveiled an updated roadmap highlighting Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage (CCUS) as the only path to net-zero emissions for fossil energy. Think of it as the ultimate 'undo button' for carbon pollution.
The plan, last updated in 2019, calls CCUS a game-changer—not just for cleaning up coal and oil, but also for heavy industries like steel, chemicals, and even niche sectors like glass production. With 126 CCUS projects now in the pipeline (up from 49 in 2020), China’s tech is spreading faster than a TikTok trend.
But here’s the twist: the roadmap says breakthroughs are still needed in futuristic areas like direct air capture (imagine vacuuming CO₂ from the sky ) and smarter pipeline networks. Could this be China’s secret weapon in the climate tech race?
While fossil fuels aren’t going extinct yet, this move shows China’s playing the long game—balancing energy security with its 2060 carbon neutrality pledge.
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