Chapter 8
Spatial-Temporal Distribution of Carbon
Capture Technology According
to Patent Data
Huan Liu, Weisheng Zhou, and Xuepeng Qian
Abstract Energy-saving technology, fuel switching, afforestation, new energy, and
carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) are five technologies that can alleviate
global climate change. In the 2
C scenario (2DS), carbon capture and storage
(CCS) technologies deliver 14% of cumulative CO 2 emissions reductions, with
around 142 Gt CO2 captured in the period to 2060. The beyond 2
C scenario
(B2DS) deploys CCS more widely and rapidly in order to aim for the “well below
2
C” target of the Paris Agreement. CCS is a currently available technology that can
allow industrial sectors to meet ambitious emissions reduction goals. The development of carbon capture technology is vital to make CCS viable. This chapter presents
an overview of carbon capture technology, in an attempt to characterize spatial and
temporal distribution based on patent bibliometrics. We designed a retrieval strategy
and built a database of 9847 patents. We reveal two phases in annual patent counts:
slowly increasing and rapidly increasing. The year 2006 represents a turning point.
Eight countries hold the most patents in terms of the top 50 patent assignee codes.
This chapter describes relative technical development trends across these major
countries. Based on our analysis, we speculate that an important period in carbon
capture technology is approaching.
H. Liu
Economics and Social Development Institute, Hainan Construction Project Planning and Design
Research Institute Co., Ltd., Haikou, China
W. Zhou (*)
College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
e-mail: zhou@sps.ritsumei.ac.jp
X. Qian
College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Oita, Japan
e-mail: qianxp@apu.ac.jp
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Spatial-Temporal Distribution of Carbon
Capture Technology According
to Patent Data
Huan Liu, Weisheng Zhou, and Xuepeng Qian
Abstract Energy-saving technology, fuel switching, afforestation, new energy, and
carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) are five technologies that can alleviate
global climate change. In the 2
C scenario (2DS), carbon capture and storage
(CCS) technologies deliver 14% of cumulative CO 2 emissions reductions, with
around 142 Gt CO2 captured in the period to 2060. The beyond 2
C scenario
(B2DS) deploys CCS more widely and rapidly in order to aim for the “well below
2
C” target of the Paris Agreement. CCS is a currently available technology that can
allow industrial sectors to meet ambitious emissions reduction goals. The development of carbon capture technology is vital to make CCS viable. This chapter presents
an overview of carbon capture technology, in an attempt to characterize spatial and
temporal distribution based on patent bibliometrics. We designed a retrieval strategy
and built a database of 9847 patents. We reveal two phases in annual patent counts:
slowly increasing and rapidly increasing. The year 2006 represents a turning point.
Eight countries hold the most patents in terms of the top 50 patent assignee codes.
This chapter describes relative technical development trends across these major
countries. Based on our analysis, we speculate that an important period in carbon
capture technology is approaching.
H. Liu
Economics and Social Development Institute, Hainan Construction Project Planning and Design
Research Institute Co., Ltd., Haikou, China
W. Zhou (*)
College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan
e-mail: zhou@sps.ritsumei.ac.jp
X. Qian
College of Asia Pacific Studies, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Beppu, Oita, Japan
e-mail: qianxp@apu.ac.jp
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
W. Zhou et al. (eds.), East Asian Low-Carbon Community,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4339-9_8
153