05-06 Mar, 2009 - Beijing, CHINA
Crowne Plaza Park View Wuzhou Beijing
Crowne Plaza Park View Wuzhou Beijing
The European commission today proposed earmarking €1.25bn to kickstart carbon capture and storage (CCS) at 11 coal-fired plants across Europe, including four in Britain.
The four British power stations – the controversial Kingsnorth plant in Kent, Longannet in Fife, Tilbury in Essex and Hatfield in Yorkshire – would share €250m under the two-year scheme.
CCS involves capturing CO2 at power stations and burying it in disused oil/gas fields or other undersea rock formations. It is seen by Gordon Brown and other EU leaders as vital to ensure Europe's energy security, while reducing emissions, in the wake of the recent Russian-Ukraine gas crisis and the emergence of "peak oil". Europe will get most of its gas from Russia by 2050 on current trends.
The €1.25bn for CCS is part of an EC proposal to use €5bn of unspent money in the EU budget on immediate investment in energy and rural development, including broadband infrastructure this year and next.
The overall package is designed to help reboot the EU economy in the deepening recession and EC officials hope it will be adopted at the bloc's March summit. Jose Manuel Barroso, EC president, called it "smart" investment – "a short-term stimulus targeted on long-term goals".
Stuart Haszeldine, a CCS expert at the University of Edinburgh, said: "This is totally exceptional and unique, a major move on the part of Europe. It shows they're extremely serious about developing CCS and it's what the developers have been pressing for."
USD & CANADA :- EPRI to study carbon capture at coal power plants
Five electric utilities in the United States and Canada will host studies of post-combustion carbon dioxide (CO2) capture systems at existing coal-fired power plants, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) said on Tuesday.
As global demand for electricity increases and regulators worldwide look to reduce CO2 emissions, post-combustion capture for new and existing coal units could be an important option, EPRI said in a release.
EPRI is already working on post-combustion carbon capture systems using chilled ammonia designed by French engineering firm Alstom SA at stations owned by Wisconsin Energy Corp in Wisconsin and American Electric Power Co Inc in West Virginia and Oklahoma. Coal generates about half of the electricity used in the United States and is now much cheaper than other fossil fuels like natural gas. At the current production rate, the United States has enough coal to last more than 150 years.
But a coal plant produces about twice as much CO2 as a natural gas-fired plant, and CO2 is a greenhouse gas associated with global warming. A 1,000 MW coal plant produces about six million tons of CO2 per year.
Retrofitting existing plants presents "significant challenges," EPRI noted, including limited space for new equipment, limited heat and water needed to run the system and potential steam turbine modifications.
EPRI expects to conduct the studies in 2009.
With rapid advancements in CO2 capture technology, the spotlight is now on governments to lead the push for wider deployment of CCS.
Explore how Carbon Capture and Sequestration implementation will remove 40% of greenhouse gas from the atmosphere via the two videos below.
VIDEO 1: “The Case for Carbon Capture & Sequestration” features insights from key European Carbon Capture lobbyists, calling for the widespread implementation of Carbon Capture for coal power projects and other emissions heavy industrial projects. Click on the play button below to find out more.
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VIDEO 2 by the World Resources Institute, featured CO2 Capture & Sequestration Panelist Sarah Forbes, WRI’s senior associate and Carbon Capture & Storage expert who gave a roadmap for future CCS developments including:
~ Ground Truthing WRI’s CCS guidelines by implementing projects
~ Closely examine post-closure stewardship of CCS projects
~ Developing CCS guidelines for the China context to tackle emissions from coal usage.
Hit the play button below for more.
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The most immediate requirement for advancing CCS technologies is a better understanding of how CCS can benefit business in the long term.
That’ what businesses will get by participating at the CO2 Capture, Sequestration & Utilization forum in Beijing on 5-6 March 2009, which explores potential revenue streams from CCS and related projects.
Don't miss out on Sarah Forbe's presentation at the conference on Guidelines for Implementation of CCS: Towards Global Convergence on Regulatory Frameworks.
If you haven’t already confirmed your participation at CO2 Capture, Sequestration & Utilization, then >>CLICK HERE Right Away to do so now, and be a part of Asia’s most important CO2 Capture Event!<<
"Securing energy supplies and speeding up the transition to a low-carbon energy system both call for radical action by governments -- at national and local levels, and through participation in co-ordinated international mechanisms."
"The energy sector will have to play the central role in curbing emissions - through major improvements in efficiency and rapid switching to renewables and other low-carbon technologies, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS)."
IEA's World Energy Outlook 2008
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has recorded, to date, more than 30 carbon capture and storage demonstration projects to take place across the globe, with concentration in USA, Norway and etc. These developments prove that CCS is here to stay!
Whilst industrial-scale storage can take off almost immediately with existing technology,uncertainties remains in cost effectiveness of technologies as well as financing and regulatory framework. It is time for both the government and energy sectors to take action!
With conference set in Beijing, it is inevitable that China and the rest of Asia pace up with mitigation measures for climate change. Several EOR projects currently in China are using CO2 as feedstock. In Japan, petrochemicals companies such as Mitsui Chemicals has announced their plans to build a CO2 to Methanol production plant. Other industries also include cement producer Holcim, investing in sequestration of CO2 by algae farming, which claim to produce a tonne of algae biomass from two tones of CO2 emission.
CMT's CO2 Capture, Sequestration & Utilisation 2009 presents expert panel to discuss issues in the CO2 utilization, CCS value chain, and commercializing industrial scale CCS. It aims to provide indepth focus of CCS and unfold opportunities in Asia and the world, possibly accelerating more CCS projects.
Attend CMT's CO2 Capture, Sequestration & Utilisation 2009 to:
- Hear from majors and national oil companies about their perspective and contribution towards CCS commercials section
- Grasp in-depth understanding of CCS value chain - concept, economics and role of stakeholders
- Zoom in with details on Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) project in Algeria, China and Norway
- Assess the economics between cost of CCS project with CO2 price
- Understand how the emission trading mechanism can incentivise CCS project or utilization of CO2
- Meet key technologies providers as they discuss on the development of cost effective carbon capture technologies
- Be updated on the clean coal technology implementation in China and Post Combustion Capture (PCC) technology installed in Australia and China's coal fired power plants
- Evaluate the various options in the alternative utilization routes for CO2 - chemicals, fertilizers and algae biomass
- Find out the criteria and challenges in CO2 logistics and geological storage
Sign up with your team to enjoy attractive group discount. Register online @ www.cmtevents.com with your team today!
You will network with
Presidents, CEOs, VPs & Directors, Analysts, General Managers, Commercial Managers, Business Development Executives, Research Directors, Sales & Marketing Managers, Technical Advisors involved in: Coal, CTL/GTL, Gasification, Liquefaction, Refinery Industrial Gas, Chemicals, Methanol, Olefins, Catalysts, EPC, Power & Utilities, Engineering Companies, Lubricant Companies, Gas Separation, Equipment and Technologies providers
议程 （中英文同声传译）
第一天: 2009年3月5日，星期四
CCS－需求和经济学评估
Mr. Warren Campbell, Principal
麦肯锡公司
促进CCS作为减缓气候变化的措施－壳牌公司的视角和参与
Dr. Wolfgang Heidug, Special Advisor - CO2 Policy
壳牌石油公司
神华煤转化项目CCS工作的进展
Mr. Xiangkun Ren, Vice President
中国神华煤制油化工有限公司
实施CCS项目的指导原则： 实现监管框架的全球融合
Ms. Sarah Forbes, Senior Associate
世界资源研究所 (WRI)
在阿尔及利亚的IN Salah CO2封存项目实现CCS
Dr. Tony Espie, Senior Advisor, CO2 Storage
英国石油-替代能源部(BP)
CCS项目融资－备选方案和挑战
通过排放交易激励CCS项目的发展
Mr. Peter Ho, Country Director
碳排放额度交易公司 (Ecosecurities)
中-欧未来在CCS法规合作方面的机会
Mr. Daniel Krahl, Project Officer, Energy & Environment
DEVELOPMENT Solutions (China) Ltd
CO2源－汇匹配，推动在中国实施清洁煤技术
Dr. Didier Bonijoly, Deputy Head, CO2 Project Coordinator
法国地质研究与矿产局(BRGM)
统一CO2价值链、收集、运输和储存验收标准和规格
Ms. Elisabeth H Tørstad, Director of Operations Cleaner Energy and Utilities
挪威船级社-能源部(DNV)
用于CCS的氧燃法的最新进展
Mr. Heon Yong Poh, Product Manager, HYCO
法液空集团
碳收集和运输的设施设计优化
Mr. Steven van Wagensveld, Manager, Technology Services
Uhde Shedden
大规模CO2运输－行业推动因素
Mr. Per Arne Nilsson, Vice President Business Development CO2
I.M. Skaugen SE
第二天: 2009年3月6日，星期五
CO2地质封存以及固存位置定位标准
Mr. Mahmut Sengul, Vice President Middle East and Asia
中-澳燃煤电厂的燃烧后捕获CO2技术
Dr. Jim Smitham, Deputy Director
澳大利亚联邦科学与工业研究组织(CSIRO)
中国CCS技术和近零排放煤CCS项目前景
Dr. Zhang Jiutian
中国21世纪议程管理中心
欧美当前CO2收集和封存项目的进展
ECBM/EOR中的CO2封存
Mr. Kenny Chan, Chairman/CEO
环能国际控股有限公司
利用藻类进行碳封存－利用藻类生物反应器生产燃料
Mr. Ramesh Suri, Regional Geocycle Project Head
豪瑞水泥集团
CO2的另一种用途
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Source: EngineeringNews.co.za
In an exclusive interview with Bloomberg’s Angela Macdonald-Smith, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka called on governments, companies and investors to step up efforts on projects that capture CO2 to have a chance of meeting emissions targets.
In Energy hungry Asia, where countries like China and India are looking at coal as a key resource for power generation and conversion into liquid fuels and chemicals, there is an even stronger need to develop Carbon Capture & Sequestration capabilities, especially where gross CO2 emissions are especially high.
That’s where forums like CO2 Capture, Sequestration & Utilization step in. To be held on 5-6March 2009 in Beijing, the timely conference will map the latest developments in CO2 Capture for emissions reduction.
CO2 Capture, Sequestration & Utilization will focus on carbon capture, separation and sequestration technologies which are being or could be deployed around the world.
Most critically, the conference will facilitate the necessary dialogue between technology developers/purveyors, the industry and government representatives on the development and deployment of viable technologies in Asia-Pacific.
Some of the issues and technologies discussed at CO2 Capture, Sequestration & Utilization:
CO2 Capture, Sequestration & Utilization will feature exchange of experiences and knowledge among the scientific & engineering communities, as well as investors and government officials.
If your company is still not getting enough attention for work on greenhouse gas reduction technologies and want to broaden your recognition in the marketplace, then make sure you are a part of the CO2 Capture, Sequestration & Utilization.
To find out more on how you can publicize your company to the global community directly involved in addressing the reduction of GHG emissions and carbon capture and sequestration, please contact Ms. Cynthia at cynthia@cmtsp.com.sg or call her at +65 6346 9132.
