This webinar was held on Thursday, 25 June 2015, where Janet Gellici, Executive Vice President and COO of the National Coal Council, and the Institute’s Pamela Tomski, Senior Advisor, Policy and Regulatory and a lead author on the report, Fossil Forward - Revitalizing CCS: Bringing Scale & Speed to CCS Deployment discussed the findings and recommendations to advance the commercial scale deployment of CCUS.
The National Coal Council (NCC), an advisory committee to the US Secretary of Energy, recently released a study that assessed the US Department of Energy’s Carbon Sequestration Program in terms of its progress regarding the cost, safety and technical operation of CCS.
The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) together with US-ASEAN Connect and the US Mission to ASEAN, hosted a discussion on with Ambassador Virginia E. Palmer, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Energy Resources. This is a presentation by Prof Jun Arima, ERIA's Senior Policy Fellow for Energy Environment.
Policy Recommendations For Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Glenn Klith Andersen
The Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) recently released a report titled Recommendations for Improving the Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Policies in China. The report provides a list of recommendations to the policy makers in China on improving the effectiveness of renewable energy policies domestically.
The Nigeria Alternative Energy Expo is the largest event focusing on strategic developments in Renewable Energy in Nigeria.
Investments in renewable energy have grown considerably with major emerging economies taking the lead. For 2010, new investment in renewable energy is estimated to have reached a record high of US$ 211 billion, up from US$ 160 billion in 2009. Get your share now.
Renewable energy can make a major contribution to the twin challenges of responding to a
growing global demand for energy services, while reducing the negative impacts associated with current production and use.
On 22 June 2021, Prof Hidetoshi Nishimura, President of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, jointly with Mr Hiroshi Kajiyama, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, attended the 1st Asia CCUS Network Forum and announced the launch of ‘the Asia CCUS Network’, which is an international industry–academia–government platform aimed at knowledge sharing and improvement of the business environment for utilisation of carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) throughout the Asia region. Thirteen East Asia Summit (EAS) member countries and more than 100 companies, research institutions, and international organisations have so far expressed their intention to participate in the network.
The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) together with US-ASEAN Connect and the US Mission to ASEAN, hosted a discussion on with Ambassador Virginia E. Palmer, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Energy Resources. This is a presentation by Prof Jun Arima, ERIA's Senior Policy Fellow for Energy Environment.
Policy Recommendations For Chinese Renewable Energy Industry Glenn Klith Andersen
The Renewable Energy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) recently released a report titled Recommendations for Improving the Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Policies in China. The report provides a list of recommendations to the policy makers in China on improving the effectiveness of renewable energy policies domestically.
The Nigeria Alternative Energy Expo is the largest event focusing on strategic developments in Renewable Energy in Nigeria.
Investments in renewable energy have grown considerably with major emerging economies taking the lead. For 2010, new investment in renewable energy is estimated to have reached a record high of US$ 211 billion, up from US$ 160 billion in 2009. Get your share now.
Renewable energy can make a major contribution to the twin challenges of responding to a
growing global demand for energy services, while reducing the negative impacts associated with current production and use.
On 22 June 2021, Prof Hidetoshi Nishimura, President of Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, jointly with Mr Hiroshi Kajiyama, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan, attended the 1st Asia CCUS Network Forum and announced the launch of ‘the Asia CCUS Network’, which is an international industry–academia–government platform aimed at knowledge sharing and improvement of the business environment for utilisation of carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) throughout the Asia region. Thirteen East Asia Summit (EAS) member countries and more than 100 companies, research institutions, and international organisations have so far expressed their intention to participate in the network.
Energy Low Emission Development Strategies in Asia: A Regional Overview and E...Worldwatch Institute
1. Welcome & Introduction: Alexander Ochs, Worldwatch Institute, LEDS-EWG Chair
2. Introduction to the LEDS Asia Regional Platform and the Importance of Energy in Asia: S.S. Krishnan, Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, LEDS-EWG Co-Chair for Asia
3. Key Low-Emission Energy Developments in Asia: Beni Suryadi, ASEAN Centre for Energy
4. Learning from Thailand’s Clean Energy Strategy: Bundit Limmeechokchai, Thammasat University
5. Q&A
6. Survey
Webinar: Proposed government–provided incentives to promote the capture and u...Global CCS Institute
It is widely recognised that additional large–scale early mover projects are needed to advance CCS/CCUS. These projects will reduce CCS cost through ‘learning by doing’ and by serving as platforms to demonstrate emerging lower-cost technologies. They will also increase public confidence in the safety and efficacy of CCS. However, high capture costs and lack of incentives are discouraging new large–scale projects from entering the planning pipeline and making it difficult for existing projects to reach a financial investment decision.
The National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative (NEORI) and the Coal Utilization Research Council (CURC) have each developed concepts for incentivising large–scale projects through a tax credit tied to the use of captured CO2 for enhanced oil recovery. Both organisations estimate that the government would recover its credit investment within 10 years from tax and royalty revenue received on additional oil production, and that the investment would become revenue positive for the government thereafter.
A Global CCS Institute webinar was held on Wednesday 26th June where Patrick Falwell, Solutions Fellow for the Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), on behalf of Judi Greenwald, Vice President for Technology and Innovation at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), discussed the NEORI concept. Patrick was joined by Ben Yamagata, Executive Director of CURC, who discussed the CURC concept.
On February 2, 2015, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz gave a presentation at Department of Energy headquarters about the agency's fiscal year 2016 budget request. View the slides above to see highlights from year's budget.
THE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMME
PRESENTED BY
ENGR.(MRS) BAHIJJAHTU ABUBAKAR
NATIONAL COORDINATOR
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMME (REP),
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
OF NIGERIA
This third webinar in the series 'CCS in Developing Countries' was presented by the World Bank.
Deploying CCS in developing countries is critically important. The International Energy Agency estimates that to achieve global emissions reduction targets 70% of CCS projects will be in non-OECD countries by 2050.
CCS faces a number of challenges, in all countries, but particularly in developing countries. This webinar discussed some of these challenges and barriers using South Africa as a case study. South Africa is working towards a Test Injection Project and subsequently a Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project. The World Bank considered it important to understand a set of constraints, including regulatory, technical, economic, human capacity, etc. to realization of CCS demonstration and commercialization, and how the CCS development will look like in the South African context, out to 2050. A techno-economic assessment has been undertaken to gain this understanding.
The techno-economic assessment explored CCS deployment in six relevant industries in South Africa, and assessed projected scenarios associated with key issues of interest (such as cost, impact on electricity prices, timeframes etc). The key output from the techno-economic study was a techno-economic model, supported by the data sets, specifically for South Africa. The potential storage site capacity has been analysed to provide a strong indication of the likely storage capacity available within physical and economic constraints.
Energy Low Emission Development Strategies in Asia: A Regional Overview and E...Worldwatch Institute
1. Welcome & Introduction: Alexander Ochs, Worldwatch Institute, LEDS-EWG Chair
2. Introduction to the LEDS Asia Regional Platform and the Importance of Energy in Asia: S.S. Krishnan, Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy, LEDS-EWG Co-Chair for Asia
3. Key Low-Emission Energy Developments in Asia: Beni Suryadi, ASEAN Centre for Energy
4. Learning from Thailand’s Clean Energy Strategy: Bundit Limmeechokchai, Thammasat University
5. Q&A
6. Survey
Webinar: Proposed government–provided incentives to promote the capture and u...Global CCS Institute
It is widely recognised that additional large–scale early mover projects are needed to advance CCS/CCUS. These projects will reduce CCS cost through ‘learning by doing’ and by serving as platforms to demonstrate emerging lower-cost technologies. They will also increase public confidence in the safety and efficacy of CCS. However, high capture costs and lack of incentives are discouraging new large–scale projects from entering the planning pipeline and making it difficult for existing projects to reach a financial investment decision.
The National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative (NEORI) and the Coal Utilization Research Council (CURC) have each developed concepts for incentivising large–scale projects through a tax credit tied to the use of captured CO2 for enhanced oil recovery. Both organisations estimate that the government would recover its credit investment within 10 years from tax and royalty revenue received on additional oil production, and that the investment would become revenue positive for the government thereafter.
A Global CCS Institute webinar was held on Wednesday 26th June where Patrick Falwell, Solutions Fellow for the Centre for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), on behalf of Judi Greenwald, Vice President for Technology and Innovation at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), discussed the NEORI concept. Patrick was joined by Ben Yamagata, Executive Director of CURC, who discussed the CURC concept.
On February 2, 2015, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz gave a presentation at Department of Energy headquarters about the agency's fiscal year 2016 budget request. View the slides above to see highlights from year's budget.
THE RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMME
PRESENTED BY
ENGR.(MRS) BAHIJJAHTU ABUBAKAR
NATIONAL COORDINATOR
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROGRAMME (REP),
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT
OF NIGERIA
This third webinar in the series 'CCS in Developing Countries' was presented by the World Bank.
Deploying CCS in developing countries is critically important. The International Energy Agency estimates that to achieve global emissions reduction targets 70% of CCS projects will be in non-OECD countries by 2050.
CCS faces a number of challenges, in all countries, but particularly in developing countries. This webinar discussed some of these challenges and barriers using South Africa as a case study. South Africa is working towards a Test Injection Project and subsequently a Carbon Capture and Sequestration Project. The World Bank considered it important to understand a set of constraints, including regulatory, technical, economic, human capacity, etc. to realization of CCS demonstration and commercialization, and how the CCS development will look like in the South African context, out to 2050. A techno-economic assessment has been undertaken to gain this understanding.
The techno-economic assessment explored CCS deployment in six relevant industries in South Africa, and assessed projected scenarios associated with key issues of interest (such as cost, impact on electricity prices, timeframes etc). The key output from the techno-economic study was a techno-economic model, supported by the data sets, specifically for South Africa. The potential storage site capacity has been analysed to provide a strong indication of the likely storage capacity available within physical and economic constraints.
The Asia CCUS Network has been successfully launched on 22-23 June 2021 with initially 13 countries (all ASEAN member countries, the United States, Australia, and Japan) and more than 100 international organisations, companies, financial and research institutions that share the vision of CCUS development throughout the Asian region.
The Network members have expressed their intention to participate to share the vision of the Asia CCUS Network that aims to contribute to the decarbonisation of emissions in Asia through collaboration and cooperation on development and deployment of CCUS.
The Asia CCUS Network provides opportunities for countries in the region to work and collaborate on the low emission technology partnership that will eventually help to build countries’ capability to lower the cost of CCUS technology and its deployment through the collaboration of research and innovation.
At the 2nd Asia CCUS Network (ACN) Knowledge Sharing Conference, the Asia CCUS Network is very pleased to invite experts from the Department of Energy, United States of America (USDOE) to share their insights and experiences about CCUS development and policy to support the deployment of CCUS technology.
The ACN will be an active forum to bridge the knowledge gap on CCUS technologies, policy development to support the development and deployment of CCUS in Asia. Thus, this conference hosted in collaboration with IEA will help to bring in update knowledge, opportunity for investment in CCUS in Asia.
Webinar: The Global Status of CCS: 2014 - Overcoming challenges in EuropeGlobal CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute was pleased to announce the release of our annual Global Status of CCS: 2014 report, and invite you to join the Institute’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Team for a webinar summarising the main themes of the report.
The Institute’s General Manager for the region, Andrew Purvis, presented a summary of the report, and was then joined by a number of our subject matter experts to discuss issues raised during the presentation by our global and regional audience.
Chairman: John Scowcroft, Executive Adviser/ UNFCCC Specialist
Presentation: Andrew Purvis, General Manager
Expert Panel:
Kirsty Anderson: Public Engagement
Silvia Vaghi: Policy and Regulation
Guido Magneschi: Capture
Chris Consoli: Storage
The report provides a detailed overview of the current status of CCS projects worldwide and provides a comprehensive overview of global and regional developments in CCS technologies and the policies, laws and regulations that must drive the demonstration and deployment of technologies to support global climate mitigation efforts.
Providing a number of key recommendations for decision makers, The Global Status of CCS: 2014 report is an important reference guide for industry, government, research bodies and the broader community.
Webinar: Global Status of CCS: 2014 - Driving development in the Asia Pacific Global CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute launched The Global Status of CCS: 2014 report on 5 November 2014.
2014 has been a pivotal year for CCS as it is now a reality in the power industry. The Global Status of CCS: 2014 report provides a comprehensive overview of global and regional developments in CCS technologies and the policies, laws and regulations that must drive the demonstration and deployment of technologies to support global climate mitigation efforts.
Clare Penrose, the Institute's General Manager - Asia Pacific presented a summary of the report and discuss the key recommendations, an important reference for decision makers for the year ahead.
Ms Penrose was joined by the Institute’s subject matter experts who were available to answer questions:
Chris Consoli: CO2 Storage
Ian Havercroft: CCS Laws and Regulations
Lawrence Irlam: CCS Policy and Economics
Jessica Morton: CCS Public Engagement
Tony Zhang: CO2 Capture
Webinar: Global Status of CCS: 2014 - Powering ahead in The AmericasGlobal CCS Institute
Dr Elizabeth Burton, the Global CCS Institute’s General Manager – The Americas, provided an overview of the status of CCS projects worldwide with a focus on developments in the Americas, including the launch of Boundary Dam, the world’s first large-scale power plant with CCS. The global and regional policy landscape, developments in CCS/CCUS technologies, and recommendations for decision makers to advance the development and deployment of CCS/CCUS were also discussed.
The webinar was based on the findings in the Institute’s Global Status of CCS: 2014 report. It was designed for individuals interested and involved in the development and deployment of CCS/CCUS in the Americas, including technology, policy and regulation, and capacity development.
The role of CCS/CCUS in the Climate Action Plan - Dr S. Julio FriedmannGlobal CCS Institute
The role of CCS/CCUS in the Climate Action Plan
Global CCS Institute, delivered at the Global CCS Institute's Third Americas Forum
Feb. 27th, 2014, Washington, DC
Roadmap for CCS Demonstration and Deployment for the People's Republic of ChinaGlobal CCS Institute
Deploying CCS in developing countries is critically important. The International Energy Agency estimates that to achieve global emissions reduction targets 70% of CCS projects will be in non-OECD countries by 2050.
Achieving deep decarbonisation of the heavily coal-based energy system of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) while maintaining gross domestic product growth at an acceptable rate, requires additional efforts beyond strengthening energy efficiency and the further introduction of renewable energy. CCS is an essential low-carbon option for the PRC. It is currently the only near-commercial system of technologies that offers medium to long term opportunities to make very deep cuts in carbon dioxide emissions from industrial processes and power plants based on coal (and other fossil fuels), while enabling the continued utilisation of coal in a low carbon way for such major applications.
The Roadmap assesses the potential, the barriers and challenges in developing CCS in the PRC and recommends necessary policy actions during the 13th Five-Year Plan and the medium term to facilitate CCS demonstration and deployment.
Institute’s Americas office launches The Global Status of CCS: 2016 at the Cl...Global CCS Institute
On 15 November 2016, the Global CCS Institute’s Americas office held the Clean energy solutions symposium: What is the Future of Carbon Capture? at the National Press Club, Washington, DC.
The Institute’s General Manager for the Americas, Jeff Erikson, launched The Global Status of CCS: 2016 report by presenting to the audience the highlights from the report and discussing the significant milestones achieved in the past year in the world of CCS. Erikson’s presentation was followed by an expert panel discussion on the future of clean energy, with focus on carbon capture and storage (CCS).
Northern Lights: A European CO2 transport and storage project Global CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute hosted the final webinar of its "Telling the Norwegian CCS Story" series which presented Northern Lights. This project is part of the Norwegian full-scale CCS project which will include the capture of CO2 at two industrial facilities (cement and waste-to-energy plants), transport and permanent storage of CO2 in a geological reservoir on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
Northern Lights aims to establish an open access CO2 transport and storage service for Europe. It is the first integrated commercial project of its kind able to receive CO2 from a variety of industrial sources. The project is led by Equinor with two partners Shell and Total. Northern Lights aims to drive the development of CCS in Europe and globally.
Webinar: Policy priorities to incentivise large scale deployment of CCSGlobal CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute released a new report highlighting strategic policy priorities for the large-scale deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The Institute’s report also reviews the progress achieved until now with existing policies and the reasons behind positive investment decisions for the current 23 large-scale CCS projects in operation and construction globally.
Telling the Norwegian CCS Story | PART II: CCS: the path to a sustainable and...Global CCS Institute
The Global CCS Institute in collaboration with Gassnova hosted the second webinar of its "Telling the Norwegian CCS Story" series.
The second webinar presented Norcem's CCS project at their cement production facility in Brevik, in the South-Eastern part of Norway.
Telling the Norwegian CCS Story | PART I: CCS: the path to sustainable and em...Global CCS Institute
In 2018, the Norwegian government announced its decision to continue the planning of a demonstration project for CO2 capture, transport and storage. This webinar focuses on the Fortum Oslo Varme CCS project. This is one of the two industrial CO2 sources in the Norwegian full-scale project.
At their waste-to-energy plant at Klemetsrud in Oslo, Fortum Oslo Varme produces electricity and district heating for the Oslo region by incinerating waste. Its waste-to-energy plant is one of the largest land-based sources of CO2 emissions in Norway, counting for about 20 % of the city of Oslo’s total emissions. The CCS project in Oslo is an important step towards a sustainable waste system and the creation of a circular economy. It will be the first energy recovery installation for waste disposal treatment with full-scale CCS.
Fortum Oslo Varme has understood the enormous potential for the development of a CCS industry in the waste-to-energy industry. The company is working to capture 90 % of its CO2 emissions, the equivalent of 400 000 tons of CO2 per year. This project will open new opportunities to reduce emissions from the waste sector in Norway and globally. Carbon capture from waste incineration can remove over 90 million tons of CO2 per year from existing plants in Europe. There is high global transfer value and high interest in the industry for the project in Oslo.
The waste treated consists of almost 60 % biological carbon. Carbon capture at waste-to-energy plants will therefore be so-called BIO-CCS (i.e. CCS from the incineration of organic waste, thereby removing the CO2 from the natural cycle).
Find out more about the project by listening to our webinar.
Decarbonizing Industry Using Carbon Capture: Norway Full Chain CCSGlobal CCS Institute
Industrial sectors such as steel, cement, iron, and chemicals production are responsible for over 20 percent of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. To be on track to meet greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets established as part of the Paris Climate Accord, all sectors must find solutions to rapidly decarbonize, and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is the only path for energy-intensive industries.
This webinar will explore how one country, Norway, is working to realize a large-scale Full Chain CCS project, where it is planning to apply carbon capture technology to several industrial facilities. This unique project explores capturing CO2 from three different industrial facilities - an ammonia production plant, a waste-to-energy plant, and a cement production facility. Captured CO2 will be then transported by ship to a permanent off-shore storage site operated as part of a collaboration between Statoil, Total, and Shell. When operational, Norway Full Chain CCS will capture and permanently store up to 1.5 million tons of CO2 per year.
During this webinar, Michael Carpenter, Senior Adviser at Gassnova, will provide an overview of the Norway Full Chain CCS, and discuss the value that Norway aims to derive from it. The key stakeholders working on this exciting project, and how they cooperate, will be also discussed. Gassnova is a Norwegian state enterprise focusing on CCS technology, which manages the Norway Full Chain CCS project.
Cutting Cost of CO2 Capture in Process Industry (CO2stCap) Project overview &...Global CCS Institute
The CO2StCap project is a four year initiative carried out by industry and academic partners with the aim of reducing capture costs from CO2 intensive industries (more info here). The project, led by Tel-Tek, is based on the idea that cost reduction is possible by capturing only a share of the CO2emissions from a given facility, instead of striving for maximized capture rates. This can be done in multiple ways, for instance by capturing only from the largest CO2 sources at individual multi-stack sites utilising cheap waste heat or adapting the capture volumes to seasonal changes in operations.
The main focus of this research is to perform techno-economic analyses for multiple partial CO2 capture concepts in order to identify economic optimums between cost and volumes captured. In total for four different case studies are developed for cement, iron & steel, pulp & paper and ferroalloys industries.
The first part of the webinar gave an overview of the project with insights into the cost estimation method used. The second part presented the iron & steel industry case study based on the Lulea site in Sweden, for which waste-heat mapping methodology has been used to assess the potential for partial capture via MEA-absorption. Capture costs for different CO2 sources were compared and discussed, demonstrating the viability of partial capture in an integrated steelworks.
Webinar presenters included Ragnhild Skagestad, senior researcher at Tel-Tek; Maximilian Biermann, PhD student at Division of Energy Technology, Chalmers University of Technology and Maria Sundqvist, research engineer at the department of process integration at Swerea MEFOS.
The Global CCS Institute and USEA co-hosted a briefing on the importance of R&D in advancing energy technologies on June 29 2017. This is the presentation given by Ron Munson, Global Lead-Capture at the Global CCS Institute.
The Global CCS Institute and USEA co-hosted a briefing on the importance of R&D in advancing energy technologies on June 29 2017. This is the presentation given by Alfred “Buz” Brown, Founder, CEO and Chairman of ION Engineering.
The Global CCS Institute and USEA co-hosted a briefing on the importance of R&D in advancing energy technologies on June 29 2017. This is the presentation given by Tim Merkel, Director, Research and Development Group at Membrane Technology & Research (MTR)
Mission Innovation aims to reinvigorate and accelerate global clean energy innovation with the objective to make clean energy widely affordable. Through a series of Innovation Challenges, member countries have pledged to support actions aimed at accelerating research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) in technology areas where MI members believe increased international attention would make a significant impact in our shared fight against climate change. The Innovation Challenges cover the entire spectrum of RD&D; from early stage research needs assessments to technology demonstration projects.
The Carbon Capture Innovation challenge aims to explore early stage research opportunities in the areas of Carbon Capture, Carbon Utilization, and Carbon Storage. The goal of the Carbon Capture Innovation Challenge is twofold: first, to identify and prioritize breakthrough technologies; and second, to recommend research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) pathways and collaboration mechanisms.
During the webinar, Dr Tidjani Niass, Saudi Aramco, and Jordan Kislear, US Department of Energy, provided an overview of progress to date. They also highlighted detail opportunities for business and investor engagement, and discuss future plans for the Innovation Challenge.
Karl Hausker, PhD, Senior Fellow, Climate Program, World Resources Institute, is the leader of the analytic and writing team for the latest study by the Risky Business Project: From Risk to Return: Investing in a Clean Energy Economy. Co-Chairs Michael Bloomberg, Henry Paulson, Jr, and Thomas Steyer tasked the World Resources Institute with this independent assessment of technically and economically feasible pathways that the US could follow to achieve an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050. These pathways involve mixtures of: energy efficiency, renewable energy, nuclear power, carbon capture and storage, increased carbon sequestration in US lands, and reductions in non-CO2 emissions. These pathways rely on commercial or near-commercial technologies that American companies are adopting and developing.
Dr Hausker presented the results of the study and draw some comparisons to the US Mid Century Strategy report submitted to the UNFCCC. He has worked for 30 years in the fields of climate change, energy, and environment in a career that has spanned legislative and executive branches, research institutions, NGOs, and consulting.
This webinar offered a unique opportunity to learn more about various decarbonization scenarios and to address your questions directly to Dr Hausker.
Webinar Series: Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Part 1. CCUS in the Uni...Global CCS Institute
The Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) is a Ministerial-level international climate change initiative that is focused on the development of improved cost-effective technologies for carbon capture and storage (CCS). As part of our commitment to raising awareness of CCS policies and technology, CSLF, with support from the Global CCS Institute, is running a series of webinars showcasing academics and researchers that are working on some of the most interesting CCS projects and developments from around the globe.
This first webinar comes to you from Abu Dhabi – the site of the Mid-Year CSLF Meeting and home of the Al Reyadah Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage (CCUS) Project. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the world’s major oil exporters, with some of the highest levels of CO2 emissions per capita. These factors alone make this a very interesting region for the deployment of CCUS both as an option for reducing CO2 emissions, but also linking these operations for the purposes of enhanced oil recovery (EOR) operations.
In the UAE, CCUS has attracted leading academic institutes and technology developers to work on developing advanced technologies for reducing CO2 emissions. On Wednesday, 26th April, we had the opportunity to join the Masdar Institute’s Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Mohammad Abu Zahra to learn about the current status and potential for CCUS in the UAE.
Mohammad presented an overview of the current large scale CCUS demonstration project in the UAE, followed by a presentation and discussion of the ongoing research and development activities at the Masdar Institute.
This webinar offered a rare opportunity to put your questions directly to this experienced researcher and learn more about the fascinating advances being made at the Masdar Institute.
Energy Security and Prosperity in Australia: A roadmap for carbon capture and...Global CCS Institute
On 15 February, a Roadmap titled for Energy Security and Prosperity in Australia: A roadmap for carbon capture and storage was released. The ACCS Roadmap contains analysis and recommendations for policy makers and industry on much needed efforts to ensure CCS deployment in Australia.
This presentation focused on the critical role CCS can play in Australia’s economic prosperity and energy security. To remain within its carbon budget, Australia must accelerate the deployment of CCS. Couple with this, only CCS can ensure energy security for the power sector and high-emissions industries whilst maintain the the vital role the energy sector plays in the Australian economy.
The webinar also detailed what is required to get Australia ready for widespread commercial deployment of CCS through specific set of phases, known as horizons in strategic areas including storage characterisation, legal and regulatory frameworks and public engagement and awareness.
The Roadmap serves as an important focal point for stakeholders advocating for CCS in Australia, and will provide a platform for further work feeding into the Australian Government’s review of climate policy in 2017 and beyond.
It is authored by the University of Queensland and Gamma Energy Technology, and was overseen by a steering committee comprising the Commonwealth Government, NSW Government, CSIRO, CO2CRC Limited, ACALET - COAL21 Fund and ANLEC R&D.
This webinar was presented by Professor Chris Greig, from The University of Queensland.
Webinar Series: Public engagement, education and outreach for CCS. Part 5: So...Global CCS Institute
The fifth webinar in the public engagement, education and outreach for CCS Series will explore the critically important subject of social site characterisation with the very researchers who named the process.
We were delighted to be able to reunite CCS engagement experts Sarah Wade and Sallie Greenberg, Ph.D. to revisit their 2011 research and guidance: ‘Social Site Characterisation: From Concept to Application’. When published, this research and toolkit helped early CCS projects worldwide to raise the bar on their existing engagement practices. For this webinar, we tasked these early thought leaders with reminding us of the importance of this research and considering the past recommendations in today’s context. Sarah and Sallie tackled the following commonly asked questions:
What exactly is meant by social site characterisation?
Why it is important?
What would they consider best practice for getting to understand the social intricacies and impacts of a CCS project site?
This entire Webinar Series has been designed to share leading research and best practice and consider these learnings as applied to real project examples. So for this fifth Webinar, we were really pleased to be joined by Ruth Klinkhammer, Senior Manager, Communications and Engagement at CMC Research Institutes. Ruth agreed to share some of her experiences and challenges of putting social site characterisation into practice onsite at some of CMC’s larger research projects.
This Webinar combined elements of public engagement research with real world application and discussion, explore important learnings and conclude with links to further resources for those wishing to learn more. This a must for anyone working in or studying carbon capture and storage or other CO2 abatement technologies. If you have ever nodded along at a conference where the importance of understanding stakeholders is acknowledged, but then stopped to wonder – what might that look like in practice? This Webinar is for you.
Managing carbon geological storage and natural resources in sedimentary basinsGlobal CCS Institute
To highlight the research and achievements of Australian researchers, the Global CCS Institute, together with Australian National Low Emissions Coal Research and Development (ANLEC R&D), will hold a series of webinars throughout 2017. Each webinar will highlight a specific ANLEC R&D research project and the relevant report found on the Institute’s website.
This is the eighth webinar of the series and will present on basin resource management and carbon storage. With the ongoing deployment of CCS facilities globally, the pore space - the voids in the rock deep in sedimentary basins – are now a commercial resource. This is a relatively new concept with only a few industries utilising that pore space to date.
This webinar presented a framework for the management of basin resources including carbon storage. Prospective sites for geological storage of carbon dioxide target largely sedimentary basins since these provide the most suitable geological settings for safe, long-term storage of greenhouse gases. Sedimentary basins can host different natural resources that may occur in isolated pockets, across widely dispersed regions, in multiple locations, within a single layer of strata or at various depths.
In Australia, the primary basin resources are groundwater, oil and gas, unconventional gas, coal and geothermal energy. Understanding the nature of how these resources are distributed in the subsurface is fundamental to managing basin resource development and carbon dioxide storage. Natural resources can overlap laterally or with depth and have been developed successfully for decades. Geological storage of carbon dioxide is another basin resource that must be considered in developing a basin-scale resource management system to ensure that multiple uses of the subsurface can sustainably and pragmatically co-exist.
This webinar was presented by Karsten Michael, Research Team Leader, CSIRO Energy.
Mercury and other trace metals in the gas from an oxy-combustion demonstratio...Global CCS Institute
To highlight the research and achievements of Australian researchers, the Global CCS Institute together with ANLEC R&D will hold a series of webinars throughout 2017. Each webinar will highlight a specific ANLEC R&D research project and the relevant report found on the Institute’s website. This is the seventh webinar of the series and presented the results of a test program on the retrofitted Callide A power plant in Central Queensland.
The behaviour of trace metals and the related characteristics of the formation of fine particles may have important implications for process options, gas cleaning, environmental risk and resultant cost in oxy-fuel combustion. Environmental and operational risk will be determined by a range of inter-related factors including:
The concentrations of trace metals in the gas produced from the overall process;
Capture efficiencies of the trace species in the various air pollution control devices used in the process; including gas and particulate control devices, and specialised systems for the removal of specific species such as mercury;
Gas quality required to avoid operational issues such as corrosion, and to enable sequestration in a variety of storage media without creating unacceptable environmental risks; the required quality for CO2 transport will be defined by (future and awaited) regulation but may be at the standards currently required of food or beverage grade CO2; and
Speciation of some trace elements
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2. Pamela Tomski
Pamela is the Global CCS Institute's Senior Advisor, Policy and
Regulatory for The Americas. She joined the Institute from
EnTech Strategies, LLC where she was the Managing Partner
responsible for energy policy development and assisting clients
develop energy technology research, development and
commercialisation strategies.
Senior Adviser - Policy and Regulatory, Global CCS Institute
3. Janet Gellici
Janet Gellici, CAE, is Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
of the National Coal Council (NCC). The NCC is an Advisory Committee
to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, first chartered in 1984. The NCC
provides advice and recommendations to the Secretary on general policy
matters relating to coal and the coal industry.
Prior to joining the NCC in May 2013, Gellici served as Chief Executive
Officer of the American Coal Council (ACC). The ACC’s primary goal is to
advance the commercial interests of its member companies, including the
development and utilization of American coal as an economic, abundant
and environmentally sound fuel source. Gellici served in various
capacities at the ACC for 30 years, including having served as ACC’s
CEO since 1990.
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, National Coal Council
Gellici was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Energy to serve on the National Coal Council (NCC)
in 1998. She served on the NCC Executive Committee and Coal Policy Committee until her
appointment as NCC EVP & COO.
In December 2013, Gellici was acknowledged among the inaugural “100 Global Inspirational Women
in Mining” by Women in Mining UK. The initiative showcases women nominated by their peers for
their contribution to the mining industry.
4. QUESTIONS
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6. The National Coal Council
provides advice and recommendations
to the Secretary of Energy
on general policy matters
relating to coal and the coal industry.
National Coal Council
Celebrating 30 years ~ 1984|2014
NCC is a Federal Advisory Committee
organized under FACA legislation
7. • Industry –
coal suppliers, utility & industrial
consumers & coal transportation
• Support Services –
engineering firms, vendors, consultants &
attorneys
• Academics
• NGOs –
environmental & trade association reps
• Government –
PUC & state energy officials
Extensive Range of Topics
Carbon Management
Clean Coal Technologies
Coal & Coal Technology Exports
Coal Conversion
Coal’s Image
Utility Deregulation
Climate & Clean Air Regulations
Building New Coal Power Plants
Industrial Coal Use
CCUS for EOR
Value of Existing Coal Fleet
More than 30 studies conducted
for the Secretary of Energy
Prepared by NCC members at no
cost to DOE
Members are appointed to
serve by Secretary of Energy
120-125 members
8. >> STUDY REQUEST
Secretary Moniz’s Charge to NCC – May 2014
… request the NCC conduct a study that assesses the value of DOE’s Carbon
Sequestration Program … The assessment should address the question:
“What is industry's assessment of the progress made by the DOE and
others regarding cost, safety, and technical operation of CCS/CCUS?
… In other words, how does industry see and accept major technical findings
from the CCS/CCUS community, and how do those relate to DOE programs
and investments?
… an assessment based on technical soundness and results to date would
provide a welcome perspective from leading companies with experience
in CCS/CCUS technology.”
9. >> Study Leadership & Lead Authors
NCC Chair – Jeff Wallace, VP Fuel Services, Southern Company Svcs
Coal Policy Committee Chair – Fred Palmer, Senior VP, Peabody Energy
NCC CPC Vice Chair– Bill Brownell, Chairman, Hunton & Williams
Study Chair – Amy Ericson, President, Alstom Inc.
Technical Chair – Carl Bozzuto, Alstom
Lead Authors –
Holly Krutka, Shenhua Group
Pam Tomski, Global CCS Institute
Shannon Angielski, CURC
Carl Bozzuto, Alstom
Jeff Phillips, EPRI
10. >> Study at a Glance
“Fossil Forward – Revitalizing CCS:
Bringing Scale & Speed to CCC Deployment”
Executive Summary
Chapter A: The CCS/CCUS Imperative
Chapter B: Global Status of CCS/CCUS
Chapter C: Overview of Current DOE CCS/CCUS Programs –
Status & Achievements
Chapter D: CCS/CCUS Deployment Challenges
Chapter E: Gap Analysis
Chapter F: Recommendations
11. >> Fossil Forward Principal Theme
“While DOE is indisputably a world leader in
the development of CCS technology, the DOE
CCS/CCUS program has not yet achieved
critical mass.”
• “Without adequate demonstration there can be
no commercialization.”
• “There is no point in capturing CO2 if there is no
place to use it or store it.”
12. >> Magnitude of the Problem
• Current # of demonstration projects in operation or under
construction globally = 22
Projected need by 2050 = 3,400
• The current global CO2 storage rate = 40 million tons/year
Projected need = 10 billion tons/year
• Cumulative total CO2 emissions 2050 ~ 2,000 billion tons
Projected “safe” level of emissions = 884 billion tons
13. >> The CCS/CCUS Imperative
CCS is the only large-scale technology that can mitigate CO2 emissions
from fossil fuel use for electricity generation and key industrial sectors.
IEA Technology Road Map
Source: IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2014
14. >> The CCS/CCUS Imperative
Climate Change Mitigation Costs Without CCS and Other Technologies
Not including CCS as a mitigation technology is projected to increase
the overall costs of meeting CO2 emission goals by 70-138%.
15. >> The CCS/CCUS Imperative
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GlobalPopulationinBillions
UN High Case
United Nations Global Population Projection: High Case
U.S. CO2 emission represent less than 16% of world emissions; global
and wide-scale implementation of CCS is necessary to meet GHG goals.
16. >> The CCS/CCUS Imperative
Projected Global Coal Consumption Through 2040
Quadrillion BTU/Year ~ EIA Reference Case
17. >> Key Recommendations
Overview• In order to achieve CCS at commercial scale, policy parity with other low/no
carbon technologies is required.
• Technology and funding Incentives must be significantly better coordinated to
be effective.
• DOE program goals need far greater clarity and alignment with commercial
technology and funding approaches used by industry.
• Funding for CCS RD&D is limited and must be enhanced and focused.
• Public acceptance continues to be a major hurdle.
• GHG control is an international issue in need of international initiatives.
18. >> Key Recommendations
In order to achieve CCS at commercial scale, policy parity with
other low/no carbon technologies is required…
The National Coal Council recommends that:
DOE take a stronger position on the need for policy parity with respect to
funding allocations
DOE take a stronger position on the need for policy parity with respect to
incentive mechanisms and subsidies applied to near zero emission energy
technology
20. >> Policy Dis-Parity
• DOE CCS R&D Program
= $200+ million
annually
• Coal provides about 37-
40% of U.S. electricity
generation
• DOE Office of Energy
Efficiency & Renewable
Energy = $1.9 billion
($775 million in direct
support of renewables)
• Residential rooftop
solar provides 0.43% of
U.S. electricity
generation.
21. >> Policy Dis-Parity
Treasury Grants:
Subsidies for Renewable Project Deployment
in 2009 Recovery Act = $20 billion
DOE RD&D Budget for Coal:
Excluding $3.4 billion Recovery Act Funding
23. >> Key Recommendations
Funding for CCS RD&D is limited
and must be enhanced and focused…
DOE continue fostering a portfolio of technologies for implementing CCS and
“prime the pump” with early stage funding for promising concepts. NCC
recommends that after technologies reach TRL 4, DOE cull its support to only
those technologies which show a clear promise of meeting or exceeding
DOE’s CCS performance goals
DOE continue to develop a plan for demonstrating second generation and
transformational CCS technologies showing cost and performance advantage
at a scale of 25-50 MW by 2020 and make subsequent budget request to
carry out the plan
24. >> Key Recommendations
Technology and Funding Incentives must be significantly
better coordinated to be effective…
The National Coal Council recommends that:
DOE develop a plan to have a total of 5-10 GW of CCS/CCUS demonstration
projects in operation in the U.S. by 2025
DOE expand the RCSP program to identify and certify at least one reservoir in
each region that is capable of storing a minimum of 100 million tons of CO2 at
a cost of less than $10/ton by 2025
All federal incentives for CCS demonstration projects undergo a coordinated
review for their combined adequacy and effectiveness in supporting CCS
deployment in time to achieve the installation of storing a minimum of 100
million tons of CO2 at a cost of less than $10/ton by 2025
Concerted effort be undertaken by DOE to identify and pursue creative
mechanisms to finance CCS/CCUS projects
25. >> Current DOE CCS Program
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Enacted Funding for DOE CCS Program Activities, $Million
FutureGEN (ENACTED) CCPI (ENACTED) TOTAL CCS R&D (ENACTED)
Funding for DOE programs is inconsistent with DOE goals.
DOE programs have been inadequately funded at levels that are
insufficient to achieve the aggressive goals of the program.
26. >> DOE CCPI Program
CCPI does not appear to have a high success rate.
Only a small number of projects have been selected for funding.
Ratio of Federal Grant to Total Project Cost = 5-18%
Status Number of Projects
Complete 4
Active 4
Withdrawn 7
Discontinued 2
Negotiations Ceased 1
Total 18
Applications
Submitted
Applications
Selected
Round 1 36 8
Round 2 13 4
Round 3 36 6
Project Total Federal
Grant
Total Project
Cost
Federal Cost
Share
Hydrogen Energy California $408 M $4 B 10%
Summit Texas Clean Energy $450 M $2.5 B 18%
NRG Energy $167 M $1 B 17%
Southern Kemper Energy $293 M $6.1 B 5%
Totals $1.752 B $13.6 B 13%
28. >> Current DOE CCS Program
Federal Funding vs. Industry Recommended Funding
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Million$US
Enacted Federal Funding for CCS Compared to Industry Proposed Annual Federal
Funding for CCS
Enacted Federal Funding CURC-EPRI Roadmap Funding
Linear (Enacted Federal Funding) Linear (CURC-EPRI Roadmap Funding)
In 2009, ARRA provided an additional
$1 billion to fully fund FutureGen;
$800 M to CCPI to enable a 3rd
Solicitation for CCS projects; $1.52
billion for an Industrial CCS RFP; and
$70 million for geologic storage site
characterization and training.
29. >> Key Recommendations
DOE Program Goals need far greater clarity and alignment with
Commercial Technology and Funding Approaches Used by Industry…
DOE and Industry prioritize projects critical to achieving goals consistent with the need
to bring CCS technologies up to Technology Readiness Level 9
DOE establish interim goals that are more amenable to testing for scale up of CCS
technologies that show promise towards meeting the cost and performance goals
A targeted number of projects or GW’s be established with dates of operation that are
consistent with overall emission reduction targets
Future QER reports examine CCS infrastructure needs for a comprehensive nationwide
CCS/CCUS system
DOE undertake a general equilibrium model study to determine if the goal of CCS cost
parity by 2035 is adequate and consistent with the overall CO2 reduction goals
30. >> Current DOE CCS Program
Stages of CO2 Capture Technology R&D
31. >> Current DOE CCS Program
While DOE has enabled advancement of CCS technology,
existing portfolio of 70 projects are predominantly small
and in early stages of development.
33. >> Current DOE CCS Program
Capital and operating costs for projects with CCS are more expensive
than conventional technologies, carrying greater commercial risk.
Energy Technology Development Spectrum to Commercialize Technology for CCS
34. >> Current DOE CCS Program
Risk-based Project Analysis Employed in Commercial Scale Underwritings
35. >> Key Recommendations
GHG Control – International Issue in need of International Initiatives
DOE maintain its current CCS/CCUS international collaboration efforts including Carbon
Sequestration Leadership Forum and US-China Clean Energy Research Center
DOE pursue international partnerships in commerce for CCS/CCUS demonstrations in
CO2 intensive developing nations. Focus to be given to CO2 utilization and storage
projects to increase global knowledge and acceptance of commercial scale CO2 storage
DOE actively advance the recently announced collaboration with China on a water
producing, commercial scale CCUS project
DOE propose an international pool of funds specifically set up for the implementation of
CCS demonstration projects at scale
DOE consider programs and policies to promote the purchase of US manufactured CCS
equipment for international CCS demonstration projects
36. >> Global Status of CCS/CCUS
The planned amount of CO2 captured and stored is declining and
nowhere near the tons required.
CO2 Potentially Stored by Projects in Pipeline
2012 Status
2013 Status
2014 Status
Source: Global CCS Institute 2015
39. >> Key Recommendations
Public Acceptance continues to be a major hurdle…
DOE increase its existing CCS/CCUS public engagement, education and
training activities targeting counties and states with demonstration projects
and regions that have potential infrastructure developments
DOE incorporate into its outreach/education program experience from
existing projects, including direct discussions with people that operate such
projects and those that live near them
DOE create a University Carbon Systems Research Program so as to place
engineering students in summer internships focused on CCS/CCUS
technologies
41. NCC History of Support for
Advanced Coal Technologies
NCC 9 Major Studies on Carbon Management 2000-2015
• R&D Needs for Sequestration of CO2 – May 2000
• Coal-Related GHG Management – May 2003
• Coal: America’s Energy Future – March 2006
• Technologies to Reduce or Capture & Store CO2 – June 2007
• The Urgency of Sustainable Coal – May 2008
• Low Carbon Coal: Meeting U.S. Energy, Employment & CO2 Emissions
Goals with 21st Century Technologies – Dec. 2009
• Expediting CCS Development: Challenges & Opportunities – March 2011
• Harnessing Coal’s Carbon Content to Advance the Economy, Environment
& Energy Security (CCS-EOR) – June 2012
• Fossil Forward – Revitalizing CCS:
Bringing Scale & Speed to CCS Deployment – January 2015
42. NCC History of Consistent
Findings & Recommendations
• Enhancing efficiency of existing coal fleet is a first step toward reducing CO2
emissions; New Source Review (NSR) disincentivizes power plant operators
from pursuing efficiency improvements
• R&D must be pursued simultaneously on numerous GHG technologies and
storage options with the aim of developing a portfolio of options suitable for
various applications
• Employ DOE-industry partnerships to demonstrate technologies on a large-
scale basis to reduce technology costs and expedite commercial availability
• International partnerships are necessary to advance GHG technology solutions
and global adoption
• Financial incentives and federal funding support are vital, especially for early
mover and FOAK projects
• Deployment of CCS/CCUS technologies offers the most impactful opportunity
to achieve CO2 emission reductions
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