Grand Challenges in Carbon Capture and Storage and the Influence of the Energy Sector
Theme: Energy
Time: 12:00
Room: Auditorium
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The Department of Energy and Climate Change published its annual Energy Statement in June. This report says ‘In the medium term, coal and gas will remain important for electricity generation, providing secure base load generation alongside nuclear, and a flexible complement to intermittent renewables. Carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) is vital in this regard because it will enable coal and gas to continue to provide this function without jeopardising our emission reduction goals, thereby meeting our security of supply needs and giving the UK a head-start in a technology that can be exported across the world’. This seminar is particularly timely because:
- CCS is entering a new phase, moving to full scale demonstration and commercialisation, which is setting new challenges
- The scope is broadening, with new players becoming involved and new markets (such as hydrogen production) becoming of interest
- There are new developments in 2nd and 3rd generation CCS technologies, which promise real benefits over current technologies
What will you learn?
Come and hear what is going on with carbon capture and storage both in the UK and around the world and get the views of key stakeholders on the main challenges facing the UK. Then take part in, or just listen to, a discussion session considering questions like – Is CCS development going to plan? Can the UK still hope to lead on CCS? What does the future hold for CCS?
Organised and hosted by the Energy Generation and Supply Knowledge Transfer Network the seminar will consist of three invited presentations covering the ‘grand challenges’ facing: carbon capture for power generation; the North Sea and CO2 storage; the contribution of CCS to the hydrogen economy. This will be followed by a discussion session in which all delegates will be invited to participate.
The speakers participating will be: Philip Sharman, Director, Alstom Power and Chairman of the Advanced Power Generation Technology Forum, Alastair Rennie, Project Director – CCS, AMEC, Bill Senior, Consultant, Carbon Capture and Storage, Senior CCS Solutions Ltd and Dr Brian Cane, Director EG&S KTN (Chair)
Who will benefit from attending?
Representatives would be expected from universities, the power industry, industrial users of energy, the offshore oil/gas industry, the vehicle transport industry, distributed energy representatives, together with technology providers and other parts of the energy sector supply chain.