National

C C SThe 2010

Conference

Conference disclaimerThe 2010 National CCS Conference, including the Conference Organisers, will not accept liability for the damages of any nature sustained by participants or their accompanying persons for the loss or damage to their personal property as a result of the 2010 National CCS Conference and exhibition or related events. All details contained in this Conference Handbook are correct at the time of printing.

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Further informationFor further enquiries regarding the 2010 National CCS Conference, please contact the Conference Organisers:

PO Box 6150 Kingston ACT 2604

t: +61 2 6281 6624 f: +61 2 6285 1336 e: conference@conlog.com.au w: www.conlog.com.au

ConTe n T s

2 Welcome

4 Foundation partners

6 Venue & general information

8 Getting around the city of Melbourne

10 Social functions

11 CCS Week events

15 Speakers

35 Other participants

40 Sponsors & exhibitors

44 Conference program

48 Exhibition floor plan

Welcome2

The development of carbon capture and storage technology is now recognised by governments and industry around the world as an essential part of the portfolio of low emission energy technologies required to tackle climate change.

Australia is focused on making carbon capture and storage a reality – moving CCS projects to commercial viability through research, enabling legislation and support from government and industry. However we have much to learn from our overseas colleagues and therefore I am delighted that we have been able to attract some of the leaders in CCS to the conference. Together we are united in tackling a global problem and we either work together or fail separately.

As part of this important process, I am pleased to be able to invite you to the inaugural National CCS Conference - a major opportunity to be informed, to debate and to connect with Australian and international stakeholders involved in the field of carbon capture and storage.

a major opportunity to be informed,

to debate and to connect““

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Held Sunday to Tuesday, 28-30 November 2010 at the Park Hyatt Melbourne, the conference is also the first event of National CCS Week, a week of activities providing a focus for CCS.

Speakers from Australia and overseas will share their insights and expertise about CCS research and the pathway to commercialisation to make this conference a significant international event. Discussions will focus on the challenges we face in areas such as technology, economics, communication, finance and regulation.

Supported by nine key Australian CCS stakeholders and the IEAGHG together with the endorsement of the CSLF, the conference provides excellent opportunities to grapple with the big issues for CCS, as well as the opportunity to attend National CCS Week events such as project tours in the days following.

We look forward to welcoming you to Melbourne for what I am sure will be a fantastic inaugural National CCS Conference.

Dr Peter Cook

Chair, National CCS Conference

Foundation partners

The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (the Department) is responsible for developing and maintaining policies and programs for the resources, energy and tourism industries. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is a key priority of the Department and the Department represents the Australian Government in a wide variety of relevant international and domestic forums. In Australia the Department supports CCS research, both pilot scale and commercial scale CCS demonstration projects and is managing the development of Australia’s offshore CO2 storage resources.

The Australian Trade Commission (Austrade) is the Australian Government’s trade and investment development agency. Through our global network of offices Austrade provides the local knowledge and insight you need to locate and develop Australian trade and investment opportunities. In the carbon capture and storage sector Austrade can provide information on Australia’s investment environment and CCS regulatory regime and identify potential CCS investment projects and research partners in Australia.

Victoria’s Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is responsible for agriculture, fisheries, earth resources, energy and forestry. Importantly, DPI develops programs to assist the primary and energy industries to increase their productivity, competitiveness and sustainability. It provides industry with the tools and incentives to adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Victorian Government currently supports CCS projects both offshore and onshore, and also provides funding for new large-scale, pre-commercial CCS demonstration projects.

The Global CCS Institute works collaboratively with organisations and governments to accelerate the broad deployment of commercial CCS, ensuring that the technology plays a role in responding to the world’s need for a low carbon energy future. The Institute also plays an important role in implementing various strategies to ensure that CCS technology moves beyond the demonstration phase to broader commercial deployment.

The Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) is one of the world’s leading collaborative research organisations focused on carbon capture and storage. CO2CRC researches the full range of CCS technologies, from capture, transport and storage to economics, risk assessment and demonstration. CO2CRC operates three major CCS demonstration projects, including the Otway Project, Australia’s first CO2 storage facility.

Australian GovernmentDepartment of Resources,

Energy and Tourism

Australian GovernmentAustralian Trade Commission

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The Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is Australia’s national science agency and one of the largest and most diverse research organisations in the world, with significant activities underway in carbon capture and storage, in both the underpinning science of CCS and working with Australian and international industry on demonstration projects.

The primary role of the Australian Coal Association (ACA) is to drive the development and employment of low emission coal technology including carbon capture and storage, through our management of the COAL21 Fund. The coal industry, the ACA and its members are also active participants in a number of national and international programs related to greenhouse issues and technology development.

The IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG) is an international collaborative research programme established in 1991 as an Implementing Agreement under the International Energy Agency (IEA). IEAGHG studies and evaluates technologies that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions derived from the use of fossil fuels. The Programme aims to provide its members with definitive information on the role that technology can take in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. IEAGHG takes pride in being an informed but unbiased source of technical information on greenhouse gas mitigation.

The Minerals Council of Australia is the peak industry organisation representing Australia’s exploration, mining and minerals processing industry, nationally and internationally, in its contribution to sustainable development and society. The MCA recognises that the future of the Australian minerals industry is inseparable from the global pursuit of sustainable development. Through the integration of economic progress, responsible social development and effective environmental management, the industry is committed to contributing to the sustained growth and prosperity of current and future generations.

Brown Coal Innovation Australia (BCIA) is an independent, not-for-profit company with a mandate to co-invest with stakeholders in brown coal innovation and emissions reduction technologies. Through proactive investment in research and development and a strong focus on skills development, BCIA is advancing innovation that broadens the use of Australia’s world-class brown coal resource for a sustainable future. Strategic management of BCIA’s innovation support provides for multi-million dollar investment in key activities in the brown coal value-chain, spanning from mine-mouth to the capture of greenhouse emissions.

Venue & general information6

VenuePark Hyatt Melbourne 1 Parliament Square, off Parliament Place Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3002

www.melbourne.park.hyatt.com

Registration location & hoursThe Conference Registration and Information Desk will be located in the ballroom foyer and will be open at the following times:

Sunday 28 November 4:00pm - 6:00pm Monday 29 November 8:00am - 5:00pm Tuesday 30 November 8:00am - 5:00pm

Upon arrival, please ensure you collect your Conference Handbook and name badge at the registration desk. Conference Logistics staff will be happy to assist you in any way they can.

Catering & dietary requirementsLunches, morning and afternoon teas will be held each day in the ballroom foyer of the Park Hyatt Hotel. Dietary requirements noted on your registration form have been passed on to the catering staff.

DressThe dress code throughout the conference is business attire.

Delegate listA delegate list with name, organisation and state will be supplied to all delegates and exhibitors at the Conference. Anyone who indicated on their registration form that they did not want their name and organisation to appear on the list has not been included.

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Exhibition hoursThe exhibition will be held in the ballroom foyer and open at the following times:

Monday 29 November 9:00am - 5:00pm Tuesday 30 November 9:00am - 3:45pm

Evaluation surveyAn online evaluation survey will be emailed to all delegates after the conference. Delegates are encouraged to complete the conference evaluation as it assists us to plan future conferences.

MessagesMessages can be left at the Registration Desk. The messages will be posted on the message board situated near the desk. Please check the board on passing. The registration desk can be contacted on 0448 576 105.

Mobile phones & pagersAs a courtesy to other delegates and speakers, please ensure that all mobile telephones and pagers are turned off or in “silent” mode during all sessions and social functions.

Name badgesYour conference name badge must be worn at all times, as it is your entry to all sessions and social functions.

Speaker preparation roomThe Speaker Preparation room, where we ask all speakers to take their presentations, is located in The Study. The Study is adjacent to the ballroom foyer between the Conference Registration Desk and the Coal 21 coffee cart.

Please deliver your presentation to the Speaker Preparation room well before your session so it can be checked and loaded by the AV technician.

Special requirementsEvery effort has been made to ensure people with special requirements are catered for. Should you require any assistance, please contact the registration desk to enable us to make your attendance at the Conference a pleasant and comfortable experience.

8The city of MelbourneWith regular medal-winning appearances in the Economist’s Most Liveable Cities list (taking the top award three times since 2002), Melbourne has a right to be boastful. But despite its temperate climate, safe streets, cosmopolitan lifestyle and beautiful setting, locals remain low-key about their city.

There is no shortage of things to do in Melbourne’s city centre. You can wander through art galleries, tour historic sites along the ‘Golden Mile Heritage Trail’, experience the living Australian Forest and indigenous display at the Melbourne Museum or maybe take a leisurely cruise along the Yarra River past Southgate, the Docklands and the Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre.

Recognised as the ‘food capital’ of Australia, Melbourne is also renowned for its fabulous shopping. Melbourne attractions include designer stores in the city; the exclusive boutiques of Chapel Street; and bargain-hunting in the buzzing atmosphere of the Queen Victoria Market. And when wandering in the city, peer down almost any laneway and catch a glimpse of the ‘secret Melbourne’ – a place of edgy art, hidden bars and cutting-edge design.

WeatherMelbourne has a reputation for its changeable weather. A tip for any visitor is be prepared for anything – take an umbrella and wear layers that can be worn and removed as needed! Average temperatures for November range from an overnight minimum of 11 to a daytime maximum of 22 degrees Celsius.

Dining outVisit www.visitmelbourne.com for information about dining out options in Melbourne.

TransportThe Park Hyatt Melbourne is easily accessed by the city’s public transport (it is very close to Parliament Station), roadways, and on foot.

Car parkingPark Hyatt Melbourne offers valet parking. Please speak to reception or concierge for details.

There is also a public car park located below the Park Hyatt Melbourne. This is owned and managed independently from the hotel and therefore no charge back service can be offered. The rates for this car park are listed below.

Per hour

» $19.00 per hour or part thereof (first 3 hours)

» $9.00 for each additional hour or part thereof (after 5 hours no more charges apply; maximum charge is $75.00 per day)

Early bird

» $18.50 (entry before 9:30am and exit after 3:00pm)

Evening rate

» $8.00 per hour, maximum charge is $24.00 (entry after 4:00pm and exit before midnight)

Weekend rate

» $8.00 per hour, maximum charge is $24.00

Getting around the city of Melbourne

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TaxisMelbourne taxis are numerous and easy to spot – they are all uniformly yellow.

Melbourne’s major taxi companies include:

13 CABS 13 22 27

Arrow 13 22 11

Embassy Taxis 13 17 55

Silver Top Taxis 13 10 08

Public transportMelbourne has an extensive bus, tram and train network. For more information on routes please visit: www.metlinkmelbourne.com.au

mykimyki is Victoria’s new smart card ticketing system for trains, trams and buses, and replaces Metcard. myki is a reusable plastic smart card that you store value on to pay for your fare on public transport.

John Gollings

10 social functions

Ice BreakerSunday 28 November 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: Ballroom foyer, Park Hyatt Hotel

The first event of the conference and National CCS Week, the Ice Breaker Function will be held in the evening of Sunday 28 November at the Park Hyatt Melbourne.

Proudly sponsored by:

Conference Gala Dinner Monday 29 November 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Location: Ballroom, Park Hyatt Hotel

The Conference Gala Dinner is the major social event of the conference and will be held in the evening of Monday 29 November in the Ballroom at the Park Hyatt.

The Dinner will feature the best of local and internationally sourced produce matched with sensational wines.

Master of Ceremonies: James O’Loghlin

Proudly sponsored by:

11CCs Week events

MONDAY 29 NOV

Inaugural National CCS Conference

Melbourne, VICAustralia’s CCS leaders invite you to the inaugural National CCS Conference, a major opportunity to be informed, to debate and to connect with others involved in the multi-faceted field of carbon capture and storage.

The conference will go beyond the technical challenges, bringing together stakeholders from all areas of CCS development to tackle the barriers to deployment of this critical low emission technology.

TUESDAY 30 NOV

Inaugural National CCS Conference

Melbourne, VIC

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CO2CRC Otway Project Tour

8:00am - 6:30pm, VICAs part of the National CCS Conference, CO2CRC is hosting a tour of the CO2CRC Otway Project, Australia’s first demonstration of the deep geological storage of CO2. The event includes bus travel to and from the site (Nirranda South, Victoria), lunch, discussion of the comprehensive monitoring program and results to date, and a tour of project facilities. The bus will return to Melbourne via the stunning Twelve Apostles and other coastal landmarks.

Places are limited. Please wear sturdy footwear.

Cost to attend: AU$100 + GST (AU$110) (preference is given to international visitors)

For information please visit: http://www.co2crc.com.au/otway/whatsnew.html

CO2CRC Research Symposium 2010

Melbourne, VIC 1 to 3 DecemberCO2CRC will host Australia’s leading carbon capture and storage research symposium in Melbourne, Victoria from 1 to 3 December. The annual event, for CO2CRC researchers and industry and government partners, highlights current national and international carbon dioxide capture and storage technology research, demonstration and commercial-scale projects.

Attendance is by invitation only.

For information please contact: info@co2crc.com.au

CSIRO and CO2CRC CO2 Capture Tour

8:00am - 6:30pm, VICAs part of National CCS Week, CSIRO and CO2CRC are hosting a tour to CO2 capture plants at Loy Yang Power and International Power in the Latrobe Valley. Participants will have an opportunity to speak with researchers and power generator representatives before touring the Loy Yang plant, which was the first to capture CO2 in Australia using post-combustion capture (PCC) technology; and the Hazelwood H3 project, which is evaluating three PCC technologies for brown coal power generation.

Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea are included in the tour price.

Places are limited and registration is essential.

Cost to attend: AU$90 (preference is given to international visitors)

For information please visit: http://www.nationalccs.com.au/ccsweek.html

WEDNESDAY 1 DEC

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THURSDAY 2 DEC

Post-Combustion Capture (PCC) Seminar

Tarong Power Station, QLD 10:00am - 3:00pmThe PCC Seminar provides an opportunity to:

1. be informed on the CSIRO PCC Pilot Projects conducted under the auspices of the ‘Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development & Climate’ (Assessing PCC for Coal fired power stations in APP Countries);

2. inspect the recently commissioned Tarong PCC Pilot Plant; and

3. be informed on the Tarong Bio-sequestration Pilot Project.

Places are limited and registration is essential.

Cost to attend: free

For information and booking contact: michael.sinclair@tarongenergy.com.au

Industry and Investment NSW

Sydney, NSW 12:00pm - 3:00pmBaker & McKenzie, the Global CCS Institute, Industry & Investment NSW and the Consulate General of Canada will host a boardroom lunch forum in support of National CCS week.

The forum will generate productive and constructive discussion on the following themes:

» Supporting CCS and low emissions coal technologies innovation in NSW and beyond;

» Towards 2020 and the future of CCS and low emissions coal technologies;

» PPP model for CCS projects (demonstration and commercial); and

» Practical issues such as CCS projects and operations, economic and physical aspects of storage, the consortium approach to proto-type development, the pros and cons of emerging capture technology and regulatory gaps that impact strategic planning.

For information and booking please contact: julia.williams@bakermckenzie.com

Callide Oxyfuel Project Tour

Callide A Site, QLD 10:00am - 2:30pmThe Callide Oxyfuel Project is a new clean coal project at the Callide A Power Station in Central Queensland now under construction. The site works include installation of two 330 tonne per day oxygen plants, modifications to Unit No. 4 (30 MWe) to allow for oxy-combustion and installation of a 70 tonne per day CO2 capture plant.

The project will demonstrate the production of electricity from coal with almost no emissions, by capturing the carbon dioxide from the power station flue gas emissions for transport and geological storage.

Callide Oxyfuel Project can be accessed by flying into Thangool (Biloela), Gladstone or Rockhampton and then driving to the Callide A Power Station.

Cost to attend: free

For bookings and location information, please contact:

Ms Anne Marshall e: amarshall@csenergy.com.au t: + 61 7 4992 9239

Bookings close Monday 29 November 2010. www.callideoxyfuel.com

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FRIDAY 3 DEC

Seminar: Community consultation and stakeholder engagement for CCS projects

Brisbane, QLD 9:00am - 1:00pmAs carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology develops, so too does the need for communication to the public audience.

A lack of public engagement poses a major risk to CCS technology adoption if there is no appropriate consultation with stakeholders during the project development process.

At this seminar, CSIRO’s social research team will discuss their extensive work in public acceptance of CCS and compare the communication, project planning and management for carbon capture and storage projects on an international scale.

A range of ideas, methods and activities for communicating CCS projects to stakeholders will also be workshopped.

The event will be hosted by CSIRO researcher, Peta Ashworth. Peta has gained an international reputation as a leading researcher in understanding public perception to climate change and low emission technologies.

She recently gave an opening Keynote Address on this topic at the 10th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies.

Find out more about Peta’s research at: http://www.csiro.au/resources/CCS-Comparison-report.html

Cost to attend: free, be sure to book as places are limited

For information and booking please contact:

Shelley Rodriguez e: shelley.rodriguez@csiro.au t: +61 7 3327 4075

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Richard Aldous : Energy and Earth Resources, Department of Primary Industries VictoriaDr Richard Aldous, Victoria’s Deputy Secretary of Energy and Earth Resources, has been with the Victorian Government since 2002.

He is responsible for the development of the State’s earth resources and its energy sector including challenges associated with the transformation to a low emission economy, applying new technologies for both renewable energy and fossil fuel use.

Richard’s background is in geoscience, resource development, technology, business development and corporate planning. Prior to Government, he worked with a number of international resources companies including BHP, Newcrest, IIuka and Western Mining Corporation (WMC). Richard has been actively involved in promoting the strategic use of

Victoria’s brown coal including technology demonstration and carbon capture and storage. He has overseen the development of new legislation for geothermal resources and carbon sequestration. Richard has taken a leadership role in many policy, legislative and technology changes in these sectors in recent years.

Lord Oxburgh : Carbon Capture and Storage AssociationRon Oxburgh FRS (Lord Oxburgh of Liverpool) trained originally as a geologist and has worked as an academic, a civil servant and in business. He has taught and researched at Oxford, Cambridge, Caltech and Stanford and served as President of Queens’ College Cambridge. Between 1987 and 1993 he was Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Defence and from 1993 to 2001 Rector of Imperial College. He was non-executive Chairman of Shell Transport and Trading until the Company merged with Royal Dutch Petroleum to form Royal Dutch Shell in 2005. He is currently President of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association and Chairman of Falck Renewables. He is a former Chairman of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum and of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology. He is Foreign member of the US, Australian and German Academies of Science. He is an adviser to Deutschebank, Climate Change Capital, the Government of Singapore and McKinsey.

Why should we still care about CCS?“Is the climate changing today?”; “Even if it is, hasn’t climate changed in the past, and how do we know that fossil fuels have anything to do with it today?”; “How sure do we need to be, if we are to respond?” - Climate science has been having a hard time recently and it is opportune to review both the strength of the science and the validity of the attacks that have been made on it. I conclude that it is very likely that humans are indeed influencing climate and that it is urgent that we find ways of reducing emissions from fossil fuels because it will take us decades to switch to affordable alternatives. More than half of fossil fuel emissions come from fixed installations where it is in principle possible to separate the damaging greenhouse gases from other exhaust gases and immobilise them. The challenge is to progressively reduce the cost of doing so to a level that is affordable across the developing world where fossil fuels will continue to offer the cheapest energy source for many years. As new technologies evolve this should be possible.

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Paal Frisvold : Bellona EuropaSince 2001, Paal Frisvold has been part of the Bellona Energy Team whose main focus is to advocate policies, technological solutions and economic incentives to reverse and stabilise climate change by reducing CO2 emissions. Frisvold is Chairman of the Board of Bellona Europa – the EU office of The Bellona Foundation. He has held several leadership positions in the European Technology Platform on Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants (ZEP). Frisvold runs the Bellona CCS Environmental Team (BEST), a four year programme with a view to drawing up country specific road maps on CCS deployment, analysing environmental risks, and achieving greater public understanding of CCS.

Previously, Frisvold worked at the Norwegian Embassy in Beijing (1986-88), the OECD Secretariat in Paris (1991-95), Norwegian Shipowners’ Association in Oslo (1995-97) and the EFTA Secretariat in Brussels (1997-2001).

Frisvold holds a Master degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Bachelor Degree in Political Science from The American University of Paris. Paal Frisvold was born in Oslo on 5 May 1962 and is married, with two children.

Why CCS now?Climate change is taking place, and the consequences are dramatic.

Weapons to win the war on global warming are not numerous, but as Lord Stern points out in this famous report “Economics of Climate Change” they are all available today. We will need all energy sources. So we must de-carbonise fossil energy by capturing and storing the CO2. CCS reduces local pollution, and drastically reduces emissions of dangerous gases and hazardous waste like NOx, SO2, particulates, cadmium and in certain cases, mercury.

Today, a legal framework for storing CO2 has been established in Australia, the EU and Canada. Vast public subsidies have been allocated in the same regions with a view to covering the additional costs of CCS on a number of full scale demonstration projects. In this way, two main barriers, as often articulated by industry; legal framework and funding, have been accommodated for. A third barrier, public understanding of CCS, remains a challenge.

Bellona would like to contribute to meeting this challenge and we have therefore established the Bellona Environmental CCS Team, BEST. The BEST project will draw up road maps for deploying CCS in selected countries, with environment impact assessments for every stage of the CCS value chain as well comprehensive activities to increase public awareness of CCS.

The presentation will also cover why CCS combined with biomass can remove CO2 from the atmosphere, allowing us to go “carbon negative” - and reduce CO2 emissions by more than one hundred per cent.

Will Steffen : ANU Climate Change InstituteProfessor Will Steffen is Executive Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, and is also Science Adviser, Department of Climate Change, Australian Government. From 1998 to mid-2004, he served as Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, based in Stockholm, Sweden. His research interests span a broad range within the fields of climate change and Earth System science, with an emphasis on incorporation of human processes in Earth System modelling and analysis; and on sustainability, climate change and the Earth System.

Climate change science 2010: Faster change and more serious risksThe Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC AR4) provided a wealth of information on the science of climate change. The AR4 was published in 2007, and there has been much new research on climate change since the cut-off date for inclusion in the IPCC report. Much of that new science points towards a faster rate of change in many aspects of climate change, as well as associated risks of more serious potential impacts and thus a stronger imperative for undertaking adaptation activities. This talk will focus on the most recent updates of climate change science, based on the most recent peer-reviewed literature and on several syntheses of that literature. Issues that will be emphasised include the possible links between climate change and the drying trends observed in some parts of Australia, the dynamics of the large polar ice sheets and the implications for sea-level rise, and the observed and projected changes in ocean acidity and the implications for marine ecosystems. The talk will conclude with some comments on the magnitude and rate of emission reductions required to avoid “dangerous climate change”, and thus the urgency associated with developing and deploying technologies to reduce emissions.

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John Gale : IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG)John Gale has been associated with the energy industry for some 30 years. After graduating he began his career with the British Coal Corporation then after its privatisation. He joined the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme in 1999 as a project manager and managed the programs activities on Non-CO2 greenhouse gases, greenhouse gas abatement in energy intensive industries and geological storage of CO2. He became General Manager in 2008. In addition to IEAGHG’s activities: he was one of the co-coordinating lead authors on the 2005 IPCC Special Report on CO2 Capture and storage as is currently Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal on Greenhouse Gas Control. He was a member of the FutureGen underground review panel and has acted as Chair of technical review panels for the EU RECOPOL project, the CO2CRC-led Otway Project and the USDOE Regional Partnerships Program. He is currently acting as an expert advisor to the UK Government on their CCS competition and is Chairmen of the International Advisory panel for the Dutch National Research program on CCS (CATO-2).

CCS 20 years on & the challenges aheadNext year the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG) is 20 years old and this year we have held the 18th Anniversary of the GHGT conference series in Amsterdam. The IEAGHG was formed in 1991 to investigate mitigation options like CO2 capture and storage. The international community first came together to discuss the concept of CO2 capture and storage in Amsterdam in 1992. The paper will provide an overview of the progress made on the development and deployment of CCS over the last 20 years, preview the highs and lows and look ahead to the challenges that lie ahead in achieving widescale deployment of the technology by 2050.

Nick Otter : Global CCS InstituteNick Otter is the CEO of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute. Nick’s experience in the energy and environment sector spans 37 years. In this time, he has facilitated the development of environmental technologies relating to carbon capture and storage, and emissions reductions. Prior to his work at GCCSI, Nick held a senior, strategic role as the Director of Technology and External Affairs within ALSTOM Power, a major world-wide supplier of power generation equipment, systems and services.

Nick acted as an energy advisor to the UK Government for over a decade. He also chaired the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies for fossil fuel that has been actively involved in setting the UK strategy for CCS. In this role he was also the UK Technical representative of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, an international charter targeting the exploitation of CCS attended by 23 countries.

For several years, Nick has had a strong involvement with the European Commission. In this capacity, he worked on energy and environment related issues and advised on the content and direction of the Energy Framework Research Programmes and those for the Research Fund for Coal and Steel.

Nick was also heavily involved in the creation and operation of the ZEP European Technology Platform on Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plant which had a significant impact on the European policy actions on CCS. Nick was awarded an OBE for services to the energy industry in January 2003.

Current status of global CCS developmentThe Global CCS Institute works collaboratively to build and share the expertise necessary to ensure that carbon capture and storage (CCS) can make a significant impact towards reducing the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

The importance of achieving commercial deployment of CCS at the scale and magnitude required in a time that will result in a significant impact, will undoubtedly need greater speed and acceleration of take-up. Each year, the Institute undertakes a CCS stock-take to identify a greater number of large integrated full-chain demonstration projects worldwide, but the vast majority are still in the early stages of development and very few have been taken through to full implementation. The Institute’s engagement with large-scale, integrated CCS projects is core to accelerating a portfolio of demonstration projects and has been supported by its very early goal of developing a comprehensive view of the pipeline of projects, their progress and barriers. In its role in facilitating the sharing of knowledge globally, the Institute will provide periodic updates from the stock-take report that benefit the broader CCS industry.

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Ralph Hillman : Australian Coal AssociationMr Hillman was appointed as Executive Director of the Australian Coal Association in August 2007.

He was formerly a senior career officer of the Australia Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and has extensive experience in multilateral economic policy and diplomacy.

He was an Ambassador and Parliament Representative in the OECD from 1995 to 1998. From 1994 to 1995 Mr Hillman was Chief Economist in the Department. He also served in other senior positions in the Department and at overseas missions in Brussels, Brasilia and the Asian Development Bank.

A CCS policy framework for AustraliaCarbon Capture and Storage (CCS) will be a key part of a portfolio of low emission and renewable energy technologies needed to meet growing energy demand while reducing Australia’s emissions. With over 90% of Australia’s electricity generation sourced from fossil fuels and as a major exporter of coal and gas, Australia has a compelling strategic interest in the widespread deployment of CCS. Australian industry and governments have made significant progress in accelerating CCS development, including through key demonstration projects, but significant challenges remain if CCS is to be commercially deployed. Mr Hillman’s presentation will examine these challenges in the context of the current political environment and broader climate change policy.

Martin Jagger : ShellOn behalf of the Shell Group, Martin leads technical advocacy activities for CCS in support of the overall regulatory and policy position on CO2. He has provided input and feedback on emerging regulation in Australia, the UK, Canada and the European Union. He represents Shell on a number of external bodies related to CCS including the EU Zero Emissions Platform Technology Taskforce, CSLF and the CCSA Regulatory Working Group. He is a lead author of Shell’s draft Methodology for CCS within the Clean Development Mechanism submitted to the United Nations Framework Committee on Climate Change (Poznan, December 2008) and he has been a lead member of the steering group for the recently published international storage guidelines CO2Qualstore. He is a member of several IEA CCS workgroups and is an expert lecturer and mentor at the IEAGHG CCS Summer School series. He is a member of Shell’s CCS Leadership Team.

A technical assessment and comparison of emerging global CCS regulationWithout CCS, the costs associated with cutting greenhouse gas emissions to desired levels by 2050 are likely to be 70 per cent higher. However, if rapid deployment of CCS can start this decade, it could account for 19% of the total CO2 reductions needed by 2050. We need to advance CCS rapidly and Governments need to maintain momentum and commit financial support to demonstration projects. There are urgent challenges which need to be tackled, not least the need to finalise important regulations covering storage and long term liability. Shell recognises the difficulty that national governments and federal states are confronted with in establishing detailed legislation to regulate CCS, before sufficient specific operating experience is available. In view of this dilemma, Shell believes it is important to undertake considerable advocacy efforts to support the development and deployment of CCS.

This presentation is structured to compare and contrast important areas of emerging global regulation (site characterisation and selection; permitting; risk assessment; monitoring and verification; liability transfer) and to articulate our own approaches to key technical issues in these areas. Only by developing a broad consensus will we build and maintain momentum and move the political debate on CCS forward. By doing this we will provide a firm basis for the development of international standards for CCS project development, and in particular an agreed standard for site selection, monitoring, and liability arrangements.

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Richard Brookie : CarbonNet, Department of Primary IndustriesRichard Brookie, has over 21 years of experience in leadership and management of large scale infrastructure projects both locally and internationally. This experience includes projects in the Peoples Republic of China, the Republic of the Philippines, New Zealand and in Australia.

As a Director of True North Consulting Group, his current role is the Project Director for the Department of Primary Industries - CarbonNet Project.

The CarbonNet projectThe Victorian Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Network (the CarbonNet Project) is a first-of-a-kind CCS project of international and national significance. The project to be located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, is a demonstration of commercial scale CCS, a proving ground for new technology and provides an integrated foundation for a commercial network.

The CarbonNet Project is in the feasibility stage and includes:

» the investigation of an integrated foundation network for CCS providing a demonstration test bed for a suite of new technologies and a potential pathway to growing CCS infrastructure;

» the investigation of a business model that provides incentives for the private sector to participate in the accelerated deployment of CCS;

» a commitment to share its knowledge and learnings, to facilitate the accelerated global deployment of CCS; and

» a pathway to commercialising Victoria’s brown coal, one of Australia’s large untapped energy assets, for use in a low emissions future, one of Australia’s large untapped energy assets.

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Greg Everett : Delta ElectricityGreg Everett was appointed as Chief Executive of Delta Electricity in July 2010. He was previously the General Manager / Strategy for over 10 years, being responsible for:

» strategic planning;

» fuel purchasing;

» corporate environmental compliance and regulation;

» long term electricity pricing and modelling; and

» private sector partnering.

He also spent a period as General Manager of Delta’s Vales Point and Munmorah power stations on the Central Coast. He was also Chairman of Sunshine Electricity, Delta’s joint venture with the NSW Sugar Milling Co-operative, which operates over 60MW of renewable biomass capacity in northern NSW, and was a Director of the Co-operative Research Centre for Coal in Sustainable Development.

Greg holds Bachelor of Commerce and MBA degrees, and has had a long history in the NSW generation industry.

A generator’s perspective of CCSDelta Electricity is Australia’s largest capacity generator. It operates a diversified portfolio of generating plant with predominantly fossil fuel. Carbon Capture and Storage has the potential to significantly reduce Delta’s CO2 emissions.

Delta Electricity’s Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration project will be the first in Australia to demonstrate integrated post-combustion capture, transport and permanent geological storage of carbon dioxide from a black coal power station, storing 100,000 tonnes of CO2 per year in a saline aquifer.

Carbon dioxide captured by the process will be liquefied and transported to a geological storage site. The NSW Department of Industry and Investment is undertaking a state-wide exploration and drilling program to assess the potential for deep geological storage of carbon dioxide. The program has undertaken deep core drilling at Delta’s power station sites on the NSW Central Coast. Exploration is underway in the upper Hunter Valley and will then move to western NSW. The final location of a storage site will dictate which power station the carbon capture process will be located at and if the carbon dioxide will be transported by pipeline, rail or road.

Delta and CSIRO have collaborated in a successful pilot research project to test post combustion capture using ammonia solvent at Delta’s Munmorah power station. The project exceeded its target CO2 removal efficiency of 85%, produced high purity CO2, and effectively removed SO2 during integrated flue gas pre-treatment. The outcomes of this research will inform the equipment selection for the demonstration project.

The demonstration project will provide a roadmap for commercialisation by pioneering the development and approval pathways for CCS in NSW and aims to demonstrate that the operating process is a safe and permanent method of emission reduction.

Investment in the demonstration project is funded equally by the Australian Government, NSW Government and the Australian Coal Association.

Specifications:

» Plant 100,000 t-CO2/yr

» Technology Post-Combustion Capture

» Storage Site Saline aquifer

» Capital Investment $28.3M AUD (Stage 1: Feasibility Assessment) Stage 2 funding to be sought for plant construction and operation

» Development Timeframe Plant operational early 2015

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Alan du Mée : CTSCoAlan is the Project Director of CTSCo. He is a business strategist who has worked across the energy, industry and mining sectors in a number of continents. Alan has run a very successful Queensland utility exposed to the Australian National Electricity Market and has significant experience of the challenges and threats that coal-based utilities face in emissions reduction.

Robert Heath : CTSCoRob is the CTSCo Technical Project Manager. He has 30 years industry expertise in the petroleum, oil, gas, coal seam gas, geothermal and CO2 sequestration industries. In 2008, Rob established Asia Pacific Exploration Pty Ltd to provide petroleum geosciences consultancy services. Principal clients include Santos Ltd, Xstrata Coal and Stanwell Corporation Ltd.

Prior to establishing his consultancy, Rob worked at Woodside Petroleum, Delhi Petroleum and Santos Ltd. During his time at Santos Ltd Rob’s career developed from exploration geologist to exploration manager of the Cooper/Eromanga and Surat/Bowen Basins. Rob has a successful record of discovering new accumulations of oil and gas in these areas.

The Wandoan Flagship proposalCTSCo is an Xstrata Coal subsidiary that is assessing the potential of delivering the CO2 transport and storage components of the Wandoan IGCC CCS project, a 400MW IGCC with CCS project at Wandoan in the Surat Basin. GE and Stanwell Corporation are the project partners for the IGCC with CO2 Capture plant.

The project has been shortlisted for the Commonwealth Government’s CCS Flagship program and is receiving pre-feasibility funding from DRET, ACALET and the Queensland Government.

The CTSCo presentation will outline the Wandoan IGCC CSS project with a focus on innovation in CO2 storage assessment – aimed at delivering lower cost, lower risk and shorter timeframe assessments of CO2 storage targets.

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Dominique van Gent : Department of Mines and PetroleumDominique Van Gent is the Coordinator of Carbon Strategy with the Department of Mines and Petroleum in Western Australia. He was educated in Perth and has a Masters in Literature and Communication and a Master of Business Administration. For the last twenty seven years he has lived and worked in Bunbury, Western Australia.

For many years Dominique worked in Regional Development assisting the resources industry on major projects, on the development of industrial areas and on infrastructure issues. Dominique also played a major role in establishing a local content project that maximised opportunities for regional firms on the construction of the Collie power station and other projects. Dominique is involved in many community and sporting groups in Bunbury and has previously been chairman of the Bunbury-Wellington Small Business Centre.

The Western Australian State Government established the Coal Futures Group in December 2005 to increase opportunities for the coal mining industry in Western Australia. Dominique was appointed as an original member of that Group and in July 2006 assumed the role of Executive Officer. In that role he is working closely with industry on low emissions coal technology that has now developed into the Collie South West CO2 Geosequestration Hub (the Collie Hub). Dominique is also the Western Australian representative on the National Low Emissions Coal Council.

The Collie SW Hub Flagship proposalIndustry in the south west of Western Australia has taken up the challenge to reduce emissions by investigating the potential for CCS in the region.

The southwest of Western Australia hub, from Kwinana through to Collie is one of Australia’s major industrial areas, generating billions of dollars of domestic and export revenue, but also contributes towards the generation of an estimated 25 MMt/y of CO2.

The total CO2 available for capture from new projects in this area is potentially in excess of 5-6 MMt/y. The coal miners, coal user industries, and major alumina refining companies in the area have developed a partnership arrangement, known as the Collie South West CO2 Geosequestration Hub (the Collie Hub), to investigate carbon storage opportunities in the Lesueur Sandstone Measures of the southern Perth Basin.

The Department of Mines and Petroleum (DMP) is facilitating the Collie Hub project by working with Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers, the Griffin Group, Wesfarmers Premier Coal, BHP Billiton Worsley Alumina, Alcoa Australia and Verve Energy, which are some of the major players in the region. The Hub has appointed the Western Australian Energy Research Alliance (WA:ERA) as the research partner for the project.

Dominique’s presentation details the:

» Concept

» Attractions of the project

» Preparation Phase

• Geosequestration opportunities; and

• Research

» Enabling phase

• Residue Carbonation (Alcoa)

» Base Case – Commercial operation

• Perdaman Coal to Urea; and

» Two extended cases.

The concept and the industry contributions make this a unique opportunity for CCS.

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Chris Spero : CS EnergyDr Chris Spero is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (Australia) and has a professional and technical background in mechanical engineering and fuel technology.

Chris heads up the Emerging Technology Group within CS Energy’s Business Development Division which is responsible for the technology inputs into new fossil energy and renewable power projects within CS Energy, and the delivery of the Callide Oxyfuel Project.

Oxyfuel technology implementationThere are a number of clean coal technologies at various stages of development and deployment around the world that seek to achieve near-zero emissions from coal-fired electricity generation. Oxyfuel technology involves the combustion of coal in a mixture of oxygen and recycled flue gas in conventional pulverized coal-fired boilers and varies from the normal process of combustion in air in that oxyfuel conditions can be designed to dramatically reduce NOx emissions and at the same time yield a flue gas that is highly concentrated in CO2. Consequently, the oxyfuel process, when linked with CO2 geological storage has the potential to yield large cuts in NOx and greenhouse gas emissions as a retrofit application for both.

This presentation focuses on the implementation status of oxyfuel technology and considers: (i) international developments; (ii) lessons learned in the development and construction phase of the Callide Oxyfuel Project; and (iii) key issues to be assessed through demonstration such as process design, procurement strategy, environmental performance and business case development.

Don Wharton : Sustainable Development, TransAltaDon Wharton, Vice-President Sustainable Development, is responsible for leading TransAlta’s sustainability initiatives, including implementing TransAlta’s strategic approach to environmental policy, climate change, and managing its carbon offsets portfolio.

Mr. Wharton joined TransAlta in 1994 and has worked in the energy and environment field for almost 30 years. Prior to this role, Mr. Wharton worked in both the Sustainable Development and Energy Marketing Departments at TransAlta, and previously in both the public sector and as an environmental consultant. Don has a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Calgary.

The Canadian CCS experienceMr. Wharton will provide a brief overview of major new CCS project activity in Canada. The Canadian Federal and various provincial governments have currently invested over $3.5B CDN in six new CCS initiatives designed to come on-line by 2015. Canadian CCS projects are underway in the power sector, oil sands upgrading, natural gas processing and pipeline infrastructure.

He will also provide a more detailed review of one of the above CCS initiatives - TransAlta’s Project Pioneer. This project will use Alstom’s chilled ammonia technology in a post-combustion application to capture one million tonnes per year from a supercritical coal-fired plant in Alberta. Project Pioneer will store CO2 in both an enhanced oil recovery scheme, and in a deep saline aquifer. The talk will highlight work to date including technical assessment, regulatory development, commercial arrangements and knowledge sharing programs.

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Keith Spence : Carbon Storage TaskforceKeith Spence retired from his position as the Executive Vice President, Enterprise Capability at Woodside Energy Ltd in 2008. He had been with Woodside since 1994 in a number of roles including Chief Operating Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer. Mr Spence brings to the Board extensive knowledge of the resource industry having over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

Keith is a Non-Executive Director of Clough Limited, Geodynamics Limited and Verve Energy. He is the Chair of the National Offshore Petroleum Safety Authority, the State Training Board of Western Australia, and the Australian Institute of Management (WA). He is a member of the board of Skills Australia, the Curtin University Council and the WAAPA Advisory Board.

He was Chairman of the federal government’s Carbon Storage Taskforce, which provided its report to the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism. He also chairs the Independent Assessment Panel for the Carbon Capture and Storage Flagships program.

He is a member of the Policy Transition Group advising the Government on the implementation of the new MRRT and PRRT arrangements. He graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Science in Geophysics (First Class Hons) and is married with two adult children.

Mapping CCS, including recommendations of the Mapping TaskforceMitigating greenhouse gas emissions requires the development and application of a portfolio of technologies. The technology identified as having the greatest potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from large-scale fossil fuel usage is carbon dioxide capture and geological storage (CCS). CCS combined with power generation and gas processing is expected to play a significant role in Australia. The first capture hub could be commercially viable as early as 2020-25. A significant proportion (more than 120 Mtpa) of Australia’s future CO2 emissions could be avoided by the capture of CO2 from ten emissions hubs.

Deployment of carbon dioxide transport and storage in Australia is technically viable and, under appropriate management regimes, safe. Demonstration of the technology at significant scale is essential for investor confidence. Several demonstration storage sites could be ready by 2018. Commercial investment is highly unlikely until a carbon regime is introduced that is perceived to introduce costs, incentives or mandated outcomes that will persist in the medium to long term.

There is a high confidence that the east of Australia has more than sufficient aquifer storage capacity. The critical path for large scale deployment is the identification and development of suitable storage reservoirs. For aquifers, this is estimated to be 11-13 years.

Transport and storage tariffs vary widely for hub/basin combinations. Preliminary estimates for transport of large quantities of CO2 from the Latrobe Valley to Gippsland basin storage range around 10 $/t CO2 avoided, compared to around 30-60 $/t CO2 avoided for CO2 transported from central east Queensland to the Eromanga basin. The first capture hub is likely to be located in the Latrobe Valley, due to its significant competitive advantage, arising from relatively low carbon transport and storage costs.

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Clinton Foster : Geoscience AustraliaDr Clinton Foster is Chief of the Petroleum and Marine Division at Geoscience Australia. He is responsible for the delivery of: the Offshore Energy Security Program, including technical advice under the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act and the annual offshore acreage release; Law of the Sea and marine boundary technical advice; geoscience input into the National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas; and the carbon capture and geological storage of carbon dioxide (CCS) program in support of clean energy.

He is a graduate of the University of Adelaide [BSc (Hons)] and the University of Queensland (PhD). He is a Board Member of CO2CRC Limited, the Australian Government’s Oceans Policy Science Advisory Group (OPSAG), the Australian Ocean Data Centre Joint Facility; the Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities (CERF) Marine Biodiversity program;

and the Australian Government – APPEA Strategic Leaders Group. He is a Member of the Executive Board of Geoscience Australia, and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Science and Technology, Deakin University, and the School of Earth and Environment, The University of Western Australia, and a Vice Chair of the Technical Committee of the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum.

Determination of storage capacity in Australian basinsGeological storage of carbon dioxide is one of the measures being applied to effect climate change mitigation. In 2010, the IEA CCS Roadmap envisioned “100 projects globally by 2020 and over 3 000 projects in 2050”. This is a substantial increase on the G8 vision of 20 commercial projects by 2020. Will this target be met? Have the storage sites been identified? This paper will review government technical programs that are addressing storage capacity in both onshore and offshore Australian basins. Public information from the world’s largest geological storage project, as part of the Chevron and Joint Venture Gorgon LNG Project, provides a timeline and a cost basis reference for the development of a commercial site.

Yujie Diao : China Geological SurveyYujie Diao is a hydrogeologist at the Center for Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, China Geological Survey (CGS). His main research area is the geological storage of CO2. Research has included “Evaluation of CO2 Geological Storage Potential and Demonstration Projects of China” implemented by CGS and “China-Australia Cooperation Project of Geological Storage of CO2” implemented by the Administrative Centre for China’s Agenda21.

Advancing geological storage in ChinaIn 2009 China Geological Survey (CGS) formulated “Enforcement Outline of Potential Capacity Investigation and Evaluation of CO2 Geological Storage in China”. In the same year, the Ministry of Land and Resources produced an investigation and evaluation of CO2 geological storage with “Implementing Scheme of Geological Mineral Support Engineering (2010-2020)”. In 2010, “Potential Capacity Evaluation and Demonstration Project of CO2 Geological Storage in China” was launched by the Center for Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, CGS.

The objectives of the project are to carry out potential capacity evaluation of CO2 geological storage in major sedimentary basins of China, delineate a number of suitable targets of CO2 geological storage, and map a CO2 geological storage atlas with suitability evaluation, which would provide technical support for plans and implementation of CO2 geological storage in China.

At the same time, a demonstration project of CO2 geological storage would be carried out cooperating with some enterprises. At present, design exploration is being carried out after site pre-selection for CO2 geological storage. Technical methods, such as survey, exploration, engineering, testing and simulation, monitoring and so on, would be studied systematically in order to compile the technical requirements, survey and exploration standards suitable for the geological characteristics of China.

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The Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP : Federal Minister for Resources and EnergyMartin was born in Sydney in 1953 and was educated at St Patrick’s, Strathfield. He has a Bachelor of Economics degree (Hons) from Sydney University.

Martin was elected to Federal Parliament as the Member for Batman in 1996 and became Shadow Minister for Employment and Training. In 1997, he assumed the added responsibility of Population and Immigration and Assistant to the Opposition Leader on Multicultural Affairs. He was re-elected to the Shadow Ministry on 22 November 2001.

Previously, Martin was President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) after working for the Federated Miscellaneous Workers’ Union of Australia since 1975. As president of the ACTU, Martin was a member of advisory councils and foundations including the Social Security Review, the Economic Planning Advisory Council, the National Labour consultative Council and the Advance Australia Foundation.

Ken Humphreys : FutureGen AllianceKen Humphreys is the Chief Executive of the FutureGen Alliance. The Alliance is designing and building the world’s first near-zero emissions coal-fueled power plant with 90%+ carbon dioxide capture integrated with CO2 storage in a deep saline formation. In October 2010, the project recently received more than $1B in financial support from U.S. Department of Energy. The Alliance is a membership organization comprised of global coal production companies, coal-fueled utilities, and coal mining equipment providers.

Prior to joining the FutureGen Alliance, Ken Humphreys was responsible for CO2 capture technology development, CO2 sequestration, and power plant integration investments and client-funded projects at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which is operated by Battelle.

Mr. Humphreys’ twenty-five year career has spanned the fields of solar, biomass, and fossil energy technology, as well as energy conservation. He has testified before the US Congress on the topics of energy technology and climate change. R&D Magazine recognized him in 1998 for leading the development of one of the year’s Top 100 innovative products. He holds a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering and a Masters in Engineering Management.

FutureGen 2.0FutureGen 2.0 is a public-private partnership to build the world’s first, commercial-scale, oxy-combustion powerplant with carbon capture and storage in a deep saline formation. The project involves upgrading an existing fossil-fueled unit in Meredosia, Illinois, with oxy-combustion technology, resulting in a 139-MWe repowered plant that captures 90%+ of its carbon dioxide.

FutureGen 2.0 will also advance one approach to carbon storage – that is, the development of a regional CO2 storage hub, located in a deep saline formation, that can accept CO2 from a variety of sources. The hub will be designed to accept and store a minimum of 1.3 million metric tons (MMT) of CO2 per year, initially supplied by the Meredosia plant for at least 30 years. The hub will provide the opportunity for future acceptance of CO2 from other electric generating plants and large industrial sources. As part of an effort to facilitate the development of a commercial CCS industry, visitor, research, and training facilities will be co-located with the storage site.

Project partners include: Ameren Energy Resources, Babcock and Wilcox, Air Liquide, and the FutureGen Alliance. The Alliance is a non-profit corporation whose mission is to advance near-zero emission coal technology. FGA member companies are among the largest coal producers and energy generators in the world. The operations of member companies span six continents: North America, Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and South America. The active role of industry in this project ensures that the public and private sector share the cost and risk of developing near-zero emission coal technology, including CCS, that can subsequently be commercialized and replicated broadly.

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Peter Cook : CO2CRCDr Peter Cook, a geologist by training, is Chief Executive of the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC), a major collaborative R&D consortium of research bodies, industry and governments and one of the largest programs of its type in the world. Previous roles have included Executive Director of the Australian Petroleum Cooperative Research Centre, Director of the British Geological Survey, President of Eurogeosurveys, Chief/Associate Director of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Senior Research Fellow at ANU and Field Geologist.

Throughout his career, Dr Cook has been involved in resource and environment issues with industry and government in Australia and internationally. He has been a consultant on research management and policy issues in Australia, Finland, Greece, Japan, Netherlands and Portugal. He was a Coordinating Lead Author of the IPCC Special Volume on CCS. Dr

Cook has held senior adjunct academic positions in the UK, Australia, France and the USA. He is the author or co-author of many publications and has given many international invited lectures and keynote addresses on resource, environmental and sustainability issues.

Dr Cook has served on a range of Boards and Committees and has received many awards during his career, including the British CBE, the Centennial Medal, the Lewis G Weeks Medal, the French Order of Merit, the German Leopold von Buch Medal and most recently, the Greenman Award of the IEAGHG.

Integrating CCS research, development and deployment in AustraliaProgress towards large scale deployment of CCS has been disappointingly slow, but real technical progress has been occurring in CCS research and development in Australia and other countries which may help to make up some of the lost time. In capture, plant-based research has given insights into the complexities and costs of running CO2 capture plants and has also served to highlight some of the benefits that might accrue from process integration in terms of bringing down costs. Research has also played a significant role in decreasing risk relating to storage operations. The learnings from the CO2CRC Otway Project, currently Australia’s only operational storage project, have been especially notable: These have included new understandings of the extent to which reservoir capacity can be used for CO2 storage, the effectiveness of monitoring techniques, best practice in regulation of storage, and engagement of key stakeholders, particularly the local community, in taking a storage project forward.

Many of these lessons are directly applicable to large scale CCS projects in Australia and elsewhere, but there also needs to be a clear strategy for technology transfer. Again the Otway Project offers an example of how this can be done effectively, through the direct involvement of industry and regulators in developing and implementing the Project and prioritising its R&D. Large scale CCS deployment will be driven by commercial and policy imperatives and it will be expensive. By comparison R&D is a low cost endeavour but it can deliver very significant returns. Therefore it is very important to ensure that R&D plays its part in taking CCS forward. The aim to link R&D to specific CCS Flagships through Federal initiatives such as ANLEC and the Education Infrastructure Fund is a good step.

R&D provides pointers to how capture costs might be decreased, demonstrates that storage is an effective and low risk mitigation option, and contributes very directly to future large scale deployment of CCS by decreasing costs and risks, including the risk that the community will not accept CCS projects. It is therefore critical that R&D is adequately supported and has a seat at the table when policies and strategies are being developed to more effectively take CCS forward.

John Carras : CSIRO Advanced Coal TechnologyDr John Carras is the Director of CSIRO Advanced Coal Technology. He holds a PhD in physics from the University of WA and has worked in energy related research for 30 years. His research expertise is in the area of gaseous and particulate emissions to the atmosphere with a focus, in recent years, on greenhouse gas emissions. He has authored or co-authored over 150 scientific publications in these research areas. He was a lead author with the IPCC developing the guidelines for quantifying fugitive emissions of methane from coal mining and currently serves on three editorial boards and chairs the Australian Consortium of the IEA Greenhouse Gas Programme.

Australia & China - working together on CCSReducing greenhouse gas emissions from electricity production is a truly global challenge given the heavy worldwide reliance on fossil fuels. CSIRO has engaged with partners in China and Australia (with support from the Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism) to develop two CCS projects under the auspices of the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. The first of these projects has focused on deploying PCC pilot plants in both countries and the sharing of information and experience from the technology. In China CSIRO has partnered with Huaneng Power’s Thermal Power Research Institute. The second project is being carried out with China United Coal bed Methane and is focused on an enhanced coal bed methane injection trial in China. This presentation will describe each project, provide an update on progress and describe the role of the projects in advancing the cause of global greenhouse gas reduction.

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Traci Rodosta : National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)Traci Rodosta is the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (RCSP) Coordinator and a Project Manager in the Sequestration Division, at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) which supports the Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy. Ms. Rodosta is responsible for coordinating activities across the seven partnerships in the RCSP Initiative as well as managing the Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership. Ms. Rodosta has been with NETL for nearly 6 years, working in the Sequestration and Natural Gas and Oil Project Management Divisions and Office of Systems Analysis. Prior to NETL, she worked for Texaco and Chevron Oil Companies as both a development and exploration geoscientist on domestic and international assets. Ms. Rodosta received her B.S. degree from Louisiana State University in Geology & Geophysics and her M.S. degree from the University of New Orleans in Geology with a focus in Structural Geology.

US Department of Energy’s regional carbon sequestration initiativeThe U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is the lead federal agency for the development and deployment of carbon sequestration technologies. The National Energy Technology Laboratory implements the DOE’s Sequestration Program, which is divided into three elements: Core R&D, Infrastructure and Global Collaborations. The Infrastructure element includes the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (RCSP) Initiative, ARRA Technology Transfer Centers and Site Characterisation Projects, and other large-scale projects. The RCSP Initiative is the mechanism DOE utilises to prove the technology and to develop human capital, stakeholder networks, regulatory policy, best practices documents and training to work towards the commercialisation of carbon capture and storage (CCS). The RCSP Initiative has seven partnerships that include more than 400 state agencies, universities, national laboratories, private companies, and environmental organisations, spanning 43 states and four Canadian provinces. The RCSP Initiative is being implemented in three phases, Characterisation, Validation, and Development. The RCSP Initiative is currently completing the Validation Phase, small-scale injection tests, and initiating the nine large-scale injection tests of the Development Phase. The purpose of tests within the Infrastructure element is to demonstrate the ability to inject safely, permanently, and economically into geologic formations in preparation for the commercialisation of geologic sequestration. It is part of DOE’s mission to facilitate technology transfer and develop guidelines addressing a similar problem. Therefore, DOE is integrating work from numerous programmatic efforts on a variety of technical and non-technical subject matters into a series of best practice manuals for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). DOE is also preparing for the release of the 2010 Carbon Sequestration Atlas and Methodology as well as updating the National Carbon Sequestration Database and Geographical Information System.

Hubertus Altmann : Vattenfall Europe AGHubertus Altmann, after completing his study at the Technical University of Dresden, went on to hold several positions at VEAG Vereinigte Energiewerke AG including Head of Division Technical Services and Deputy manager of Jänschwalde Power Plant. Hubertus joined Vattenfall Europe Generation AG in 2003 and is currently a Member of the Board of Vattenfall Europe AG and Vattenfall Europe Mining AG, Department Power Plants.

The way towards low emitting coal power plants from Vattenfall’s perspectiveDirectly linked to Vattenfall’s ambition to be one of the leading European energy companies, the strategic target is set: to reduce the specific CO2 emissions caused by the production of electricity and heat by 50 per cent until 2030 and to produce heat and electricity climate neutral by 2050. Furthermore, our medium-term goal is to reduce the total CO2 emissions from today’s 90 million tonnes per year to 65 million tonnes per year in 2020. These reduction targets are aligned with the plans of the European Union and the German government and even exceed them.

Besides a significant growth in renewable energy production, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is one vital cornerstone within our technological strategy to reach the ambitious CO2 reduction targets. Within the Vattenfall group, all three medium-term available CCS technologies (Post-Combustion Capture, Pre-Combustion Capture and Oxyfuel) are being investigated.

From today’s perspective, new fossil fuel-fired power plants should be equipped with CCS technologies after 2020. To reach the industrial and commercial maturity of CCS, Vattenfall has operated an Oxyfuel pilot plant in Schwarze Pumpe since 2008 and plans to erect a CCS demonstration plant in Jänschwalde with a capacity of 300 MWe. The commissioning of the CCS demonstration plant is intended to start about 2015. The plant will achieve the currently highest possible efficiency for a CCS demonstration project with the lowest possible specific CO2 emissions.

Nevertheless, the question whether CCS technology will be successful or not does not only depend on its profitability but is also a question of public acceptance and political support. These are aspects we have to focus on and where we have to deliver.

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Andrew Beatty : Baker & McKenzieAndrew Beatty is a partner in the Environmental Markets Group of the Sydney office of global law firm Baker & McKenzie where he advises and represents public and private sector energy, mining, waste, water and development enterprises.

Andrew coordinates Baker & McKenzie’s Global CCS Practice Group as well as the Firm’s Asia Pacific and Middle East and North African Environment Groups across 18 regional offices.

He is the International Editor of CCH’s Emissions Trading and New Energy - Global Law Guide.

Making CCS an infrastructure investment destinationGiven that, according to the IEA, the GHG abatement potential of CCS is equivalent to all forms of Renewable Energy, what must be done to attract financing of CCS projects above and beyond existing public funding? In particular, how can market mechanisms and law reform help this essential process?

Agata Hinc : demosEUROPAAgata Hinc is the Low Emission Economy project leader at demosEUROPA – Centre for European Strategy (European think-tank based in Poland). She is a graduate in European Studies at the University of Warsaw. She is in charge of two demosEUROPA projects: “Carbon Capture and Storage as a preferred technology for mainstreaming the clean use of coal in Poland” and “Poland’s Low Carbon Transition Strategy – putting Poland on the path of CO2 emission reductions”. Her research is focused on the European Union’s energy and climate policy as well as its external relations. She is the author of numerous articles, commentaries, reports and studies on energy and climate change, development policy and the European Union external relations, including: “How to efficiently implement CCS in Poland?”, “Europe can do better. A new agenda for the European Union.” and “The role of Clean Coal in addressing Energy and Climate Policy”.

Implementing CCS in PolandPoland is one of the European Union (EU) Member States that face large challenges on their low-carbon transition paths. Over 90% of Poland’s electricity is produced from coal and this means the county needs transition technologies – such as carbon capture and storage (CCS) - to fulfil its GHG emission reduction obligations.

In implementing CCS Poland wants to achieve a number of goals - reduce its emissions, transform its energy sector and stimulate economic growth. To achieve these goals Poland needs to establish the legal frameworks (incorporating the EU CCS Directive into Polish law) and financial frameworks required for CCS; deal with technical issues relating to CO2 capture, transport and storage; gain public acceptance for CCS; mobilise human resources and expertise; and strengthen ties between CCS stakeholders. All of these issues are now being addressed – but not all of them effectively enough.

Poland is in a fortunate situation. One of its CCS projects has been chosen by the European Commission to be one out of the first six EU CCS demonstration projects and will receive significant EU financial support. Poland also has geological structures that have good potential for onshore CO2 storage. But whether Poland will fully capitalise on its CCS potential also depends on the commitment and determination of key CCS stakeholders.

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Tony Booer : Schlumberger Carbon ServicesTony Booer is a Technologist and Manager. His role is currently Marketing & Technique Manager, for Schlumberger Carbon Services, a business unit formed in 2005 to provide technologies and services for the long-term geological storage of carbon dioxide. He has 27 years experience at Schlumberger in various roles in their UK and US research laboratories and technology centres. Tony holds a B.Sc in electronic engineering, a Ph.D. in geophysics and an MBA. He is a Director of the UK’s Carbon Capture and Storage Association and is on several of their working groups.

The business of CCSCCS, as a commercially viable business, is clearly some way off. Nevertheless, it is certainly not too early for governments to lay the foundations for it and, of course, work is in progress around the world on the conventionally recognised barriers of legislation, finance, and public opinion. Governments, and industry too, are preparing through involvement with ‘demonstration’ projects but take a rather different approach around the world. The task of demonstrating technology is very different from that of demonstrating, and laying the groundwork for, commercial viability. In particular, planning for new plant and pipeline infrastructure needs credible demonstration of adequate permanent storage sites – especially if we are to achieve economies of scale. What’s really needed to achieve that? When should we start? Are the current ‘demonstration’ programs up to the task?

Gerry Morvell : Brown Coal Innovation AustraliaGerry Morvell is a consultant on energy and environment issues with a focus on range of renewable energy, low emission technologies and waste management. He was a senior executive in the Australian government where at various times he was responsible for high level policy and program advice to Ministers on a range of issues including climate change, energy, environmental impact assessment, coastal and marine policies, and sustainable industry development. He has extensive high level experience in Australian and international organisations including work at the United Nations headquarters. He is Chairman of the Board of Conservation Volunteers in Australia and New Zealand and chairs the government-industry Implementation Working Group for end-of-life tyres.

Australia: the imperative for investment in innovationEastern Australia has had its wettest year for well over decade and my local barista has reliably heard that it’s going to rain for ten years, so we don’t have to worry about climate change. Can this be true – do one or two years comprise the climate record? Various governments world-wide have established challenging targets for increasing energy efficiency and renewable/nuclear energy proportions in the generation mix. So should we bother with coal for our future energy needs? The underlying trends in energy demand and supply paint a very challenging picture.

The current political climate in Australia does not look bright for coal and investment paralysis has set in for large scale centralised power generation, although much of the public debate is clouded by poor understanding of the science of climate change and the various power generation technology options. This situation is mirrored in scenario development work commissioned last year by the Victorian-based Earth Resources Development Council. Of the four possible ‘futures’ envisaged by stakeholders, the worst of all worlds was the one clouded by political and investment uncertainty and a lack of leadership by industry and governments collectively. It was also the worst for addressing the challenging impacts of climate change. However the scenario work also told the story that investment in technology innovation – including emissions reduction for fossil fuels and energy storage solutions for renewables – are both imperative and a compelling opportunity for Australia. Nevertheless, the emissions are the problem - not the coal - and the carbon dioxide capture technologies remain commercially challenging. We must invest in innovation now, and with much greater commitment than ever before, if we are to ensure we have the reliable power supply demanded by communities in the twenty-first century.

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Andrew Lawson : MDB Energy LtdAndrew Lawson is a qualified Civil Engineer with 20 years experience in Australia’s public and private sectors. He has held senior management roles across a number of major civil engineering infrastructure projects throughout Australia. Andrew has a thorough understanding of project development, management and the construction processes required to deliver high-quality large scale infrastructure. Prior to taking the executive helm at MBD Energy Limited, Andrew managed a variety of projects in Australia and the UAE.

Bio-CCS algal synthesisThe recent Interagency Taskforce on Carbon Capture and Storage commissioned by US President Obama concluded that the lack of a climate change policy that sets a price on carbon – and market failures to invest in CCS - are now major barriers and concerns for successful CCS deployment and commercialisation.

The US has just ruled out introducing a price on carbon for the foreseeable future - moving to regulatory and direct action instead. Geological Carbon Capture and Storage requires a price on carbon for deployment and commercialisation to occur. Bio-CCS Algal Synthesis, on the other hand, does not.

Andrew Lawson is Managing Director of MBD Energy Limited, a public unlisted company with agreements to build Bio-CCS Algal Synthesisers at each of Australia’s three largest coal fired power stations. What makes Bio-CCS so commercially competitive is that it values CO2 not as costly waste but as invaluable feedstock to help achieve a doubling every 24 hours of oil-rich algal bio-mass to produce oil for transport fuel and plastics as well as nutritious, low-methane farm stockfeed.

Whilst Bio-CCS recycles rather buries its CO2 – the result Lawson predicts - will be the ability to sequester and recycle very substantial quantities of power station emissions by 2020 – and provision of major new sources of fuel and food security.

MBD Energy is chaired by former BHP chairman, Jerry Ellis and a major cornerstone investor is the global diversified mining company, Anglo American.

Marcus St. John Dawe : GreenMag GroupMarcus St. John Dawe is the CEO of the GreenMag Group, which he co-founded in 2007 to develop solutions for large scale CO2 mitigation.

Marcus is a serial entrepreneur based in Canberra, having built ventures and commercialised them in such areas as software, internet and hi-tech during the past 20 years. He was one of the founding proponents of internet for government communications from 1994 and sold his leading internet agency eDIME to CSC in 2000.

Marcus is passionate about commercialisation of Australian ideas and mentors many start-ups and young entrepreneurs to achieve global access.

Mineral Carbonation (MC) - A potential large scale solution for carbon storage and utilisationThe potential for mineral carbonation (MC) technology for transforming large amounts of CO2 into inert carbonate rock that could be used for building products is substantial and, on analysis, available across most of the regions of the world. This makes MC one of the most promising forms of carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS).

The economics of MC solutions are now emerging as having the potential to compare to geosequestration in cost and candidate site suitability. Additionally maps of special mineral resources that could be used in MC are being done by most industrialised nations. The US has completed their maps as have NSW and QLD.

The IPCC in their ground breaking report referred to mineral carbonation and identified the biggest barrier to the technology as being the absence of a global reference pilot plant. The 3rd International Mineral Sequestration Conference is being held in Finland in November supporting many new themes and advances in MC.

The NSW Clean Coal Council in June 2010 awarded $3m to the GreenMag-Newcastle consortium towards the development of a mineral carbonation pilot plant to be built in Newcastle, NSW. This will establish the economic basis for MC and test the scientific themes for large scale MC solutions ready for NSW, Australia and a global marketplace CO2 utilisation solutions.

GreenMag-Newcastle have developed a 10 year roadmap that could see as much as 20 million tonnes of CO2 transformed into carbonates in a full scale plant by 2020. The matching funding for the pilot plant is being negotiated with the Federal Government and industry investors such as coal, gas, generators and climate funding organisations.

This presentation will discuss the economics and issues that drive the development of MC solutions as part of an overall portfolio of solutions in CCS & CCUS.

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Valerie Linton : Energy Pipelines CRCProf. Valerie Linton is the CEO of the Energy Pipelines CRC, a collaboration between Government, the Australian Pipeline Industry Association’s Research and Standard Committee and the Universities of Adelaide and Wollongong, Monash University and the Australian National University. The Energy Pipelines CRC is a user-led organisation undertaking research and education delivering benefits to the pipeline industry. Before taking up this position, Valerie held a chair in the School of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Adelaide. Prior to that Valerie worked for MPT in New Zealand, a materials and corrosion consulting company, and for British Gas in the UK.

Long distance transportation of carbon dioxide – the challenges in the pipelineWhile there is a great deal of research being conducted worldwide on carbon dioxide capture and storage technology, there is limited work on the essential component between capture and storage, namely transportation. Although carbon dioxide can be transported by pipeline, there are several key challenges that need to be addressed before transportation of manmade carbon dioxide in pipelines can be done safely and economically. These predominately relate to understanding gas dispersion, decompression and fracture propagation from a pipeline rupture. The dispersion of carbon dioxide from a pipeline rupture is controlled not only by pipeline related factors such as pressure but also by the local terrain and weather conditions. Gas impurities such as hydrogen sulphide, can also have an influence on the severity of the consequences of a pipeline leak. Understanding the dispersion of the pipeline contents into the atmosphere is required to determine the effect of a leak at each location along the pipeline and hence be factored into the safe design of the pipeline. Whether a pipeline failure results in a small leak or a propagating fracture depends on a complex mix of factors including the composition of the fluid in the pipe, the mechanical properties of the pipe itself and the operating conditions of the pipe. The former can be modeled through an understanding of the equations of state for the fluid in the pipe. The pipeline operating conditions predominately control the decompression of the pipe and the pipeline properties can influence whether the pipe rupture will propagate. While it would be possible to design a pipeline that would not be susceptible to fracture propagation, in most cases this would not be economically viable. Consequently, a balance has to be struck between the risk of a pipeline rupture propagating and the cost of the pipeline.

Gas pipelines in Australia are designed and constructed in accordance with the Australian Standard AS2885 for the design of oil and gas pipelines. This Standard does not currently cover carbon dioxide pipelines. Before a carbon dioxide pipeline can be constructed to this Standard the above issues need to be addressed and the findings incorporated into the document. The required changes to AS2885 to make it applicable to carbon dioxide pipelines are discussed.

Jason Crew : GE EnergyJason Crew is the director of gasification & IGCC products, Asia for GE Energy. He is responsible for the quality and operational execution of GE Energy’s gasification products in the Asia region, comprising 40 licensed gasification plants. Frequently called upon to share his expertise in gasification and carbon capture, Jason has offered keynote and seminar speeches at industry events around the world.

Jason joined GE in 2005, and has held roles in product development, marketing strategy, and mergers & acquisitions for a GE’s Aviation, Transportation, and Energy businesses. He has been with GE Energy’s Gasification business since 2007, serving as the commercialisation manager for low rank coal IGCC solutions and the 50Hz IGCC product line for the company. Prior to joining GE, Jason led product development, marketing strategy, and business development for high-growth technology businesses.

Jason holds a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering from Auburn University, and an MBA from Duke University. He and his family reside in Shanghai, China.

Building a future for de-carbonised coal powerFrom gasifiers and turbines to compressors for CO2 storage, GE’s flexible technology will help deliver a future for coal in a carbon constrained world.

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Louis Sonnois : AlstomLouis Sonnois before joining Alstom, was a strategy consultant within LEK consulting, where he worked on market assessment, business development opportunities and strategy definition for large European corporations. Here, there was a strong focus on the energy and environmental markets which has enabled him to build a strong expertise in the Power Generation sector and CO2-related issues. Louis was appointed as Alstom CO2 market manager, based in Paris/Levallois, to address the increasing opportunities and challenges of the fast growing international market for CO2 solutions and support the Alstom business development efforts in this field. Louis received an MSc in Management, with specialisation in Finance, from HEC Business School, Paris and a B.A. in History from University of La Sorbonne, Paris.

Lessons learned from CO2 capture technology developmentPower generation is one of the biggest sources of man-made CO2 emissions and one of the main promising solutions being developed to enable the power sector to play its part in cutting emissions and halting global warming is carbon capture and storage (CCS). The race is on to get new technologies up and running. Alstom has engaged in a programme to develop retrofitable CO2 capture technologies, supported by a number of pilot and demonstration projects. From this programme, Alstom is learning continuously. We will cover Alstom’s development of post-combustion CO2 capture technologies, both Chilled Ammonia and Advanced Amine, as well as our latest developments in oxy-combustion. Details on various field pilot and validation projects in operation will be presented along with key results obtained from the on-going operation and testing programs. In addition, we will see how Alstom is combining this learning with its expertise as a major Original Equipment Manufacturer of the main components of power plants and as a Plant IntegratorTM, to support new power plant developers in avoiding building carbon.

Baden Firth : Mitsubishi AustraliaBaden Firth, in his current role as Machinery Department Manager for Mitsubishi Australia Ltd, is responsible for the development and coordination of IGCC and PCC projects integrated with CO2 storage for Mitsubishi in Australia. Baden has helped secure Mitsubishi’s participation in the ZeroGen and CarbonNet projects and draws on his 15 years of experience developing projects whilst living in Japan and China. Parent company, Mitsubishi Corporation is a foundation investor in the Australian black coal industry and together with world leading technology developer and sister company, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has a strong incentive and commitment to realise the commercialisation of CCS.

CO2 capture and storage - a pathway to integrationBaden’s presentation looks at the integration of capture and storage and the necessity for international cooperation to commercialise integrated CCS. As some countries, such as Japan, pursue large scale demonstration of CCS technologies, the next step requires an international coordination of unprecedented complexity. Are the risks arising from an integrated approach greater than the risks arising from a delay in the demonstration of CCS?

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Andrew Garnett : ZeroGenAndrew Garnett has more than 25 years’ international experience in the petroleum and energy industries, and has worked in Australia and oil and gas provinces throughout the world, including Russia, Turkey, Nigeria, Libya, Yemen, the North Sea and Atlantic Margin provinces of north-western Europe.

In his current role as Project Manager – Carbon Transport and Storage, Andrew is responsible for leading all works associated with the ZeroGen Project’s carbon transport and storage activities.

Before joining ZeroGen, Andrew initiated and led the Large Scale Storage Site (LASSIE) ETIS proposal in Victoria for a Schlumberger special purpose company. Also in Australia, Andrew was Operations Manager for Schlumberger Carbon Services, managing greenhouse gas

and climate change mitigation projects including the geo-storage aspects of the Callide Oxyfuel Project.

As a consultant to Shell International for major CCS and acid gas injection projects, Andrew managed technical, risk, organisational and regulatory issues, including:

» Shell Value Assurance team on CCS projects

» UK DTI CCS ad-hoc advisory group

» EU Zero Emissions Plant - capture work group

» CO2SINK project – project steering committee

» COACH, the EU-China CCS collaboration

» Co-author of a key IEAGHG R&D report covering inclusion of CCS in the CDM

Andrew’s other international roles include Exploration Manager, West Siberia for Yukos, and Exploration and Appraisal Portfolio Manager, Asia Pacific Region, for Shell International, as well as numerous technical and managerial roles in conventional oil and gas joint ventures for Shell.

ZeroGen Flagship proposalThe ZeroGen Project was initiated by the Stanwell Corporation in 2003/4, formed as a subsidiary project company in 2006 and transferred to the Queensland State in 2007. This first of a kind project has been characterised by several changes in scope and scale, often with delivery schedules driven by externally derived time-frames. The project has aimed variously at developing IGCC with CCS at 100MW, 200MW, 47MW, 85MW, 120MW and 400MW, with the last scope change (and change in major technology provider) being made in late 2008. That configuration was the subject of the Flagship submission. Against this backdrop and consequently, the search for storage also varied with requirements ranging from 100,000 tpa and 3 Mt total, to 2-3 Mtpa and 60-80 Mt total. This search took place in a limited area of central Queensland, the Northern Denison Trough, where ZeroGen had rights to explore in the only GHG tenements available.

The requirements for a valid Commonwealth Flagships funding submission imposed a 2015 date for start of operations of an industrial scale integrated project. Such a schedule constraint imposes significant development risk and creates the need for massively parallel project development pathway, rather than allowing for interdependent risks to be progressively reduced in a more efficient manner. In turn, such a forced development approach also has major implications for investment risk and realistic options for project financing. While ZeroGen has submitted a compliant Flagships tender, it has recommended a longer term, risk-optimised project development roadmap and is restructuring to follow a lower risk profile more congruent with this type of frontier project.

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Dick Wells : ChairDick Wells is currently the Chairman of the Australian National Low Emissions Coal Council charged with developing the Australian national low emissions coal strategy. The national strategy will cover the research and development, accelerated demonstration and early commercial deployment of low emission coal technologies including carbon capture and storage.

He has had experience over three decades as a Chief of staff to Federal Government Ministers, as Chief Executive of national industry organisations representing minerals, petroleum and food manufacturing industries. He has worked as an adviser and consultant and also had a period in the Australian public service.

He has chaired a number of major reviews including CSIRO, Telecommunications Ombudsman, Pandemic Preparedness and Counter-terrorism.

He is a rationalist with a background in Science, economics and politics. When not trying to right the wrongs in public policy he likes to retreat to his property in the hills near Canberra or play sport.

Martin Hoffman : ChairMartin Hoffman commenced as Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Resources, Energy & Tourism on 1 July, 2010. He joined the Australian Public Service in March 2009 in the Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet, and his final role was Head of the Office of the Coordinator-General responsible for oversight and monitoring of the Economic Stimulus and Jobs plan. Martin also led PM&C’s involvement with the National Broadband Network project.

Martin previously had an extensive private sector career primarily in digital media and technology. In 2007 he founded and ran the digital media venture capital and advisory business, Ulysses Ventures, which was involved in a number of successful public and private company transactions. He was CEO of NineMSN from January 2003 to July 2006. He held senior management roles at Fairfax Media from 1999 to 2002 in business magazines and online; and earlier at Optus Communications in strategy and regulation.

Martin is a director and the honorary treasurer of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and has been a director of the Sydney International Film Festival and the Australian Internet Industry Association.

He holds an MBA (Honours) from the Institute for Management Development, IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland; as well as a Master of Applied Finance from Macquarie University and Bachelor of Economics from Sydney University.

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Brad Mullard : ChairBrad Mullard has overall responsibility for leading the Mineral Resources Branch of Industry and Investment NSW.

Brad is a geologist who has been involved in the exploration and mining industry for over 30 years.

Brad is actively involved in promoting mineral development opportunities in the State, has overall responsibility for the assessment and allocation of the State’s energy and mineral resources. He is also responsible for providing strategic advice to Government in the areas of development proposals, clean coal technologies, State energy and mineral infrastructure and landuse.

Brad is currently chairman of the NSW Mine Subsidence Board and is also a key member of the National Low Emission Coal Council, the National Carbon Storage Taskforce, and the NSW Clean Coal Council.

Kelly Thambimuthu : ChairKelly Thambimuthu is a Professorial Fellow at the School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, Australia. He is the Chairman of the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme and has more than 30 years R&D experience in the field of low emission technology. His previous roles have been as scientist and program director at CANMET Energy, Natural Resources Canada and as CEO of the Centre for Low Emission Technology in Australia. He was also an editorial panel member and coordinating lead author of the 2005 IPCC Special Report on CO2 Capture and Storage and recipient of the 1998 Natural Resources Canada award for innovation in climate change mitigation technologies, the 2006 IEA-CIAB award for the sustainable development of coal and a contributor to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize to the IPCC. He is a chemical engineering graduate of the University of Birmingham, University of Cambridge, UK and from McGill University, Canada.

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Bill Koppe : ChairBill Koppe is a consultant to the Global CCS Institute, and is a member of the Independent Advisory Panel of the Commonwealth Government’s CCS Flagships Program. A graduate of the University of Queensland, Bill began his career as a coal and petroleum geologist before moving on to business development, and mining project development with Shell, and then to mine seam methane and CCS project and technology development with Anglo American, before finally helping to establish the Global CCS Institute in 2009. He is a former director of ACALET and of CO2CRC.

David Borthwick : ChairDavid Borthwick is the Chairman of the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC).

Mr Borthwick has had a distinguished career at the Treasury, including five years as Deputy Secretary, before being appointed as Secretary of the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts in 2004. Mr Borthwick retired from the Department in 2009.

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Barry Isherwood : ChairBarry Isherwood is the Coal Technology Manager for Xstrata Coal and has responsibility for lower emissions and clean coal technologies relating to coal utilisation

He is a Director of the CO2CRC, the Callide OxyFuel Project and the former CCSD (Black Coal CRC). He is also a participant in numerous industry groups and advisory panels such as IPAC (ACALET), Qld and NSW Clean Coal Councils’ Technical Working Groups, ACARP, WCI Steering Committees, GCCSI, Newcastle University’s PRCfE and the FutureGen RAC.

Barry has been in the coal industry for the past 40 years, has a Science Degree (Chemistry) and has managed coal analysis laboratories, provided marketing technical support and been involved in the area of carbon capture and storage for the past 10 years. He also chairs the Standards Australia Committee on Coal and Coke as well as the comparable ISO Committee on Coal Analysis

Kai Tullius : ChairKai has been coordinating CCS policy at DG ENERGY since 2006. He is in charge of the CCS demonstration programme, namely R&D on clean coal technologies, the funding instrument of CCS demonstration projects under the Energy Programme for Economic Recovery (EEPR) and the CCS project network. He is member of the Technical Advisory Committee of the Global CCS Institute.

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Trevor Stay : ChairTrevor is a Mining Engineer from the University of Queensland. He has over 30 years experience in operational roles in coal mines and coal mine development in Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia and Germany. He has also held technical and business development roles within Anglo American Metallurgical Coal and prior to this, Shell Coal Australia.

Trevor is currently General Manager Gas & Carbon for Anglo American Metallurgical Coal - responsible for gas production and management – including emission reductions and represents Anglo American Metallurgical Coal on various industry bodies associated with Greenhouse emissions.

James O’Loghlin : Gala Dinner MCJames O’Loghlin is one of Australia’s leading comedians and media personalities.

Since 2004 he has hosted ‘The New Inventors’ on ABC TV. From 2002 to 2006 he hosted ‘The Evening Show’ on 702 ABC Sydney and ABC Local Radio around NSW and the ACT. James’ background as a commercial and criminal lawyer, blended with his live and broadcast comedy, has helped him become a talented and versatile comedian, entertainer and communicator.

James began performing stand-up comedy in 1990 and has performed thousands of times around Australia, and been a regular guest on virtually every national television program that has guests who think they are funny and/or clever on it, from ‘Good News Week’ and ‘Rove Live’ to ‘Sunrise’ and ‘Lateline’

James O’Loghlin is a sought after corporate performer. His experience and versatility mean he can easily assume the role of MC, facilitator, moderator, panellist, after dinner speaker, corporate comedian and debater. He speaks regularly on Creativity and Innovation

He is the author of ‘Umm…a Complete Guide to Public Speaking’, and he teaches and coaches public speaking. He is currently writing a book on Work/Life Balance and speaks on this subject as well.

James is very funny, but is also able when appropriate to be serious. One of his strengths is the ability to have an audience laughing one minute and thinking the next.

He has written and hosted his own television shows, and written and performed several popular live comedy shows, including “Lawyer Lawyer”, which was about his 8 years as a corporate and criminal lawyer.

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Baker & McKenzieFor more than a decade, Baker & McKenzie has been at the forefront of the development of global carbon law, having worked on numerous pioneering deals including writing one of the first carbon contracts, advising on the establishment of the first carbon fund, on the first carbon structured finance transaction and on the first REDD project. Our global environmental markets and climate change team advises governments and policy makers across the world on their CCS and climate change law and policies.

Contact:Andrew Beatty, Partner

Level 19 CBW 181 William Street Melbourne, VIC 3000

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Contact:Ground floor, NFF House 14-16 Brisbane Avenue Barton ACT 2600

t: + 61 2 6120 1600 f: + 61 2 6273 7181

info@co2crc.com.au www.co2crc.com.au

CO2CRCThe Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) is one of the world’s leading collaborative research organisations focused on carbon capture and storage, researching the full range of CCS technologies, from capture, transport and storage to economics, risk assessment and demonstration. CO2CRC is a joint venture of industry, government, universities and research bodies from Australia and overseas, who provide financial and in-kind support to the Centre. CO2CRC operates Australia’s first carbon dioxide storage project, the CO2CRC Otway Project, and carbon dioxide capture demonstration facilities at the CO2CRC H3 Capture Project and the CO2CRC/HRL Mulgrave Capture Project.

Department of Primary IndustriesVictoria’s Department of Primary Industries (DPI) is responsible for agriculture, fisheries, earth resources, energy and forestry. Importantly, DPI develops programs to assist the primary and energy industries to increase their productivity, competitiveness and sustainability. It provides industry with the tools and incentives to adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Victorian Government currently supports CCS projects both offshore and onshore, and also provides funding for new large-scale, pre-commercial CCS demonstration projects.

Contact:Namiko Ranasinghe Energy resources development

1 Spring Street Melbourne VIC 3000

t: + 61 3 9658 4947 namiko.ranasinghe@dpi.vic.gov.au www.dpi.vic.gov.au

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GEGE is a diversified infrastructure, finance and media company taking on the world’s toughest challenges. From aircraft engines and power generation to financial services, health care solutions and television programming, GE operates in more than 100 countries and employs about 300,000 people worldwide.

GE serves the energy sector by developing and deploying technology that helps make efficient use of natural resources. GE Energy is one of the world’s leading suppliers of power generation and energy delivery technologies, including coal, oil and natural gas; and renewable resources such as water, wind, solar and biogas.

Find more information at the company’s website www.ge.com.au

Contact:GE Energy

Level 8, 2 Elizabeth Plaza, Level 14 North Sydney, NSW 2060

t: + 61 3 8807 6510 e: energy.gascomm@ge.com

http://ge.com/au http://ge-energy.com/gasification

Global CCS InstituteThe Global CCS Institute works collaboratively with organisations and governments to accelerate the broad deployment of commercial CCS, ensuring that the technology plays a role in responding to the world’s need for a low carbon energy future. The Institute also plays an important role in implementing various strategies to ensure that CCS technology moves beyond the demonstration phase to broader commercial deployment.

Contact:Find more information at The Institute’s new knowledge sharing platform: http://new.globalccsinstitute.com

Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism and Geoscience AustraliaThe Australian Government Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism is responsible for developing and maintaining policies and programs for the implementation and acceleration of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). These programs, which have total funding of more than two billion dollars, include:

» National Low Emissions Coal Initiative;

» CCS Storage Flagships Program;

» Global CCS Institute; and

» Australian support for international CCS initiatives.

The Department supports CCS demonstration projects at both the pilot scale and commercial scale and is managing the development of Australia’s offshore CO2 storage.

Geoscience Australia, the national geoscience agency, is part of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism. The agency assists the Australian Government, industry and the community to make informed decisions about the discovery and development of mineral and energy resources, management of the environment, community safety and protection of critical infrastructure.

Contact:Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism

Level 8, 10 Binara Street Canberra ACT 2601

GPO Box 1564 Canberra ACT 2601

t: + 61 2 6213 7756

Rebecca.Meixner@ret.gov.au www.ret.gov.au

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IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG)The IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG) is an international collaborative research programme established in 1991 as an Implementing Agreement under the International Energy Agency (IEA). IEAGHG studies and evaluates technologies that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions derived from the use of fossil fuels. The Programme aims to provide its members with definitive information on the role that technology can take in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. IEAGHG takes pride in being an informed but unbiased source of technical information on greenhouse gas mitigation.

Contact:Toby Aiken - Communications & Dissemination Manager

The Orchard Business Centre Stoke Orchard Cheltenham GLOS UK GL52 7RZ

t: +44 (0) 1242 680 753 f: +44 (0) 1242 680 758

toby.aiken@ieaghg.org

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Industry and Investment NSWIndustry and Investment NSW has been established to help build a diversified State economy that creates jobs. We aim to attract investment to NSW and support innovative, sustainable and globally competitive industries through our strong technical knowledge and scientific capabilities. We do this through effective partnerships with our industry sectors and by linking them to our States knowledge and skills capacity. The NSW Government has also committed $100 million over four years to the Clean Coal Fund which is undertaking of research, development and demonstration of low emission coal technologies. The Clean Coal Fund invests directly into the NSW Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration Project, NSW Drilling Program, 10 R&D projects and other initiatives in low emission coal technologies.

Contact:Rick Fowler, Director, Clean Coal Council Secretariat Branch

6/201 Elizabeth Street Sydney NSW 2000

t: + 61 2 8289 3927 f: + 61 2 9286 3208

Rick.fowler@industry.nsw.gov.au

www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals/resources/low-emissions-coal

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Conference program

4:00pm - 6:00pm 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Conference registration

sUnDAY 28 november 2010

Ice breaker functionBallroom foyer, Park Hyatt Hotel

MonDAY 29 november 2010

9:00am - 9:15am

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Richard Aldous Deputy Secretary - Energy & Earth Resources, Department of Primary Industries Victoria

Why should we still care about CCS? Lord Oxburgh Chair, Carbon Capture and Storage Association

Climate change science 2010: Faster change and more serious risks Will Steffen Executive Director, ANU Climate Change Institute

Why CCS now? Paal Frisvold Chairman of the Board, Bellona Europa

CCS 20 years on and the challenges ahead John Gale General Manager, IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG)

Current status of global CCS development Nick Otter CEO, Global CCS Institute

A technical assessment and comparison of emerging global CCS regulation Martin Jagger CCS & Sour Gas Manager, Shell

A CCS policy framework for Australia Ralph Hillman Executive Director, Australian Coal Association

PANEL DISCUSSION

Conference opening & official welcomeChairs: Peter Cook & Dick Wells

Setting the CCS scene 1

Setting the CCS scene 2Chairs: Martin Hoffman & Richard Aldous

Morning tea

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The CarbonNet project Richard Brookie Project Director - CarbonNet, Department of Primary Industries

A generator’s perspective of CCS Greg Everett Chief Executive, Delta Electricity

The Wandoan Flagship proposal Alan du Mée Project Director, CTSCo

Robert Heath Project Manager Technical, CTSCo

The Collie SW Hub Flagship proposal Dominique van Gent Coordinator of Carbon Strategy, Department of Mines and Petroleum

The Canadian CCS experience Don Wharton Vice-President - Sustainable Development, TransAlta

Oxyfuel Technology implementation Chris Spero Manager Emerging Technology/Callide Oxyfuel Project Director, CS Energy Ltd

PANEL DISCUSSION

Mapping CCS, including recommendations of the Mapping Taskforce Keith Spence Chairman, Carbon Storage Taskforce

Advancing geological storage in China Yujie Diao Hydrogeologist, Centre for Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology - China Geological Survey

Determination of storage capacity in Australian basins Clinton Foster Chief, Petroleum and Marine Division, Geoscience Australia

PANEL DISCUSSION

Taking CCS forward through Demonstration Projects 1Chairs: Dick Wells & John Hartwell

Advancing CCSChairs: John Carras & Brad Mullard

Conference Gala DinnerBallroom, Park Hyatt Hotel MC: James O’Loghlin

Afternoon tea

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FutureGen 2.0 Ken Humphreys Chief Executive, FutureGen Alliance

Australia & China - working together on CCS John Carras Director, CSIRO Advanced Coal Technology

Integrating CCS research, development and deployment in Australia Peter Cook Chief Executive, CO2CRC

US Department of Energy’s regional carbon sequestration initiative Traci Rodosta Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships (RCSP) Coordinator; Project Manager in the Sequestration Division, National Energy Technology Laboratory, US Department of Energy

PANEL DISCUSSION

The way towards low emitting coal power plants from Vattenfall’s perspective Hubertus Altmann Member of the Board, Vattenfall Europe AG; Vattenfall Europe Mining AG, Department Power Plants

Implementing CCS in Poland Agata Hinc Low Emission Economy Project Leader, demosEuropa - Centre for European Strategy

Making CCS an infrastructure investment destination Andrew Beatty Partner, Environmental Markets Group - Sydney, Baker & McKenzie

The business of CCS Tony Booer Marketing & Technique Manager, Schlumberger Carbon Services

PANEL DISCUSSION

Minister’s addressThe Hon Martin Ferguson AM MP Federal Minister for Resources & Energy

Taking CCS forward through Demonstration Projects 2Chairs: Keith Spence & Kelly Thambimuthu

Building frameworks & business models for CCSChairs: David Borthwick & Bill Koppe

Morning tea

Lunch

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Australia: the imperative for investment in innovation Gerry Morvell Chair, Brown Coal Innovation Australia

Bio-CCS algal synthesis Andrew Lawson Managing Director, MDB Energy Limited

Mineral Carbonation (MC) - A potential large scale solution for carbon storage & utilisation Marcus St. John Dawe Executive Director, GreenMag Group

Long distance transportation of carbon dioxide - the challenges in the pipeline Valerie Linton CEO, Energy Pipelines CRC

PANEL DISCUSSION

Building a future for de-carbonised coal power Jason Crew Director of Gasification & IGCC products, Asia Region, GE Energy

Lessons learned from CO2 capture technology development Louis Sonnois CO2 Market Manager, Alstom

CO2 capture and storage - a pathway to integration Baden Firth Machinery Department Manager, Mitsubishi Australia Ltd

ZeroGen Flagship proposal Andrew Garnett Project Manager - Carbon Transport and Storage, ZeroGen Pty Ltd

PANEL DISCUSSION & WRAP UP

Innovation in CCSChairs: Barry Isherwood & Kai Tullius

Building frameworks & business models for CCS - CCS technology developmentChairs: John Pegler & Trevor Stay

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The 2010 national CCS Conference