Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute – Australia

http://www.pm.gov.au/media/release/2008/media_release_0484.cfm

19 September 2008

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd today announced a $100 million Global Institute to speed up the development of carbon capture and storage technology.

Through this Institute, the Rudd Government will work cooperatively with other countries to help reduce the amount of C02 released into the atmosphere.

The Government is offering to host the Institute in Australia and would continue to contribute up to $100 million per annum towards its operation.

Developing and commercialising this technology is vital for Australia’s future.

The Institute will aim to accelerate carbon projects through facilitating demonstration projects and identifying and supporting necessary research – including regulatory settings and regulatory frameworks.

Carbon capture and storage is a process that captures carbon dioxide (C02) and transports it to a site where it is injected deep underground for long-term safe and secure storage.

Australia has already held informal consultations with industry and foreign governments over a possible model for the Institute. 

The model for the Institute and its operations will now be the subject of further detailed discussions with parties that have an interest in carbon capture and storage, such as foreign governments, industry and various international bodies.

This will pave the way for its commercial deployment across the world by the end of the next decade. 

World energy demand is projected to grow by 55 per cent between 2005 and 2030.

Despite the growth of renewable energy, fossil fuels, especially coal, will remain major sources of the world’s energy in the coming decades.

Around 80 percent of Australia’s electricity currently comes from coal fired power generation.

Coal is now Australia’s largest source of export earnings, earning an estimated $43 billion in 2008-09.

All major models of how the world can achieve lower greenhouse gas emissions expect a significant part of the reduction to be achieved through the use of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS). 

However, while there have been small scale trials of the technology, no industrial-scale integrated CCS power stations have been built.

Australia already has an active research effort underway.

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and the Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC) are leading research into CCS.

A number of small-scale CCS demonstration projects have commenced at Australian power stations.

The Government has also established the National Low Emissions Coal Initiative (NLECI), a $500 million program to accelerate the development and deployment of technologies that will reduce emissions from coal use.  It includes funding for research and to support the trial of different technologies. 

The Government has already established a National Low Emissions Coal Council and Carbon Storage Taskforce. These bodies will play a leading role in helping to deliver this new global initiative.

Legislation to establish a regulatory framework for CO2 storage under the seabed in Commonwealth waters is currently before Parliament.  This legislation will allow Australia to offer the first carbon storage blocks for commercial development in early 2009.

http://www.ret.gov.au/resources/gccsi/Pages/default.aspx

On April 16 2009 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched the GCCSI. Funded by the Australian Federal Government, the GCCSI is charged with accelerating the worldwide development, deployment and implementation of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.

Located in Canberra, membership includes government and industry stakeholders, researchers, and non-government organisations from around the world. GCCSI will support commercial scale CCS projects, with the aim of reducing carbon pollution.

Founding Participants of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute:

Founding Members

The Government of Australia

The Emirate of Abu Dhabi

The Government of Canada

European Commission

The Government of the Peoples Republic of China

The Government of France

The Government of Germany

The Government of Indonesia

The Government of Italy

The Government of Japan

The Government of the Republic of Korea

The Government of Mexico

The Government of Netherlands

The Government of New Zealand

The Government of Norway

The Government of Papua New Guinea

The Government of South Africa

The Government of United Kingdom

The Government of United States of America

The State Government of New South Wales

The State Government of Queensland

The State Government of South Australia

The State Government of Victoria

The State Government of Western Australia

Asian Development Bank

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

AECOM Australia Pty Ltd

Alstom Power Ltd

AMEC Plc

Anglo American Services (UK) Limited

ARUP Pty Ltd

BHP Billiton

BP Australia Pty Ltd

Calera Corporation

Chevron Australia Pty Ltd

China Huaneng Group

Chiyoda Corporation

Doosan Babcock Energy Limited

Duke Energy

The Dow Chemical Company

ENEL

Exxon Mobil Australia Pty Ltd

General Electric International Inc

Golder Associates Pty Ltd

Greenhouse Gas Storage Solutions (GGSS)

Hatch Associates Pty Ltd

Hitachi Limited

HTC Purenergy Inc

Hydrogen Energy International Limited

INPEX Corporation

IHI Corporation

JGC Corporation

Nippon Steel Engineering Co. Ltd

Macquarie Capital Advisers Ltd

Mitsubishi Corporation

Parsons Brinckerhoff Australia Pty Ltd

Peabody Pacific Pty Ltd

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Process Group Pty Ltd

Rio Tinto Ltd

Rolls-Royce

RWE Power AG

Samsung Techwin Co Ltd

Santos Limited

Senergy Alternate Energy Ltd

Services Petroliers Schlumberger

Shell International Petroleum Company Ltd

Sojitz Corporation

Southern States Energy Board

StatoilHydro ASA

Sumitomo Corporation

Taisei Corporation

Toshiba Corporation

Total S.A.

Toyo Engineering Corporation

TRUenergy Development Pty Ltd

Uhde Shedden (Australia) Pty Ltd

WDS Limited

Woodside Energy Ltd

Worley Parsons Services Pty Ltd

Xstrata Coal Pty Ltd

ZEEP Australia Pty Ltd

Australian Coal Association

British Geological Survey

Carbon Capture and Storage Association

Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Gas Technologies (CO2CRC)

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)

demosEUROPA

Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

The Clinton Foundation

IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme

Japan Coal Energy Center (JCOAL)

National Low Emissions Coal Research Ltd

Petroleum Technology Research Centre

Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)

South African National Energy Research Institute (SANERI)

The Climate Group

Underground Coal Gasification Association

United States Energy Association

University College of London

World Coal Institute

Yonsei University

International Energy Agency

International Energy Forum

The World Bank

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=829486

Mr Rudd spoke to the American leader by phone on Wednesday morning, discussing the economic, environmental and security challenges facing the globe.

They discussed the Major Economies Forum (MEF) and other meetings that they will attend together in Italy in July, a spokesperson for Mr Rudd said.

“They discussed in particular the development of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, an Australian initiative which has the strong support of the United States.”

http://www.norway.org.au/policy/environment/cooperation/CCS+Institute.htm

Norway has joined Australia’s global carbon initiative as one of the first nations. This initiative includes the establishment of a global institution dedicated to encouraging and facilitating the development of carbon capture and storage technology.

“The Norwegian and the Australian governments are working internationally to raise awareness about the significance of carbon capture and storage as one effort among many that are vital to enable significant cuts in global CO2 emissions in the shortest time possible,” Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen said.

The minister is pleased with the cooperation with Australia.

“This initiative is fully in line with the government’s goals, especially considering the significance of carbon capture on coalfired power plants – and Australia has a lot of coal.”

“For these reasons I have on behalf of Norway accepted participating as a “founding member”, and look forward to a joint effort on this area,” Terje Riis-Johansen said.

The Norwegian cooperation with Australia was announced in London Friday during the international ministerial conference hosted by the Prime Minister of Great Britain Gordon Brown.

http://www.investvictoria.com/160409VictoriafoundingmemberofGlobalCarbonCaptureandStorageInstitute

Attending the institute’s launch in Canberra today, Mr Batchelor said that as a foundation member the Victorian Government would be involved in developing the institute during its early stages.

“The Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute will research and develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) and accelerate the take up of new CCS technology and projects,” Mr Batchelor said.

“The Victorian Government is taking action to reduce Victoria’s carbon emissions and this institute will mean we have access to the latest world class information, scientists and industry leaders who are focused on accelerating CCS technology.”

The launch has coincided with a preliminary study by the Victorian Government which reveals several large areas in the Gippsland Basin have excellent potential to store carbon.

“The study, completed during the past 12 months, has been undertaken as part of the Victorian Government’s four-year $5.2 million Victorian Geological Carbon Storage initiative,” Mr Batchelor said.

“The study involved geologists analysing rock formations using 3D modelling and identifying areas at depths of between 1000 metres and 3000 metres that mimic formations where gas and oil are stored.

“The best areas identified for potential storage are offshore from Yarram to Lakes Entrance in Bass Strait.

http://www.exxonmobil.com.au/Australia-English/PA/news_releases_20090416.aspx

ExxonMobil subsidiary, ExxonMobil Australia, announced today that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian Government to become a Founding Member of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute.

“As a world leader in carbon management technologies, with a deep base of technical knowledge and applied experience, we look forward to working with the Institute to advance carbon capture and storage in Australia and around the globe,” Mr. Mark Nolan, Chairman of ExxonMobil Australia, said.

“With nearly 60 percent of global fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions coming from power-generation, carbon capture and storage applied to such facilities offers the promise of significantly reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.”

ExxonMobil’s Vice-President of Environmental Policy and Planning, Ms. Sherri Stuewer also welcomed the initiative, saying that ExxonMobil was pleased to collaborate with the newly formed Institute.

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australia is a big player in this game as you can see from the above information..the clinton foundation is involved as just one example of the whos who getting their fingers in this pie

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~ by seeker401 on June 27, 2009.