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Carbon Capture and Storage: Key Issues and Challenges

March 3-4, 2008
1615 H Street, N.W.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Hall of Flags
Washington, DC

As the United States addresses growing concerns about the effects of carbon dioxide (CO₂) and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, carbon capture and storage (CCS) is emerging as one of several advanced technologies to limit emissions. CCS technology offers the ability to capture, compress, transport, and store CO₂ emissions from power plants—a key development for electric utilities to be able to use coal as an energy resource in a carbon-constrained world. However, there are several challenges to implementing this technology, including:

• permitting
• transport
• storage
• cost
• potential liabilities
• and public acceptance

The Edison Foundation is conducting a forum for policymakers, energy industry participants, and technical innovators, to discuss the global importance of CCS, the technical and non-technical challenges, and the timeline and financing of this critical technology.

Meeting Presentations (All files are PDFs)

• Addressing CCS Liability: Using a Risk Log to Better Define "Liability" and Consider Mitigation Options, Sarah Wade, AJW, Inc.
• Commercializing IGCC: One Company's Odyssey, Eric Redman, HellerEhrman LLP
• Identifying and Addressing CCS Issues, Darlene Radcliffe, Duke Energy
• Technology Demonstrations to Enable Clean Coal Deployment, Don Langley, Babcock & Wilcox
• Carbon Capture and Storage: AEP's Perspective, Mark A. Gray, American Electric Power
• CO₂ Recovery and Transportation at Dakota Gasification Company, Bob Fagerstrom, Dakota Gasification Company, Great Plains Synfuels Plant
• Opportunities and Challenges of Carbon Capture and Storage, Steven Specker, EPRI
• Will Carbon Storage Work at Scale?, David G. Victor, Stanford University
• Post-Combustion Capture, Howard Herzog, MIT
• Geologic Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide: Development of a Regulatory Framework, Stephen Heare, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• Overview of Selected Issues Associated with the Potential for Large Scale Commercial Deployment of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Technologies, J.J. Dooley, PNL - Joint Global Change Research Institute
• Carbon Capture & Storage: Policy Issues & Challenges, U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman
• CO₂ Storage: A Legal and Regulatory Guide for States, Kevin Bliss, IOGCC
• Geologic Storage Factors, John Tombari, Schlumberger Carbon Services
• Carbon Capture and Storage: DOE/Office of Fossil Energy Programs, Jay Braitsch, U.S. DOE
• Capturing Capital for Carbon Capture, Jonathan Baliff, Credit Suisse
• CCS—Public Perception, George Peridas, Natural Resources Defense Council

Who should attend this forum:

• Electric power industry executives
• Environmental stewards
• Elected officials or policymakers and staff
• Regulators
• Federal government executives
• Energy consultants and analysts
• Technology developers/manufacturers

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