Magnets For EnergyActing In Time On Energy Policy
Written by admin on February 6, 2009 – 7:36 pm -
On September 18-19, 2008, the Belfer Center’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group convened leaders from academia, research centers, government, business, and non-governmental organizations for a major conference on U.S. energy policy, titled Acting in Time on Energy Policy. The conference was co-sponsored by the Consortium for Energy Policy Research at Harvard and the Harvard University Center for the Environment. Conference attendees discussed future energy policy directions in six main areas: global climate change, carbon capture and storage technology, oil and transportation, energy technology innovation, electricity, and leadership.
This seven-minute video captures the essence of the event and highlights recommendations given by participants during each of the six panels. A book, also titled Acting in Time on Energy Policy, edited by Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director of ETIP, and to be published by Brookings Institution Press this spring, will offer readers a comprehensive summary of the conference and versions of the presented papers. More information about the book can be found on the Brookings Institution Press website at: http://www.brookings.edu/press/Books/2009/actingintimeonenergypolicy.aspx
For more information and press inquiries, please visit the Belfer Center website: http://belfercenter.org
Duration : 0:7:24
Tags: capture, carbon, Change, Climate, electricity, energy, infrastructure, innovation, oil, Policy, storage, Technology, Transportation
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Capturing Carbon — A new front in the fight against climate
Written by admin on September 23, 2008 – 3:12 am -
Global warming is one of the biggest issues of our time, the European Commission says in its description of this video report.
To meet the targets set for reducing CO2 emissions, it’s widely accepted that new technology will play an important role sometimes as a “bridging technology”- while alternative sustainable energy sources are being developed.
One of the most promising technologies is Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS). This a means of capturing CO2 from sources such as power plants, compressing the CO2 and storing it away safely in geological formations underground or under the seabed instead of releasing it into the atmosphere.
The video report shows: A CCS project under construction at a lignite power plant run by the energy company Vattenfall at Schwarze Pumpe, south of Berlin, An EU backed carbon storage project at Ketzin in Germany, A North Sea oil field run by the Norwegian company Statoil which was the first place in the world to begin CCS on a commercial basis, How both the EU and the US are working hard to develop the Carbon Capture and Storage technology.
Interviews with key figures including: Staffan Görtz, Vattenfall Professor Frank Schilling GFZ National Research Centre for Geo-Sciences Matti Vainio, Energy & Environment Unit, DG Environment, European Commission Boyden Gray, US Ambassador to the EU Arve Thorvik Statoil, Statoil Sleipner West gas rig
Duration : 0:8:41
Tags: Boyden, capture, carbon, CCS, Change, Climate, co2, commission, eu, european, Gortz, Gray, Staffan, Statoil, union, Vainio, Vattenfall
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