United Kingdom / Australia Clean Coal Technologies Symposium

The British High Commission and the Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Mines and Energy hosted the United Kingdom / Australia Clean Coal Technologies Symposium in Brisbane on 19 March 2009.  The symposium which attracted 70 representatives from Government, industry, research institutes and universities, provided an opportunity to showcase the expertise in each country and foster collaboration on low emission coal technologies.

The symposium was a result of the joint statement in April 2008 where Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd and British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown agreed to foster collaboration on clean energy technology research through their respective research institutions.

Both the British Government and the Queensland Government have accepted invitations from the Australian Government to join the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute. 

The presentations delivered at the Symposium are available to download below:

• UK Research Councils' Energy Programme and support for Clean Coal (PDF - 484KB)
  Ms Jacqui Williams, UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
  
  
• Australia's Low Emissions Coal Initiatives (PDF - 288KB)
  Ms Margaret Sewell, Australian Government, Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism
  
  
• National Low Emissions Coal Initiative (PDF - 132KB)
  Mr Dick Wells, Chair, National Low Emissions Coal Council
  
  
• Accelerating deployment of CCS in the UK (PDF - 1.4MB)
  Mr Rod Davies, UK Energy Technologies Institute
  
  
• Accelerating Deployment in Australia (PDF - 1.1MB)
  Mr Burt Beasley, Australian Coal Association
  
  
• CCS Infrastructure in the UK: An overview of required next steps (PDF - 154KB)
  Mr Alexander Walker, Imperial College London
  
  
• Queensland Government policy objectives for low emission coal technology (PDF - 37KB)
  Mr Stuart Booker, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Mines and Energy
  
  
• Callide Oxyfuel Project - Update (PDF - 1.1MB)
  Mr Franco Montagner, Callide Oxyfuel
  
  
• ZeroGen Project Low-Emission Power (PDF - 694KB)
  Dr Anthony Tarr, ZeroGen Pty Ltd
  
  
• Underground coal gasification in the energy mix (PDF - 980KB)
  Mr Rohan Courtney OBE, Clean Coal Limited
  
  
• Post Combustion Capture and the Tarong Power Station PCC Pilot Plant Project (PDF - 1MB)
  Mr James McGregor, CSIRO Division of Energy Technology
  
  
• Overview of Clean Coal and Carbon Abatement Technologies Research Programme (PDF - 752KB)
  Professor Colin E. Snape, The University of Nottingham
  
  
• Centre For Innovation In Carbon Capture And Storage (CICCS): Overview and Research Activities (PDF - 1.3MB)
  Dr Steve Bouzalakos and Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, The University of Nottingham
  
  
• Overview of Ongoing Clean Coal Research at Imperial College - Chemical Engineering (PDF - 548KB)
  Dr Marcos Millan, Imperial College London
  
  
• Extending the life of conventional power plants (PDF - 622KB)
  Professor Martyn Pavier, University of Bristol
  
  
• High Resolution Geophysical Monitoring Of Geomechanical, Thermal and Hydrogeological Processes Around Underground Cavities and Georeactors
  Part 1 (PDF - 1.4MB)
  Part 2 (PDF - 2MB)
  Part 3 (PDF - 1.9MB)
  Professor Peter Styles, Keele University
  
  
• Supercritical Coal Fired Power Plant Dynamic Responses and Grid Code Compliance (PDF - 2.1MB)
  Dr Jihong Wang, The University of Birmingham