Public Meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage

May 6, 2010
Washington, DC  

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The Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage held its first public meeting on May 6, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The meeting provided information about the Task Force and featured experts on capture and storage systems. Presentations given at the meeting can be found below.

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CO2 Capture

• Presentation to the CCS Task Force Meeting, Howard Herzog, MIT
• Barriers to Widespread Deployment of CO2 Capture in the Electric Power Sector, Dr. Jeffrey N. Phillips, Senior Program Manager, Electric Power Research Institute
• Overcoming Barriers to Widespread CCS Deployment, Edward Rubin, Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University

CO2 Transport

• CO2 Transportation Recommendations for the Interagency CCS Task Force, Sarah M. Forbes, World Resources Institute
• CCS Transport: Barriers to Widespread Deployment, Lisa Beal, Director, Environment and Construction Policy, Interstate Natural Gas Association of America
• CO2 Transport, Peter Lidiak, Director, Pipelines, American Petroleum Institute

CO2 Storage

• Geologic CO2 Sequestration: Assuring Safe, Effective, Long-term Storage, Ian Duncan, Gulf Coast Carbon Center, University of Texas at Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology
• Southeast Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, Gerald R. Hill, Ph.D., SECARB Technical Coordinator, Southern States Energy Board
• Geologic Storage: Needs and Barriers, George Peridas, Scientist, Climate Center

CCS Regulatory & Legal Issues

• Selected Legal and Regulatory Issues Related to the Potential Large Scale Deployment of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Technologies, James J. Dooley, Joint Climate Change Research Institute

• Legal and Regulatory Issues: Design Considerations for Financial Risk Management Related to the Deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies, Chiarra Trabucchi, Industrial Economics, Inc.

CCS Deployment Drivers and Incentives

• CCS Deployment Drivers and Incentives, Nicholas K. Akins, Executive Vice President - Generation, American Electric Power
• CCS Deployment: Search for the Magic Feather, Mark Brownstein, Deputy Director - Energy Program, Environmental Defense Fund
• The Role of Technology Policies for CCS in Climate Mitigation, Dr. Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future