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Publish date: September 23, 2011
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The need for carbon-negative solutions – i.e. systems that withdraw more CO2 from the atmosphere than they emit – as safeguards against irreversible climate change is increasingly being recognised on an international level. In a recent (5th June 2011) interview with UK newspaper The Guardian, Exec. Secretary of the UNFCCC stated that “we are putting ourselves in a scenario where we will have to develop more powerful technologies to capture emissions out of the atmosphere,” stressing that the time for halting dangerous climate change is running out.
CCS deployment on large-scale fossil fuel emission sources has received a lot of consideration compared to biomass sources. Nevertheless, it has been acknowledged that combining biomass conversion with CCS can create an artificial carbon sink while simultaneously offering energy products such as electricity, heat and biofuels. Bio-CCS is therefore one of the most promising technology options that have the potential to deliver such carbon-negative solutions, but many questions remain unanswered concerning e.g. technological, socio-economic and resource-related barriers.
This international workshop at the University of Cardiff will bring together researchers and other relevant stakeholders to bring light to these questions.
You will find on the event website updated and detailed information concerning registration, programme, venues and accommodation. For more information contact Jonas Helseth.
Topics and Keynote speakers
Session 1 Global and regional potentials for sustainable biomass and negative CO2 emissions
Keynote Speaker – Nathalie Trudeau, International Energy Agency (IEA)
Session 2 CCS for biofuels production
Keynote Speaker – TBA
Session 3 Co-firing biomass with fossil fuels in energy production and industry
Keynote Speaker – Philippe Paelinck, Director CO2 Business Development, Alstom
Session 4 Incentivising and developing a market for carbon-negative solutions
Keynote Speaker – Tim Dixon, Manager CCS and Regulatory Affairs, IEA GHG
Venues:
Day 1, Cardiff: Sessions will be held in the Glamorgan Council Chambers in the historic Glamorgan Building in Cardiff’s prestigious Civic Centre.
Day 2, Port Talbot: Sessions will be held at Cardiff School of Engineering’s Gas Turbine Research Centre (GTRC) site in Port Talbot.
Throughout the past year, our mission at the Bellona Environmental Transparency Center has focused on two key, but intertwined issues—nuclear and radiation safety as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags on, and the worldwide influence of Rosatom, Russia’s state nuclear corporation, which itself is actively involved in the war and has participated in the occupation of a Ukrainian nuclear power plant.
At the beginning of the year, reports in the German and Russian press suggested an approximate 70% increase in uranium imports from Russia to Germany in 2024. But does this reflect broader European trends? It does not. Overall, imports of uranium and nuclear fuel from Russia to Western countries actually dropped sharply in 2024. Unlike the situation in Germany, this is already an established trend.
A Lingen, Germany plant could begin producing nuclear fuel in cooperation with a subsidiary of Rosatom, Russia's state nuclear corporation, which is directly involved in the war in Ukraine and occupying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
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