UKCCSC News 23 January 2012

This year has begun well for us with the UKCCSC Early Careers Winter School in Cambridge - thanks to everyone who participated in the event to make it a success.

The first of the UKCCSC-sponsored specialist meetings for 2012 will take place on 21st February at University of Nottingham, titled: Potential Environmental Effects of CO2 Leakage in the Marine and Terrestrial Environment.

Specialist meetings taking place in Spring include:

• Workshop on Modelling and Simulation of Coal-fired Power Generation and CCS Process - 20-21 March, University of Warwick


• Geochemical Characterisation: modelling and impacts for CO2 geological storage - May, University of Durham


• Geomechanical Aspects of CO2 Injection and Storage - date to be confirmed, University of Liverpool

We will also have an agenda ready soon for the UKCCSC Biannual Meeting, taking place at UCL from 2-3 April. Please keep checking the website for further details. We will also send round an email once the agenda is available online.

JOBS

Please see the attached job description for details on an Associate Professor post, Nottingham Centre for CCS (NCCS), Faculty of Engineering. The successful candidate will undertake research on systems engineering, particularly in the areas of power station capture engineering and integration of capture, transport and storage projects. They will join the Research Division of Energy and Sustainability. Candidates must have a PhD, or equivalent in a relevant discipline such as mechanical engineering, thermodynamics, or systems analysis.

NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS

"Professor Stuart Haszeldine was awarded an OBE for services to climate change technologies which relates to his pioneering work in carbon capture storage and reducing carbon in the atmosphere through biochar." STV (5 Jan)

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For non-UK people, that's a medal called the Order of the British Empire. What's an Empire do I hear you ask? Congratulations to Stuart.

2) "UK. Expert chair appointed to the Office of Carbon Capture and Storage" BYM Marine Environment News (16 Dec 11)

"Patrick Dixon worked for BP for 28 years. Until 2008 he was BP's Refining Vice President for the Eastern Hemisphere"

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3) Not sure if to laugh or cry:

"The European Investment Bank (EIB) has raised 97.8 million euros ($124.07 million) from its sale of 12 million European Union carbon permits in December, fetching an average price of 8.15 euros a tonne..." Reuters (11 Jan)

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4) You might read this one for all the wrong reasons:

"Carbon stripper is now in place" Sasklifestyles (9 Jan)

Sorry to disappoint you but...

"The stripper is about 140 feet long, measures 26 feet in diameter, and weighs nearly 300 tonnes."

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5) Masdar Carbon "...announced yesterday in Abu Dhabi that it is moving ahead with a carbon capture and sequestration facility that will capture nearly 1 million tons of CO2 annually at the Emirates Steel complex at Mussafah." Earth & Industry (19 Jan)

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6) The story has a Scottish angle:

"Masdar, Scotland agree green energy plan" Trade Arabia (17 Jan)

?In Scotland this research will be co-ordinated through the Energy Technology Partnership (ETP), an alliance of 12 independent Scottish Universities??

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7) "Global CCS Institute grants over AU$2million to CCS research and projects" Carbon Capture Journal (16 Jan)

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8 ) I'm not sure how many 'capture about to become cheaper' stories we've had...

"Cheap polymer promises to revolutionise carbon capture and storage" businessGreen (10 Jan)

"Scientists say polyethylenimine-based materials show highest CO2 removal rates ever recorded in real-world conditions"

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9) It's time to think about summer schools again, already.

"6th IEAGHG International CCS Summer School, 12th ? 18th August 2012, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China"

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That's all Folks