UKCCSC News 9th November 2011

Applications are now invited from Early Career Researchers and academics in the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) fields for the UKCCSC Winter School 2012, to be held at the University of Cambridge from 10-12 January (with an evening reception on 9 January). By Early Career we mean post-graduate research students, post-doctoral staff and new lecturers.

There will be space for up to 50 delegates at the Winter School.

Your application must include the following:

• Applicant statement: written by the applicant, indicating reasons why you would like to attend and what you feel you will contribute to the event


• A short abstract presenting your work (up to 1 A4 page)


• Letter or email of support from your supervisor or manager

Please download the application guidance sheet for full details on the application process: you will need to refer to this sheet before you begin to apply.

The deadline for submission of applications is 5pm (UK time) on Wednesday, 30th November.

The registration page and guidance can be found at here.

Registration is also open for the Spring 2012 UKCCSC Biannual Meeting, to take place from 2-3 April at UCL. You can register here

The programme for the meeting will take shape in the coming months and details will be posted on the UKCCSC website as soon as they are available.

UK and International CCS News

You all know about the failure of the Longannet CCS project in Scotland, so here's a slightly different slant on the topic:

"Longannet carbon capture scheme collapse a hammer blow for Fife economy" The Courier (20 Oct)

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2) "Britain should move forward with developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects to help meet climate change targets, the government's advisory group on climate change said..." Reuters (2 Nov)

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3) "Geologic Standard for CO2 Now Available for Public Review" from International Performance Assessment Centre for Geologic Storage of CO2 (4 Nov)

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4) The Global CCS Institute is pleased to launch its Global Status of CCS:2011 report. The full report can be accessed here:

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5) "The [UK] Government has given the green light for Yorkshire's heaviest polluters to use captured carbon emissions to extract oil from the North Sea in a move which will dismay environmentalists..." Yorkshire Post (5 Nov)

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6) "It's "make or break" for Europe CCS: Shell" Reuters (2 Nov)

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7) [US] "Senate Passes Bill to Allocate $2 Billion For Carbon Storage, Fund Climate Service"

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8 ) "Risk-management services firm DNV recently issued the world's first certificate of fitness for a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage development plan to Shell's Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Canada."

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9) Not of international importance perhaps, but you can almost see this from my house:

"Coal power plant at Cockenzie to be replaced by gas" BBC (5 Oct)

"Plans to replace a coal-fired power station at Cockenzie in East Lothian [Scotland] with a gas turbine power station have been approved by ministers."

"...the new power station would be "carbon capture ready". Whatever that means...

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10) "Report suggests CCS feasible in New Zealand" Carbon Capture Journal (6 Nov)

http://www.carboncapturejournal.com/displaynews.php?NewsID=861

The report is here