Hello Folks,
Here's the
latest Carbon-related news, but first a reminder about the forth-coming
Edinburgh Progress Meeting:
Dates: 27 -
28th March 2006
Location:
Grant Institute, King's Buildings, University of Edinburgh. Maps of Edinburgh,
the City Centre and King's Buildings are all at: http://www.geos.ed.ac.uk/contacts/ Look in the left hand menu bar for map
names.
Getting
there: We have an airport and a train station. From the airport either catch
the airport bus into the town centre (£5 return each, frequent) and then a taxi
(another £5?) or get a taxi direct (£17 - 25 total depending on your luck).
Allow 1 hour by bus or 30 minutes by taxi. From the train station (Edinburgh
Waverley) get a taxi (c. £5).
Accommodation:
try the Tourist http://www.edinburgh.org/
or Tel: 0845 2255 121 or +44 (0) 1506 832 121 (Outside UK) Fax: 01506 832
222 Email: info@visitscotland.com. Hopefully most
people will only require 1 nights accommodation. There are plenty of hotels /
B&Bs close to King's Buildings, be sure to specify that so you don't end up
at the airport.
Outline
Schedule (more details will be sent later):
Monday 27
lunch 12.30
to 13.30
start
business 13.30
Tuesday 28th
End business
at lunchtime.
If you plan
to attend, please e-mail me (make sure you don't reply to the whole mailing
list) with your name and any dietary requirements.
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To promote
the role of Clean Coal, Mitsui Babcock has produced its own agenda for
"Clean Coal in the Energy Review".
Our view is
that Clean Coal should be at the top of the government's agenda because only
Clean Coal can close the energy gap in 2015 and deliver security of supplies
and emissions reductions at reasonable cost. There is an urgent need to initiate investment in new
electricity generation capacity to replace plants that are closing between now
and 2015 and to meet growth in demand.
Approaching 30 GW (40% of current capacity) of new plant is needed, most
of which must be in operation by 2015.
We hope this
document will be useful to you when you prepare your input to the Energy Review
and would be pleased to discuss its content and our recommendations further.
The document
is available on our website at www.mitsuibabcock.com
- click on the link under the heading "Agenda".
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Breaking
news, only 1 day to go ... at 0001hours on Thursday 9 February 2006 The Science and Technology Committee
will publish its First Report of Session 2005-06,
Meeting UK
Energy and Climate Needs: The Role of Carbon Capture and Storage (HC 578-I)
The written
and oral evidence taken during the inquiry will be published as a separate
volume (HC 578-II).
www.parliament.uk/s&tcom
(only after publication time obviously)
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This is
comprehensive, to say the least, and just the highlights would quadruple the
length of this e-mail. It has (understandably) a US-bias.
Here are the
highlights of the highlights for February (their definition of February seems a
bit lax!), with European interest:
IPPR Press
Release, "Two Thirds of European Union Countries Set to Miss Kyoto
Commitments," Ten of 15 European Union countries that are part of the
Kyoto Protocol will fall short of their targets, according to a report
published December 27, 2005 by the United Kingdom's think tank Institute for
Public Policy Research (IPPR). The United Kingdom and Sweden are on course to
meet their targets. Three countries, France, Greece and Germany, will only meet
their targets if new policies are implemented. Ten countries will fail to meet
their targets even with planned additional measures, including: Finland,
Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, and
Denmark.
December 27,
2005, http://www.ippr.org.uk/pressreleases/?id=1863
Reuters,
"European Union Urges States to Simplify Emissions Trading Plans,"
The European Commission (Commission) told European Union (EU) member states on
January 9 to keep it simple when they formulate their emissions trading plans
for 2008-2012 for environmental commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. The
twenty-five EU states must submit National Allocation Plans (NAPs) to the EU
executive by June 30 stating how much CO2 their industrial factories will emit.
The NAPs are part of the EU emissions trading scheme, which began last year.
Drawing from experience with the first trading period from 2005-2007, the
Commission feels that these plans need to be "more transparent and easier
to implement." The Commission said it will "look very closely at the
overall policy mix" that member states will use to implement their
pollution reduction goals, including their planned use of the emissions trading
system.
January 10,
2006, http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/34402/story.htm
February 8-9,
2006, Emissions Trading, Hatton Conference Center, London, GB. This event will
provide an update on the progress of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS)
since its launch in January. It will look at policy and legislation in the UK,
the EU and internationally, and will assess the effectiveness and progress of
this scheme to date. Sponsored by McGrigors legal firm and coordinated by SMi
Group, Ltd.
http://www.smi-online.co.uk/events/overview.asp?is=5&ref=2292
February
28-March 2, 2006, Point Carbon's Carbon Market Insights 2006, Bella Center,
Copenhagen, Denmark. Point Carbon's annual gathering for players in the global
carbon markets takes place February 28 to March 2 at the Bella Centre in
Copenhagen, Denmark. More than 750 participants and 40 exhibitors are already
confirmed. The first two days contain parallel conference streams on the European
Union (EU) Emissions Trading System, Clean Development Mechanism and Joint
Implementation (CDM&JI) and Global Market issues, respectively, with more
than 120 presenters and panelists confirmed. On the third day numerous optional
workshops are held, both on an introductory and advanced level, on EU, Kyoto,
CDM & JI issues. Just before the conference starts, February 27 in the
evening, a free introduction to the carbon market is offered to those
participants who wish to take part. More information:
http://www.pointcarbon.com/category.php?categoryID=940
or contact
Point Carbon's conference department at conference@pointcarbon.com.
May 10-12,
2006, Third Annual CARBON EXPO, Congress Centre East, Cologne, Germany. CARBON
EXPO is the global carbon market event that combines the up-to-date content of
a high-level conference with the advantages of a trade fair.
For
additional information visit: http://www.carbonexpo.com/
June 19-22,
2006, GHGT-8, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim,
Norway. The aim of this conference
is to provide a forum for the discussion of the latest advances in the field of
greenhouse gas control technologies.
Details at: http://www.ghgt-8.no
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Phew, that's
it. You should have seen the full NETL report...
Cheers, Mark
Dr Mark
Wilkinson
UKCCSC
website administrator
University of Edinburgh