Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)
BRGM is one of the pioneers of research on CO2 geological storage and is acknowledged within France and Europe as a leading authority on CO2 storage. It is France’s leading public institution involving geo-science, and is responsible for mobilizing the Earth Sciences in the sustainable management of natural resources and the subsurface domain. From 1993 to 1995, BRGM participated in the first European research project on the feasibility of the CCS concept, the Joule II project entitled “The underground disposal of carbon dioxide”. Since 2000, it has been involved in many other FP5 & FP6 CO2 European projects (for example SACS, WEYBURN, CO2NET, CO2STORE, CASTOR, CO2GeoNet Network of Excellence, CO2ReMoVe, and EU GeoCapacity). BRGM plays a key role in the management of CO2GeoNet —the European CSLF-endorsed network of excellence on CO2 geological storage. BRGM is also an active member of CO2Net —the European thematic network and, in collaboration with IFP, it runs the secretariat of France’s Club CO2 —an initiative of ADEME. BRGM is called upon as national expert by various international authorities, such as the International Energy Agency’s Greenhouse Gas R&D programme, the IEA Working Group for the Fossil Fuels, the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF), and the European Technology Platform on Zero Emission Fossil Fuel Power Plants. At the request of the Inter-ministerial Task Force on Climate Change, BRGM was appointed expert reviewer for the editing of the IPCC Special Report on CO2 Capture and Storage and of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.
BRGM research focuses on the selection and characterization of storage sites, the injectivity in the reservoir, the integrity of the seal rocks and the wells, predictive modelling of the fate of CO2 and site behaviour, different monitoring methods (geophysical, geochemical and biogeochemical), and site safety analysis. In collaboration with its French partners, from both the industrial and scientific sectors, BRGM is devoted to preparing over the coming years, a semi-industrial pilot for CO2 storage in France in a deep aquifer of the Paris Basin. It is also involved in the Lacq. pilot for CO2 capture and storage recently announced by TOTAL. BRGM has a worldwide reputation for its competence in modelling the chemical interactions between the injected CO2 and the reservoir rock. BRGM is highly involved in the research carried out on the demonstration sites of Sleipner, Weyburn and In-Salah, as well as on natural CO2 fields, such as that at Montmiral.
In its role as Project Coordinator, BRGM will be responsible for the assignment of each partner’s tasks and will be in charge of developing internal status reporting. BRGM will also be responsible for regular and effective dialogue with the European Commission. BRGM will be team leader responsible for work package 4: focusing on CCS site qualification and certification. Over months 2 – 10 of the project, experts from BRGM will carry out relevant research and analysis, coordinate expert group meetings in respect of work package 4, and prepare preliminary findings in working group report.
Mr. Francois Blanchard is an Environmental expert who has over 28 years experience in the Environment and associated fields. He specialises in Environmental expertise of industrial sites, and EIA and risk assessment documents, protection and management of water resources (Implementation of the European Framework Directive). He is currently involved in several projects involving CO2 and environment including the European Network of Excellence on CO2 geological storage Joint Research Project, Integrating Risk Assessment Tools in a Consistent Framework for CO2 Geological Storage Performance, BRGM research project about the safety criteria and risk types to be defined for CO2 geological storage, French R&D CO2 projects (PICOREF), in charge of the environmental and legal concerns for the CO2 geological storage in deep aquifers or oil fields in the Paris Basin, French Research project about risk communication, in charge of the industrial approaches and the related potential and existing pitfalls.
Mrs. Isabelle Czernichowski-Lauriol is a Project manager on CO2 geological storage. She coordinates the BRGM European activities and is Deputy Network Manager of the CO2GeoNet European Network of Excellence on CO2 Geological storage, as well as Leader of the Network Joint Research Activities. She plays an active role in the CO2NET Knowledge Transfer European Network on CO2 capture and storage. She gives advice for European, international or French bodies. She has been working on most of the European CO2 storage research projects since 1993.
Olivier Bouc holds a multidisciplinary Master of Sciences degree from the Ecole Polytechnique, from which he graduated in 2005, and a Post-Master degree for Management and Administration in environmental sciences and policies, with a particular attention to land use planning, from the French National Institute for Water and Forestry (ENGREF - Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts). He joined the “Natural Risks and Development Planning” division of BRGM in 2006 to undertake research on safety issues for geological storage of CO2. He has been involved in the European projects CO2ReMoVe and CO2GeoNet and is a member of the IEA GHG Risk Assessment Network. Since December 2006 he has been the manager of the CRISCO2 project, funded by the French National Research Agency and dedicated to elaborating a methodology for defining safety criteria for CO2 storage projects.
Thomas Le Guénan joined BRGM in January 2008 to work on safety issues for geologic storage of CO2 under the “Natural Risks and Development Planning” division. He is now working on risk mitigation and corrective measures. He holds a multidisciplinary master-level degree from the Ecole Centrale Paris, a French non-specialised engineering school, and a Master of Science degree in environmental and land planning engineering from the Politecnico di Milano University.
Aude Archambault is an engineer specialised in hydrogeology, environment and contamination. She obtained an engineer diploma at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Géology of Nancy (France) and at the Universidad Politecnica de Cataloña (Spain) in 2002. Since then, she worked as a hydrogeologist and environmental engineer.
From 2002 to 2006, she worked in France for an environmental consulting company, where she was in charge of projects related to contaminated soils and waters. She became project manager for various studies in France and abroad (hydrogeological and pollution diagnostic, environmental impact, health risk assessment, hydrogeology).
She now works for the BRGM, on projects involving environmental risk assessment, natural attenuation of the contamination and contamination management. She is in charge of several expertises in relation to water contamination and environmental risk assessment.
Sandra Béranger is an engineer specialized in hydrogeology and environment who has 6 years of experience in the field. She obtained a multidisciplinary Master of Science degree at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines of Nancy and a Master of Applied Science from the University of Toronto (Canada).
She joined the Environmental division of BRGM in 2006 after several years spent both doing research and working for a consulting company in North America. She specializes in hydrogeological modelling, in developing methodologies for the management of contaminated site management, and in understanding attenuation processes occurring during the transfer of pollutants in the saturated and unsaturated zone. She has been involved in several national research projects and she is the project manager for some of them. She is a member of the European network NICOLE (Network for Industrially COntaminated Land in Europe).
DEVELOPMENT Solutions Europe Ltd. (DS)
DS was established in the UK in 2003. DS provides research, strategic planning and project management services in the area of sustainable development for governments and the public sector, international organisations and multinational corporations. DS’ work in supporting sustainable development focuses on the environment, energy and climate change, as well as trade and development. DS’ main geographical focus is in China and South East Asia and in order to carry out its operations in this area efficiently, it has a regional office in Beijing.
DS has extensive experience in providing support for governments developing capacity in policy making, both at a national and provincial government level. DS is experienced in designing and implementing education and training campaigns, including the research of target groups and targeted consultation and education of stakeholders on substantive issues from policy development to codes of conduct for compliance strategies. DS has well developed management abilities in the area of large scale inter-regional environmental and trade, managing both public and private entitles in reaching their stated project objectives. It has developed extensive networks of stakeholders in the energy industry in China, both at government level and in the private sector. DS is experienced in providing full administrative support to all aspects of project implementation including providing established and implemented verification criteria for participants.
One of the high profile projects DS is currently implementing is the biggest European Commission financed capacity building project in China addressing Climate Change, which is focused on the development of Clean Development Mechanism capacity in China. The specific objectives of this project include the establishment of in depth analysis and assessment of existing framework to identify the current needs and gaps of China’s CDM policy, legislation and regulations, as well as opportunities to improve inter-ministry coordination and designing and implementing policy, legislation and regulation development plans for the DNA and the national CDM board to improve CDM-related services and for monitoring Designated Operational Entities. DS has implemented a number of other energy related projects.
DS will provide overall logistical and administrative support across all work packages. DS will be involved in key dissemination activities such as the design and update of the project website and the preparation of regular press releases. In particular, it will develop the stakeholder questionnaires with feedback from relevant experts, collate data and make it available for the experts of the relevant work package and organize the expert working group meetings for work packages 3 – 6.
DS will also provide coordination support to link the Chinese partners with the European partners to bridge the regional gap. DS will be responsible for work package 8 which involves consolidation of the work carried out separately by expert groups in work packages 3 – 7 and will involve the drafting of a final report for the project. DS will generally be part of the team for reporting to and liaising with the European Commission.
Mr. Daniel Krahl is currently working as Project Manager in the Energy and Environment Division of DEVELOPMENT Solutions. He has Diploma in Political Science from the Free University of Berlin and has a strong academic background in Energy policy especially with a focus on China. He lived and studied in China over long periods of time and has a strong background working abroad and for organisations active in foreign countries. Before he joined DS he has been active in this area and recently finished a study on China’s energy policy. He is now fully dedicated to work as project officer on the STRACO2 Project and is responsible for the organisational issues of the project.
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO
TNO is a knowledge organization for companies, government bodies and public organizations. TNO provides contract research and specialist consultancy as well as grant licenses for patents and specialist software. TNO is active in five core areas amongst which is TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, the central geosciences institute in the Netherlands. It provides information and research to promote the sustainable management and use of the subsurface and its natural resources. From its position as national geoscientific institute, it conducts applied geoscientific research, advice and knowledge transfer internationally. TNO is internationally active in the oil and gas industry. Since the early nineties TNO has been active in all matters related to the geological storage of CO2.
TNO has extensive experience in collaboration with international partners, especially through EU projects. At present TNO is the coordinator of two EU research projects on geological storage of CO2: CO2REMOVE and MOVECBM. TNO participated in various EU projects involving CO2 emission reduction through storage, such as CASTOR, CO2GeoNet, INCA-CO2, GeoCapacity and Dynamis under the 6th Framework Programme and CO2STORE under the 5th Framework Programme. The MOVECBM project includes a work package that aims at investigation of subsurface storage of CO2 in unminable coal seams in China.
Within STRACO2 TNO will focus on two topics: safety and liability, and site qualification and certification. In this context the latest CCS regulations will be reviewed in conjunction with international CCS policy and regulations and ongoing EU and international developments. TNO will provide recommendations on these issues in cooperation with its partners.
Mr. Ton Wildenborg received his Master’s Degree in Earth Sciences at Utrecht University in 1982. In the same year he started a PhD research project which was successfully defended in 1990. In 1985, parallel to his PHD research work, he continued his career at the Geological Survey of the Netherlands (merged with TNO GG in 1997 into TNO-NITG), where he was engaged in research for radioactive waste disposal and geological mapping of the subsurface of the Netherlands. Since 1994 he was involved in investigations on CO2 storage. This research focussed in particular on the inventory of subsurface storage potential and the economics of CO2 sequestration, safety and regulatory aspects of underground storage. He managed several large national and international projects both in waste disposal and CO2 storage. From 2004 onwards he got involved in advising on political, regulatory and strategic aspects of CCS (CO2 Capture and Storage) and in reviewing of R&D Programmes and papers. Currently, he is project manager of the Integrated Project CO2REMOVE, which is funded by the European Commission.
Ms. Ingrid Kroon holds MSc. in physical geography (Universiteit Utrecht, 1997) and a PhD in tectonics (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2002). The last couple of years she has worked mainly on mining related hazards, such as surface subsidence due to salt or hydrocarbon production, in particular in environmentally sensitive areas (European Bird and Habitat Directives). She examined best practices in salt cavern abandonment for solution mining in the Netherlands. Currently, she is project leader Advice to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs on Mining-related Hazards.
Ms. Muriel van der Kuip received her MSc. in Science and Innovation Management from Utrecht University in 2007. As part of her final thesis she performed an internship at TNO, in which she worked on the interpretation of non-technological aspects and their influence on the implementation process of CCS (CO2 Capture and Storage). After her graduation she continued her work in this area in the TNO Business Unit Geo-Energy and Geo-Information. She has been working in several EU projects involving CO2 emission reduction through CCS. Her research focuses in particular on economical, strategic, safety, and legal and regulatory aspects of CCS processes.
Mälardalen University (MU)
MU has campuses in Eskilstuna and Västerås, Sweden with approximately 15,000 students and over 1000 employees. In addition to academics, MU has established research areas in engineering and technology, natural science, humanities, social science and health science. Research and development at the Department of Public Technology is mainly focused on Process and Resource Optimization.
In addition to technology innovation and development, the department also carries out policy research in an energy, environment and climate context. The research analyses the Swedish energy and climate policy framework as well as international issues including stakeholder analysis on the climate change, emission trading, the sustainability of energy utilization in China and the possibilities for improvements, for example through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). There are about 40 PhD students and 20 researchers with three full professors and five industrial adjunct professors. CCS related R&D activities have been performed on the past, on-going projects, with some examples listed as follows:
- The EU Asia ProEco Program, Feasibility Study for the Design of an Industrial Park with very low Energy Consumption and Energy Integration between the Manufacturing and the Residential Buildings, (2005-2006)
- An Integrated Sink Enhancement Assessment (INSEA), 2004-2006, EU 6th Frame Work Programme (Work Package Leader)
- Bio-fuel poly-generation integrated into existing CHP plants, Swedish Energy Agency (STEM) (2006-2009).
- Fundamental Study of CO2 capture and Storage, Swedish Research Council and Swedish International Cooperation Agency, 2006- 2008
Mr. Erik Dahlquist is Professor at Department of Public Technology, and also the dean of Natural Science and Technology Faculty, Mälardalen University. He holds PhD (KTH in 1991). Before he started as full professor at MU in 2000, Professor Dahlquist had been working in ABB Corporate Research, Sweden for various industrial products development with position as board member of directors, department manager for combustion and process industry technology. He has been involved in many R&D as well as industrial application projects such as development of new separation technology, two sub-sea platforms for production in the North Sea in the mid 90s. He also participated in implementing environmental management within ABB worldwide. Prof. Dahlquist has about 20 patents and published about 100 papers and technical reports including the best paper from TAPPI 2006.
Mr. Erik Dotzauer received the PhD degree in Optimization at Linköping University in 2001. Since 2001 Dotzauer is employed at the energy company Fortum, where he has developed load prediction algorithms, short-term planning models (one week) and long-term planning models (three years) for the district heating systems in Stockholm. Dr. Dotzauer also coordinates the work with power certificates and carbon dioxide allowances. Other interest areas are risk management and weather forecasting. Dr Dotzauer is representing Fortum in the branch organizations Svensk Energi, VärmeForsk and RVF. Since 2006 Dr Dotzauer is an adjunct professor in process optimization at the Department of Public Technology at Mälardalen University and is also a member of the board of the company Noda Intelligent Systems AB.
Mr. Peter Stigson is a research scientist at Department of Public Technology, MU and also a consultant and administrative manager of the consultant company Odenum AB. He holds Licentiate of Engineering degree (MU). Mr. Stigson has been worked in climate and energy policy issues. He conducted a stakeholder analysis on carbon emission trading and climate change policy with interviews of government, industry and other organizations. He has also made an investigation and recommendation on the policy framework on the eco-industrial parks in China.
The Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan) (KTH)
KTH is responsible for one-third of Sweden’s capacity for engineering studies and technical research at post-secondary level. KTH conducts top level research across a broad spectrum and has vast experience working with both the public and private sector, nationally and internationally.
In recent years, KTH has developed strong research links with China where, under the umbrella of KTH-China Centre of Excellence, several joint research centres have been founded covering areas from photonics and nano-electronics to industrial ecology to molecular electronics. KTH has extensive experience in CCS, primarily in dynamics (capture and storage) and has cooperated in research and development for CCS with China. A Research group led by Professor Jerry Yan involving both KTH and Mälardalen University has been working on a number of projects supported by the EU Commission, Swedish Energy Agency (STEM), the Swedish Research Council (VR), the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (SIDA, and the Chinese Natural Science Foundation and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The group is a participant in the research and development of the COACH-Cooperation Action within CCS China-EU (part of EU FP6, 2006-2009) involving research in dynamics. In the area of dynamics for CCS, the group is also carrying out research for the Swedish Energy Agency (STEM) over the period 2006-2009 in respect of bio-fuel poly-generation integration into existing CHP plants and is involved in the application of Thermodynamic Properties of CO2 Mixtures with Impurities for Engineering Design. In addition to the COACH project, the group is currently involved in a large number of projects working with Chinese agencies in pursuit of sustainable technologies in China. These include a projects on advanced climate change mitigation technologies (including clean coal technology, renewable solar and biomass technology), a Feasibility Study for the Design of an Industrial Park with Very Low Energy Consumption in China, and Energy Integration between the Manufacturing and the Residential Buildings, research on the impacts of climate change policy and strategy, research on climate change mitigation by CDM: policy, and studies researching the thermodynamic Properties of CO2 and its mixtures for CCS.
KTH will be team leader responsible for work package 6: focusing on cross-cutting issues: interrelationship between technology, economic feasibility and regulatory design. In months 2- 4 experts from KTH will advise and prepare feedback for design of the stakeholder questionnaire. Over months 2 – 10 of the project, experts from KTH will carry out relevant research and analysis, and identify gaps in research and development findings. This will also involve coordinating expert group meetings in respect of this work package. In month 7 KTH will prepare preliminary findings in working group report. KTH will also be involved in work packages 4 and 5, undertaking research, analysis and recommendations and contributing to expert meetings.
Mr. Jerry Yan is Professor at Energy Processes, KTH. He holds a PhD (Tekn. dr.) in Heat Technology (Värmeteknik) from KTH, Sweden, 1991. He is a member of Editorial Board International Journal of Energy Research and the International Journal of Green Energy; SinoSphere Journal, as well as member of a few industrial associations including the Coal, Biomass and Alternative Fuels Committee, the Electric Power Committee, and the Cycle Innovation Committee at IGEI (the International Gas Turbine Institute). He has served as the expert for United Nations, Asia Development Bank, European Commission, and Chinese Academy of Sciences etc. He is chairman of the 3rd International Green Energy Conference (IGEC-III, 2007). The research interests of Professor Yan include advanced energy conversion systems, CO2 mitigation technologies (including CCS), renewable energy technologies and systems, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and technology transfer, and engineering thermodynamics. Professor Yan has published over 150 papers and reports including one article in Science.
Mr. Mårten Bryngelsson is a research scientist at Energy Processes, KTH. He holds an MSc degree in Industrial Engineering and Management. He is involved in several projects that have been conducted at KTH related to CO2 capture and storage. He is currently studying a pilot plant that captures CO2 from pressurised flue gas at the Värtan CHP plant in Stockholm. Mårten has also studied stakeholder opinions in Sweden and Norway regarding CCS.
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
WBCSD is a CEO-led, global association of over 190 companies dealing exclusively with business and sustainable development. The Council provides a platform for companies to explore sustainable development, share knowledge, experiences and best practices, and to advocate business positions on these issues in a variety of forums, working with governments, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations. Members are drawn from more than 35 countries and 20 major industrial sectors.
The Council also benefits from a global network of about 60 national and regional business councils and regional partners. The Council provides a platform for companies to explore sustainable development, share knowledge, experiences and best practices, and to advocate business positions on these issues in a variety of forums, working with governments, non-governmental and intergovernmental organizations. The Council focuses on four key areas which are energy and climate change, development, the Business Role, Ecosystems.
In the current project WBCSD will contribute to the proposed project primarily in the dissemination of results among the industry and business sectors, using its vast networks of members, providing networks of stakeholders for the identification of stakeholders to participate in the consultation phase, as well as assisting in the analysis of the stakeholder consultation results. WBCSD will also be able to provide valuable contribution to the development of the regulation and policy framework. It will be working particularly in work package 6 during the assessment of cross cutting issues (the interrelationship between technology, economic feasibility and regulatory design) where it will be involved in distributing the questionnaire through its extensive network of industry and SMEs and in work package 2 involving dissemination generally in which it will have an important role.
The WBCSD is a member of the EU High Level Group on Competitiveness, Energy and Environment. Mr Weyerhaeuser, responsible for the ongoing work of the Sustainable Mobility Project, is currently on the advisory board of the Biofuel Cities project, a Coordinated Action, funded by the Sixth Research Framework Programme of the European Union, under the Activity "Alternative Motor Fuels: Biofuel Cities". The project was started mid-2006. The start-up phase is now almost complete. The WBCSD has worked extensively with many UN and other inter-governmental organizations, including UNEP, UNDP, UNFCCC, UN Global Compact, UNCSD and IEA.
Mr. Eric Dérobert graduated from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zurich with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. In 1998, Mr. Dérobert joined the WBCSD as Manager of Operations. His later responsibilities extended to Member Relations, as well as Project Director for the WBCSD Cement Project and the Electricity Utilities Project. Currently, Mr. Dérobert is the Director for Finance and Administration, a position which he has held since 2004. Mr. Derobert’s has been involved in various board memberships throughout his career including Swissmetro SA, Geneva boards of several ABB Group companies, board of a chamber of commerce, etc.
Varun Vats is an Indian National Citizen living in Lausanne, Switzerland since October 2005. He joined the Energy and Climate Focus Area of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development in October 2007. Where his primary responsibility was to develop business advocacy on biofuel sustainability. He had also done free-lancing on biofuel sustainability work for the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), Gland, Switzerland. He started working on GHG protocol, a joint initiative of the WBCSD and WRI on GHG emissions accounting guidelines, in September 2008. In academics, he has a Masters degree in Economics from the HEC, University of Lausanne and wrote his thesis at the Laboratory of Energy Systems - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (LASEN-EPFL). He holds an Honors Bachelor degree in Economics from the University of Delhi, India.
María Mendiluce is the energy manger in the World Business for Council Sustainable Development in Geneva since May 2008. Previously she was the sustainable development advisor in the Economic Bureau of the President of the Spanish Government. She also worked in Iberdrola, the largest Spanish electricity utility as part of the CEO Staff (2000-2005) and in the International Energy Agency (1996-2000). María is an Economist with a Bachelor from the University of Navarra and holds an MBA from Henley Management College (United Kingdom). She is finalising her doctoral thesis on Energy intensity in Spain in the University of Comillas (Madrid). Her research interest areas are energy efficiency, mobility and taxation, renewable energies, sustainable urbanization, international negotiations on climate change . In these areas it has coordinated diverse workshops and has written publications and articles.
The Administrative Centre for China's Agenda 21 (ACCA21)
ACCA 21 is affiliated to the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) of the People’s Republic of China and also operates under the leadership of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). ACCA21’s primary areas of work are sustainable development, environment, and climate change.
ACCA21 manages the day-to-day affairs and facilitates the implementation of China's Agenda 21 and priority programme, conducts policy and strategy research in the area of sustainable development provides policy support to government decision-making, fosters international cooperation and exchange in the area of sustainable development, and promotes the development of experimental communities for sustainable development. It also works to builds local capacity and has wide stakeholder networks in the environmental, technology and energy sectors as a result.
Currently, ACCA21 is working to develop a national information sharing network for sustainable development promoting information exchange and sharing. It has been heavily involved in the coordination and implementation of a large number of research projects and pilot commercialization of research findings for key national research programmes concerning natural resources and the environment. As well as coordinating and implementing research, ACCA21 generally works to develop public awareness of sustainable development issues through publicity, education, and training.
ACCA21 has previously collaborated internationally in relation to climate change. It was a key participant in the Cooperation Action within CCS China-EU (COACH) under EU/FP6. ACCA21 successfully organised and coordinated (along with EU partners DEFRA and DTI) in the China-UK Near Zero Emissions Coal Project (NZEC) workshop in July 2006 which was the biggest event on CCS in China to date and considered the capture and storage of carbon in the Chinese Energy Sector.
ACCA21 will be responsible for work package 7, and the overall management of the Chinese consortium members, with (managerial and logistical) support from DS in terms of linking the European and the Chinese side. In carrying out work package 7 with the other Chinese consortium members, ACCA21 will be involved in a study in respect of current climate change policy and CCS development in China Current and the Needs Assessment Phase and eventually designing a roadmap of regulatory and policy of CCS, developing recommendations for regulatory and policy CCS framework recommendations for financial incentivisation mechanisms (month 21). This will require coordination of a number of meetings, both among the network and stakeholders. ACCA21 will use its networks to identify relevant stakeholders to participate in the stakeholder workshop.
Expert meetings will be held between the Chinese partners with 2 main meetings occurring in month 4 and 7. DS will provide logistical expertise in preparing the Beijing stakeholder workshop, including venue set up, translation needs, agenda development (with input from all partners), expert transportation etc.. All partners (both European and Chinese) are to send one representative to attend and present at the stakeholder workshop. ACCA21, IPM, and IET will take on the task of identifying and inviting relevant workshop participants. Upon completion of the workshop, stakeholder views will be integrated into the information acquired for the study and a China report will be drafted by DS with input from Chinese partners.
Mr. Zhang Jiutian is research member for China's tenth 5-year plan project working on strategies for the upstream petroleum industry in China. He holds a PhD in Management Science from the University of Science and Technology of China. He has published extensively published in both national and international journals, including significant contributions to the recently published 'China Energy Report (2006)”: Strategy and Policy Research'. Dr Zhang works primarily in the area of global environment issues, and has been involved in a number of international collaborations relating to CCS.
Su Junxia, a Chinese national, works as a program officer in The Administrative Centre of China’s Agenda 21 (ACCA21). She holds a master degree at Tsinghua University. In addition to working on STRACO2, she is involved in projects on fighting climate change, e.g. CCS and CDM projects, such as China-UK NEZC initiative and UNDP MDG Carbon. She was also involved in organizing the Forum on Climate Change and Science & Technology Innovation held in Beijing on April 24-25, 2008.
The Institute of Engineering Thermo-physics, of the Chinese Academy of Science (IET)
IET is a research and development institute that combines applied fundamental research with technology development. IET’s work focuses on energy systems and the environment and is the leading institute of Engineering and Thermo-physics in China. The major research carried out by the institute includes: principles of energy cascade utilizations; system integration and innovations; poly-generation systems with production of liquid fuel and power; chemical-looping combustion technology; concept design for Multi-functioning Energy System (MES); economics and environmental ecology; and distributed generation systems.
There will be expert meetings will be held between the Chinese partners with 2 main meetings occurring in month 4 and 7. The main tasks of IET in the project will be to locate the techno-economic characteristics of optional CCS technologies based on the specific conditions of China, to provide data support (mainly including techno-economic characteristics of different CCS technologies) and to assist in providing recommendations for the roadmap and corresponding policy advice for disseminating of CCS in China. The final report on CCS recommendations for China will be produced in month 21.
IET has extensive experience in research and development of energy systems and the environment. In terms of CCS, IET has been a key player in the early stages of CCS development in China, for example recently developing the concept of MES which integrates multi-inputs (renewable energy and fossil fuels), multi-outputs (liquid fuel and power), and CO2 recovery in an energy system. Members of IET involved in several key CCS projects including the COACH Cooperation Action with CCS China-EU FP6 project funded by the European Commission, and which includes Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) as a partner also, to provide a blueprint for greenhouse gas control technology routes suitable for China, and recommend greenhouse gas control policies for the Chinese Government. Members of IET are participating in the Near Zero Emissions Coal Initiative (NZEC), supported by the UK. In addition, IET is currently undertaking a Key Project for the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) on “Fundamental Study of CO2 Control Technologies and Policies in China” - the first such wide ranging project in this field in China. IET maintains international research exchange projects, as well as maintaining valuable stakeholder relationships, in particular with industry (for example Shandong Yanzhou Mining Group, Shanghai Electrical Group, Huangming Solar Energy Company).
Ms. Na Zhang is currently an Associate Professor at IET. She has a PhD in Engineering for the IET and has extensive research and publishing experience in the areas of energy power system conceptual design, simulation and analysis, and in particular, in the study of total energy systems involving energy systems with little or no pollution emissions, including study of novel methods for eradicating NOx and recovering CO2 and Poly-generation Technology.
Mr. Hongguang Jin is currently Professor and Director of IET, where he has been employed for over 15 years. He has been team leader of several key National Research Projects including projects relating to new technologies such as Clean Coal Technology, Greenhouse Gas Control, Poly-generation Technology and Solar Energy Technology and has been involved in collaborate projects with several institutional institutions in these areas also. Professor Jin holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan.
Dr. Lin Gao received a PhD of Engineering in 2005 from the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IET, CAS). His doctor thesis was in the area of innovation of coal-based poly-generation system, one promising technology which will play an important role in a CCS technology roadmap suitable for China.
Dr. Wei Han received a PhD in Engineering Thermophysics in 2006 from the Institute Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is currently working as an assistant Professor at the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, CAS. He has focused on system synthesis of new thermal power plants and multi-functional energy system (MES) with CO2 recovery for several years.
The Institute of Policy and Management of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IPM)
IPM is the leading Chinese research body for interdisciplinary studies of social and natural sciences and integrated exploration of theoretical and applied research. The Institute focuses on the theoretical, methodological and applied research into national strategies, policies and management of science and technology development in China.
IPMs tasks will include participation in work package 7, attending the expert meetings held between the Chinese partners with 2 main meetings occurring in month 4 and 7. The main tasks of IPM in the project will be to carry out research and analysis in relation to CCS in China and to assist in providing recommendations for the roadmap and corresponding policy advice for disseminating of CCS in China. The final report on CCS recommendations for China will be produced by IPM in collaboration with the other Chinese partners in month 21.
IPM has carried out high profile and large scale research for national, ministerial and provincial authorities and has also provided many high-level consultancy services to departments of the central government and the CAS on decision-making, to industrial sectors and local authorities on issues of innovation and development, and to enterprises on reform and management. The Centre for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEP) is a joint research centre of both the CAS Institute of Policy and Management and the CNPC Research Institute of Economics and Technology which focuses on the requirements of national energy and environmental issues. CEEP conducts research on energy and environmental strategies and engineering, economics, and management science. It provides scientific research for energy policy making and has completed more than thirty national research projects, including Key Projects from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and the National Natural Science Foundation of China. CEEP has also finished many policy advisory reports.
CEEP has carried out a substantial number of research reports on carbon emissions and energy conservation in China and published extensively in the fields of energy, environment, economics and management science. CEEP is currently participating in China-UK Near-Zero Emissions Coal Initiative. CEEP will play a crucial role in developing the future policy of CCS in China, and will be an important recipient of European knowledge and best practice in relation to CCS, as well as providing a useful network for connecting to wider stakeholder networks in China.
Professor Ying Fan is currently a Professor at IPM. Her research and teaching field is Energy system modelling, System engineering, Energy and environmental policy analysis, risk management. Professor Fan has been involved in more than 20 research projects, and has been extensively published in peer reviewed journals such as Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Environmental Modelling and Software, Journal of Policy Modelling Technical Forecasting and Social Change, Environmental Impact Assessment Review and the International Journal of Global Energy Issues.
Dr. Yi-Ming Wei is currently Deputy Director-General of the IPM, a position he has held since 2000. He is a founding director of IPM and RIET-CNPC Joint Centre for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, Deputy Director-General of the CAS Centre for Forecasting Science. His recent research and teaching focus on Energy Policy and Energy Economics, Comprehensive Analysis of Sustainable Development issues in China, Disaster Risk Assessment and Management, Complex System Analysis and Modelling.
Dr. Zou Lele earned her PhD in the field of management engineering in 2007. She is currently working as assistant professor at the Institute of Policy and Management at the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
Her research is on the analysis, assessment and modeling of complex environmental and social economic systems, with focus on the impact of climate change on both a global and regional scale. Her other areas of focus include analysis of social and economic vulnerability to disaster; policy analysis and modeling of the mitigation of environmental change; social and economic risk analysis to environmental change; social responsibility and coordination between sectors; as well as fair trade and sustainable development.
Dr. Liang QiaoMei excelled in his field of management science from the very beginning, earning honours and awards for his work all through the course of his studies. He received his PhD in 2007 from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he currently holds a position as research assistant at the centre for energy and environmental policy research. His research fields include energy demand and related emissions forecasts as well as energy and environmental policy simulation. He has published extensively in these fields in peer-review journals, working papers and books and has participated in numerous research projects and programs.
Liu LanCui currently holds a position as Post-Doctor at the Centre for Forecasting Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. With a background in mapping engineering and mining system engineering, he earned his PhD in 2006 from the Institute of Policy Management of the academy where he now works. His fields of expertise include climate and environmental economics and policy, trade and the environment, energy and environmental policy in China, consumer behaviour and energy consumption, and industrial CO2 emissions change. In addition to his many years of tertiary study, he has written and published extensively on the subject climate change and CO2 emissions.
One of the younger members of the team, Zhu Lei was born on November 1, 1983, in Anhui province, China. He is now pursuing a Ph.D. in management science and engineering at The Institute of Policy and Management, CAS. His research fields include energy investment risk analysis and Energy and environmental policy analysis. His studies have led him to join several research projects concerning China’s energy problems, vital experience which he now brings to research side of the STRACO2 Project.