[E&E seminars] Carbon Capture and Sequestration Panel Events December 9th

[Elsa Olivetti]

Cracking the Carbon Equation: Carbon Capture and Sequestration Research 
Seminar
Wednesday December 9th, 2:30pm
66-110 <http://whereis.mit.edu/?selection=66&zoom=16>

Moderator: Melanie Kenderdine, MITEI Executive Director

Panelists: MIT Faculty: Howard Herzog, Ruben Juanes, and John Reilly and 
Joe Chaisson with the Clean Air Task Force

Abstract:
Generation of electrical power is responsible for roughly 40% of carbon 
dioxide emissions in the US and coal-fired generation, in particular,
contributes over 80% of the CO2 emissions from this country’s electric 
power sector. A recent report from the U.S. National Research Council
recently called for building a suite of 15 to 20 power plants with 
carbon capture and storage (CCS) before 2020. Today, a few such projects
are under development as capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide is 
still in its infancy stage. A substantial ramp up is needed for this
technique to have an impact on atmospheric concentration of carbon 
dioxide. This panel will discuss the current state of technology in CCS
as well as the economic, and policy-related hurdles to making it a 
scalable reality in the US, the EU and in China.

The MIT Enterprise Forum is holding a panel in the evening at 6:15pm to 
address this topic from an industry perspective. Details found here 
<http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/iseries/dec09.html>