NEWS
Al Gore and IPCC share the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 was jointly awarded to former US Vice-president Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The CEO of cLET, Dr. Kelly Thambimuthu, a coordinating lead author in the writing of the special assessment report on "CO2 Capure and Storage" is a contributer to the work done by the IPCC recognised by this award. IPCC Chairman Rajendra Pachauri accepted the award on behalf of the IPCC in a ceremony held in Oslo, Norway on 10 December 2007.
CATO Mid Term Review
The CEO of cLET, Dr. Kelly Thambimuthu, chaired the mid-term review by international technical experts of CATO, the CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage program in the Netherlands. The review took place on 29 and 30 August 2007, in Utrecht.
The comments of the Committee were very positive and constructive. Some quotes of the Committee in the report are:
"CATO has developed into a successful research network in the Netherlands and has 'de facto' become the Dutch national CCS program. It should be noted that this was not the original intention, but through the activity CATO has initiated, CCS projects in the Netherlands are now highly relevant to the new national Dutch policy on climate change - where CCS is recognised as an important strategy to mitigate climate change. CATO is therefore a 'gift to government' and has established a much needed basis of a national capability in CCS."
"CATO is one of the few national European CCS programs covering the entire CCS chain. The active participation of industry, research institutes universities and NGO's makes CATO a powerful consortium which is similar in nature to the highlly influential Zero Emissions Power (ZEP), EU Technology Platform."
"Continuity of CATO will be particularly important in light of the need for a skills base for the application of CCS in the Netherlands. It should, therefore, provide a focus for the CCS research and technology development and be complementary to other Dutch actions in energy efficiency and renewable energy sources."
The Review Team also supported the proposal from the current CATO project to change the balance between basic R&D and applied research in the follow-up of CATO. "There should be strong activity supporting implementation of first generation technology, but also still maintain clear activity towards the provision of second generation technologies and beyond."
Members of the CATO Mid Term external review team, in front of the Academy Building of Utrecht University (left to right): Mr. Pierre le Thiez, Dr. David Reiner, Dr. Kelly Thambimuthu (Chair), Mr. Nick Otter, Mr. Tony Espie, Mr. Walter Ruijgrok. Absent: Dr. Esther Luiten, Dr. Bert Metz.
Adapted with permission from CATO News, Edition 17, December 2007
Link to CATO website
Media releases
9 November 2006: Australian Researcher Receives World Sustainability Award
26 July 2006: ZeroGen Project in Central Queensland
Seminars
19 September 2008:
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"The Alberta Redwater Leduc Reef Saline Aquifer: A CO2 Capture & Geological Storage Project in Canada " Dr. William Gunter, Alberta Research Council DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION |
12 July 2007: "Deployment of CCS in QLD"
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"Clean Coal Technologies: Status and Techno-economics" Stuart Dalton, Electric Power Research Institute DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION |
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"CO2 Capture Retrofit and Capture Ready Design Considerations" Dr. Jeffrey Phillips, Electric Power Research Institute DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION |
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"CO2 Storage in QLD: Where and How?" Wal Muir, MBA Petroleum Consultants DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION |
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"Project Update: ZeroGen" Chris Wheeler, ZeroGen Pty Ltd DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION |
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"Project Update: Callide Oxyfuel" Dr. Chris Spero, CS Energy Ltd DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION |
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"Project Update: Kwinana Hydrogen Energy" Alex Zapantis, Rio Tinto DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION |
8 December 2006:
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"IEA GHG Weyburn-Midale CO2 Monitoring and Storage Project" Dr. William Gunter, Alberta Research Council DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION |
9 October 2006:
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"CO2 Capture R&TD at TNO and Zero Emissions Power Developments in the European Union" Dr. Paul H.M. Feron, TNO Science & Industry, Netherlands DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION |
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"Clean Coal Developments before CCS and the work of the IEA Clean Coal Centre" Dr. John Topper, IEA Clean Coal Centre and IEA Environmental Projects Ltd DOWNLOAD PRESENTATION |
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7 December 2005: "The CATO Project for CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage in the Netherlands" Erik Lysen, Utrecht Centre for Energy, Netherlands PRESENTATION NOT AVAILABLE |
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5 December 2005: "Enhanced Coalbed Methane Micro-Pilot Tests in the Bituminous Coals of Alberta, Canada and the Anthractic Coals of the Qinshui Basin, Shanxi, China: Their Implications for Enhanced Methane Production and CO2 Storage" Dr. William Gunter, Alberta Research Council PRESENTATION NOT AVAILABLE |
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21 October 2005: "The Formation and Casting of Metallic Glasses" Prof. Hywel A. Davies FREng, Dept. of Engineering Materials, University of Sheffield PRESENTATION NOT AVAILABLE |
Events
PHOTOS FROM THE LAUNCH OF THE SEI REPORT
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Hon John Mickel MP, |
Dr. Kelly Thambimuthu, CEO Centre for Low Emission Technology |
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Vince Gauci, Chairman of cLET Board; |
Peta Ashworth, Research Co-ordinator Hon John Mickel, MP; Dr. Kelly Thambimuthu, CEO cLET |
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHER RECEIVES WORLD SUSTAINABILITY AWARd
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cLET CEO, Dr Kelly Thambimuthu, receiving the 2006 Award for Sustainable Development of Coal from Mr Preston Chiaro, Chief Executive - Energy, Rio Tinto |
1ST ISCDRS, SEOUL, KOREA 18 JAN 2005
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Opening ceremony for the symposium |
CEO of cLET chatting with Richard Bradley |
CEO of cLET meeting Dr. Choi |
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cLET OFFICIAL OPENING FRIDAY 21 NOV 2003
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Official launch of the Centre for Low Emission Technology by The Honourable Peter McGauran MP, Minister for Science and the Honourable Peter Beattie MP, Premier of Queensland on 21st November 2003. |
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