2 weeks to coal tech 2013, page-47

This week we found out that the Victorian DPI put Mantle's Bacchus Marsh Export Project on their "Major Projects & Developments" map.

That's the same DPI that is running the ALDP Funding Program.

The same DPI that knows well that for the Bacchus Marsh Export Project to go ahead first Exergen need to prove up their technology with a Commercial Demonstration Plant in the LV.

The same DPI that ran an information session for people worried about the BM project that apparantly only approx 30 people from a population of 100,000's turned up to.

The same DPI that has a speaker at this weeks Coal Tech 2013 a couple of hours before Exergen boss Trevor Bourne.

Event

Title:Coal Tech 2013

When: 04.03.2013 - 05.03.2013

Where: Rendezvous Grand Hotel Melbourne - Melbourne .

Description

Coal Tech 2013 will examine developing clean coal technologies in Australia and abroad to reduce CO2 emissions. The speaker line-up includes representatives from CSIRO, Brown Coal Innovation Australia, Exergen, Ignite Energy Resources, AGL Loy Yang, Alstom International and the Victorian Department of Primary Industries.


Coal Tech 2013 covers topics such as:
¦Coal-to-liquids project development
¦Underground coal gasification
¦Coal drying technology
¦Carbon capture and storage advances
¦Post combustion capture
¦IGCC and much more
¦Integrated drying and gasification combined cycle

Topics and case studies to be discussed:
¦ Demonstration projects to commercialisation
¦ Lessons learnt from projects
¦ Costs, planning and scaling
¦ Research and development updates
¦ Policies and government programs
¦ Public engagement and perception


Key reasons to attend this conference:
¦ Comprehend the challenges involved with developing commercial scale projects
¦ Discuss possible measures to overcome the cost issue of coal technology developments
¦ Review international advances in coal tech projects
¦ Examine latest technologies to increase efficiency and feasibility

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Speakers include:
¦ Roland Davies, Executive Manager – Development & Projects, AGL Loy Yang
¦Phil Gurney, Chief Executive Officer, Brown Coal Innovation Australia
¦ Dr Len Humphreys, Managing Director, Ignite Energy Resources
¦ Dr Peter Redlich, Director Energy Technology Innovation, Victorian Department of Primary Industries
¦ Trevor Bourne, Chief Executive Officer, Exergen
¦ Dr Ali Abbas, Director of the Laboratory for Multiscale Systems, University of Sydney
¦ Dr Louis Wibberley, Leader Advanced Carbon Power, CSIRO Energy Technology
¦ Ross Paul, Managing Director, IQA Pty Ltd
¦ Dr Matthias Raab, Program Manager Geological Carbon Storage, CO2CRC
¦ Dr Cliff Mallett, Executive Director, Carbon Energy
¦ Professor Andrew Garnett, Director, Carbon Capture and Storage, UQ Energy Initiative
¦ Paul Curnow, Partner, Baker & McKenzie
¦ Gwen Andrews, Vice President, Environmental Policies and Global Advocacy, Asia and Oceania, Alstom International
¦ Dr Erik Meuleman, Sr Project Manager PCC Victoria, Research Group Leader, CSIRO Advanced Coal Technology
¦ Jane Burton, Manager Stakeholder and Community Relations, Clean Coal Victoria, Department of Primary Industries
¦ Dr John Bradshaw, CEO, CO2 Geological Storage Solutions
¦Richard Brookie, Project Director, CarbonNet, Victorian Department of Primary Industries



Yes, that's this Monday and Tuesday 4/5th March.

I have emailed organisers to try and find out if and when transcripts of presentations will be available.

Above all IMO & DYOR

cheers
B Rubes