Speaker: Dr John Topper
Managing Director, IEA Clean Coal Centre
Date: Thursday, 4 November 2010
Time: 11:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: Seminar Room II
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS)
30 Heng Mui Keng Terrace
Singapore 119614
Attendance will be limited to the first 30 respondents. Please register your name, organisation, designation and email address via the ESI website at www.esi.nus.edu.sg e-Registration. For enquiries, please contact Ms Jan Lui at 65162000.
About the seminar
Over six billion tonnes of hard coal is produced annually. This presentation will examine coal demand projections in the ‘business as usual’ scenario and contrast these with the International Energy Agency’s 450ppm CO2 scenario, which includes the condition that there is a 50% chance of not exceeding a 2-degree (centigrade) rise in global temperatures by 2050. The speaker will discuss the state of the art in coal-fired power generation, concentrating on the most efficient units with the lowest emissions and provide an update on where we are globally in developing carbon capture and storage (CCS). Turning the 450ppm scenario into reality requires enormous decarbonisation of energy use. The IEA estimates that 19% of the CO2 emission cuts could come from CCS and that by 2050 the biggest burden will fall on non-OECD countries with SE Asia having a key role towards achieving global stabilisation of CO2 levels in the atmosphere.
About the Speaker
Dr John Topper, for almost 10 years, has been the Managing Director of the IEA Clean Coal Centre which provides unbiased information on the sustainable use of coal worldwide. He is a Fellow of the UK’s Institution of Chemical Engineers and has worked on a variety of coal technologies, R&D management and consulting since the 1970’s. The IEA Clean Coal Centre provides in-depth topical reports and online databases of coal information as well as direct advice, facilitation of R & D and networks.
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