Climate change strategy

Changes to carbon accounting rules in the UK affect whether or not we can include different carbon mitigation such as green energy purchase and the treatment of self-generated renewable energy. Mr. Sanjeev Mahajan (Deputy General Manager, NTPC, Limited, India): introduced some challenges especially ongoing power shortages, priority on energy efficiency and renewable energy, weak understanding on the potential storage sites, and costs of CCS in India. ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) partners with government and commercial clients to deliver professional services and technology solutions in the energy, environment and transportation; health, education, and social programs; and homeland security and defense markets.While the shift in influence to the emerging economies is a pretty safe bet, 40 years is a long time in which to rule out conflict, famine, food, energy and natural resource shortages. At present we are measuring our progress towards achieving carbon neutrality by looking at the group’s GWP. Total GWP is based on our direct and indirect energy usage and CO 2 equivalence (i.e. greenhouse gas Scope 1 and 2 emissions defined under the Kyoto Protocol) which provide a strong platform for monitoring the impacts associated with energy use in our operations. The investment of IGCC/CCS (when capacity higher than 40GW) can be competitive with PC/CCS; CO2 avoided cost in IGCC/CCS will be lower than that in PC/CCS. With lower energy penalty compared to that of PC/CCS, IGCC/CCS may save millions of tons of coal, which will lead to the dominating CCS technology of China in the future.

New EPRI research offers a current snapshot of the storage landscape and an analytical framework for estimating the benefits of applications and the life-cycle costs of energy storage systems. Since the current climate change is scientifically linked to the use of fossil fuels, climate change strategy encompasses planning & implementing of a strategy for reduce energy use and costs and shift to renewable energy sources. Background The CCS is included as an integral part of all climate change mitigation strategies proposed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and International Energy Agency (IEA).

We conducted internal scenario planning sessions and assembled special research teams to produce industry-wide surveys and reports aimed at enriching the corporate understanding of climate change, energy and emissions. Improvements in drinking water quality and tighter standards on discharge consents exert an upward pressure on our carbon emissions as higher levels of treatment normally result in higher levels of energy use. ICF was recognized by Environmental Finance and Carbon Finance in the most closely watched survey of the leading participants in the carbon, U.S. emissions, weather, risk management, and renewable energy certificate markets.I am enormously proud of this honor, which reflects the hard work and dedication of　 more than 400 ICF　energy and　climate change specialists working worldwide who provide innovative solutions to complex energy and climate challenges facing our world today," said ICF International Chairman and CEO Sudhakar Kesavan. Especially, CCUS collaborates with China for CCS; for instance, Australia-China Joint Coordination Group on Clean Coal Technology (JCG), and Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Coal Technology (APP) Ms. Natalia Kulichenko (Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank): presented the World Bank activities in promoting CCS, particularly a CCS Trust Fund ($11 million). The EU also established bilateral S&T cooperation with both developed and developing countries; for instance, EU-China MoU on NZEC Mr. An Hongguang, Vice President of Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd (hereafter "Datang"), introduced the company, its current activities and energy structures.

This fund will lower risk profile for CCS demonstration projects and incorporate smart incentive mechanisms to encourage early movers, higher rate for capture etc. Early demonstration in developing countries can build confidence in the technology and will accelerate its wider deployment Mr. James Godber (Department of Energy and Climate Change, UK): The new government of UK will commit £1 billion to support a number of demonstration projects. He briefed about the current construction progress and introduced the GreenGen plan to build a CCS pilot and a research lab at the power plant site • Mr. Pradeep Tharakan (Climate Change Specialist: ADB): highlighted the challnges in South East Asian countries such as Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand, which currently focus on enhancing energy access and energy security rather than addressing climate change.