[geo] Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration Workshop | Department of Energy

2015-05-18 Thread Andrew Lockley
http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/events/bioenergy-carbon-capture-and-sequestration-workshop

BIOENERGY WITH CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION WORKSHOP

May 18, 2015 8:00AM to 4:00PM EDT
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Offices
901 D Street, SW, Suite 930
Washington, D.C.

The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and the Bioenergy Technologies Office
(BETO) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at
the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is hosting a Bioenergy with Carbon
Capture and Sequestration (BECCS) Workshop on Monday, May 18, 2015 in
Washington, DC.

The BECCS Workshop is being held to focus on low-carbon and carbon-negative
power systems and the use of biomass in power generation to achieve lower
greenhouse gas emissions in a sustainable manner.  We are seeking input
from experts in bioenergy, power generation, and transmission and
distribution infrastructure from industry, academia, non-profit
organizations, government, and national laboratories.

This invite-only workshop will open with presentations from DOE leadership
and continue with talks from national lab and university experts describing
the current status and future pathways of BECCS technologies. The workshop
will also incorporate discussion sessions to facilitate future research and
development ideas and collect valuable input from all participants. The
results from these discussion sessions along with follow-up comments and
inputs collected after the workshop will be compiled into a workshop
report. This report will be used to assist DOE leadership in identifying
opportunities for technology development and deployment in the power
industry, as well as to assist FE and BETO in strategic planning for future
program activities.

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Re: [geo] Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration Workshop | Department of Energy

2015-05-18 Thread Greg Rau
Great! Let's continue the myth that expensively making concentrated CO2 and 
putting it in the ground is the only way to capture and store point source CO2. 
And by making this an invite-only event, let's make sure that alternate ideas 
do not get heard by those holding the R&D pursestrings.  The CCS mafia 
stranglehold on DOE continues, making a very expensive and risky planetary bet 
that CCS alone will save the day re point source emissions and now also for air 
capture.
Greg

On Mon, 5/18/15, Andrew Lockley  wrote:

 Subject: [geo] Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration Workshop | 
Department of Energy
 To: "geoengineering" 
 Date: Monday, May 18, 2015, 8:47 AM
 
 
http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/events/bioenergy-carbon-capture-and-sequestration-workshop
 
 BIOENERGY WITH CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION WORKSHOP
 
 May 18, 2015 8:00AM to 4:00PM EDT
 National Renewable Energy Laboratory Offices
 901 D Street, SW, Suite 930
 Washington, D.C.
 
 The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and the Bioenergy
 Technologies Office (BETO) in the Office of Energy
 Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the U.S.
 Department of Energy (DOE) is hosting a Bioenergy with
 Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS) Workshop on Monday,
 May 18, 2015 in Washington, DC.
 
 The BECCS Workshop is being held to focus on low-carbon and
 carbon-negative power systems and the use of biomass in
 power generation to achieve lower greenhouse gas emissions
 in a sustainable manner.  We are seeking input from experts
 in bioenergy, power generation, and transmission and
 distribution infrastructure from industry, academia,
 non-profit organizations, government, and national
 laboratories.
 
 This invite-only workshop will open with presentations from
 DOE leadership and continue with talks from national lab and
 university experts describing the current status and future
 pathways of BECCS technologies. The workshop will also
 incorporate discussion sessions to facilitate future
 research and development ideas and collect valuable input
 from all participants. The results from these discussion
 sessions along with follow-up comments and inputs collected
 after the workshop will be compiled into a workshop report.
 This report will be used to assist DOE leadership in
 identifying opportunities for technology development and
 deployment in the power industry, as well as to assist FE
 and BETO in strategic planning for future program
 activities.
 
 
 
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Re: [geo] Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration Workshop | Department of Energy

2015-05-19 Thread David Lewis
Why not ask for an invite and present your views to the conference?  The 
listed email address for a contact person for the conference is on this page 
<http://www.energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/bioenergy-carbon-capture-and-sequestration-workshop>.
  


On Monday, May 18, 2015 at 1:12:45 PM UTC-7, Greg Rau wrote:
>
> Great! Let's continue the myth that expensively making concentrated CO2 
> and putting it in the ground is the only way to capture and store point 
> source CO2. And by making this an invite-only event, let's make sure that 
> alternate ideas do not get heard by those holding the R&D pursestrings. 
>  The CCS mafia stranglehold on DOE continues, making a very expensive and 
> risky planetary bet that CCS alone will save the day re point source 
> emissions and now also for air capture. 
> Greg 
>  
> On Mon, 5/18/15, Andrew Lockley > 
> wrote: 
>
>  Subject: [geo] Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration Workshop | 
> Department of Energy 
>  To: "geoengineering" > 
>  Date: Monday, May 18, 2015, 8:47 AM 
>   
>  
> http://energy.gov/eere/bioenergy/events/bioenergy-carbon-capture-and-sequestration-workshop
>  
>   
>  BIOENERGY WITH CARBON CAPTURE AND SEQUESTRATION WORKSHOP 
>   
>  May 18, 2015 8:00AM to 4:00PM EDT 
>  National Renewable Energy Laboratory Offices 
>  901 D Street, SW, Suite 930 
>  Washington, D.C. 
>   
>  The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and the Bioenergy 
>  Technologies Office (BETO) in the Office of Energy 
>  Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at the U.S. 
>  Department of Energy (DOE) is hosting a Bioenergy with 
>  Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS) Workshop on Monday, 
>  May 18, 2015 in Washington, DC. 
>   
>  The BECCS Workshop is being held to focus on low-carbon and 
>  carbon-negative power systems and the use of biomass in 
>  power generation to achieve lower greenhouse gas emissions 
>  in a sustainable manner.  We are seeking input from experts 
>  in bioenergy, power generation, and transmission and 
>  distribution infrastructure from industry, academia, 
>  non-profit organizations, government, and national 
>  laboratories. 
>   
>  This invite-only workshop will open with presentations from 
>  DOE leadership and continue with talks from national lab and 
>  university experts describing the current status and future 
>  pathways of BECCS technologies. The workshop will also 
>  incorporate discussion sessions to facilitate future 
>  research and development ideas and collect valuable input 
>  from all participants. The results from these discussion 
>  sessions along with follow-up comments and inputs collected 
>  after the workshop will be compiled into a workshop report. 
>  This report will be used to assist DOE leadership in 
>  identifying opportunities for technology development and 
>  deployment in the power industry, as well as to assist FE 
>  and BETO in strategic planning for future program 
>  activities. 
>   
>   
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Re: [geo] Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration Workshop | Department of Energy

2015-05-19 Thread Greg Rau
Good idea.  However since the workshop was yesterday and I am currently on a 
research vessel in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, my chances of participating 
would seem rather slim. In any case, you can be sure that the huge CCS lobby 
and vested interests that DOE et al have created over the past decade are not 
going to want any dilution of their efforts. Application of CCS to air capture 
I'm sure is viewed as the new growth area for CCS, regardless if it make any 
sense for CDR or not. What needs to happen is an information workshop on CDR, 
get all the ideas on the table and then build an R&D program around that. But 
apparently that is way outside DOE's comfort zone and more complicated than 
simply perpetuating their pre-ordained, "winning" but way too expensive 
technology.

All that being said, did anyone on this list get an invite to this workshop and 
can they counter my claims above?

Aloha,
Greg




On Tue, 5/19/15, David Lewis  wrote:

 Subject: Re: [geo] Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration Workshop | 
Department of Energy
 To: geoengineering@googlegroups.com
 Cc: andrew.lock...@gmail.com
 Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 7:33 AM
 
 Why not
 ask for an invite and present your views to the
 conference?  The listed email address for a contact person
 for the conference is on this
 page.  
 
 On Monday, May
 18, 2015 at 1:12:45 PM UTC-7, Greg Rau wrote:Great! Let's continue the myth
 that expensively making concentrated CO2 and putting it in
 the ground is the only way to capture and store point source
 CO2. And by making this an invite-only event, let's make
 sure that alternate ideas do not get heard by those holding
 the R&D pursestrings.  The CCS mafia stranglehold on
 DOE continues, making a very expensive and risky planetary
 bet that CCS alone will save the day re point source
 emissions and now also for air capture.
 
 Greg
 
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 On Mon, 5/18/15, Andrew Lockley 
 wrote:
 
 
 
  Subject: [geo] Bioenergy with Carbon
 Capture and Sequestration Workshop | Department of Energy
 
  To: "geoengineering" 
 
  Date: Monday, May 18, 2015, 8:47 AM
 
  
 
  http://energy.gov/eere/
 bioenergy/events/bioenergy- carbon-capture-and-
 sequestration-workshop
 
  
 
  BIOENERGY WITH CARBON CAPTURE AND
 SEQUESTRATION WORKSHOP
 
  
 
  May 18, 2015 8:00AM to 4:00PM EDT
 
  National Renewable Energy Laboratory
 Offices
 
  901 D Street, SW, Suite 930
 
  Washington, D.C.
 
  
 
  The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) and the
 Bioenergy
 
  Technologies Office (BETO) in the Office
 of Energy
 
  Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) at
 the U.S.
 
  Department of Energy (DOE) is hosting a
 Bioenergy with
 
  Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS)
 Workshop on Monday,
 
  May 18, 2015 in Washington, DC.
 
  
 
  The BECCS Workshop is being held to focus
 on low-carbon and
 
  carbon-negative power systems and the use
 of biomass in
 
  power generation to achieve lower
 greenhouse gas emissions
 
  in a sustainable manner.  We are seeking
 input from experts
 
  in bioenergy, power generation, and
 transmission and
 
  distribution infrastructure from
 industry, academia,
 
  non-profit organizations, government, and
 national
 
  laboratories.
 
  
 
  This invite-only workshop will open with
 presentations from
 
  DOE leadership and continue with talks
 from national lab and
 
  university experts describing the current
 status and future
 
  pathways of BECCS technologies. The
 workshop will also
 
  incorporate discussion sessions to
 facilitate future
 
  research and development ideas and
 collect valuable input
 
  from all participants. The results from
 these discussion
 
  sessions along with follow-up comments
 and inputs collected
 
  after the workshop will be compiled into
 a workshop report.
 
  This report will be used to assist DOE
 leadership in
 
  identifying opportunities for technology
 development and
 
  deployment in the power industry, as well
 as to assist FE
 
  and BETO in strategic planning for future
 program
 
  activities.
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
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