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Project No. |
EWG 17 2013A
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Project Title |
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Capacity Building in Mexico
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Project Status |
Completed Project
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Publication (if any) |
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Fund Account |
APEC Support Fund
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Sub-fund |
ASF: Energy Efficiency
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Project Year |
2013
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Project Session |
Session 2
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APEC Funding |
136,000
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Co-funding Amount |
73,000
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Total Project Value |
209,000
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Sponsoring Forum |
Energy Working Group (EWG)
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Topics |
Energy
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Committee |
SOM Steering Committee on Economic and Technical Cooperation (SCE)
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Other Fora Involved |
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Other Non-APEC Stakeholders Involved |
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Proposing Economy(ies) |
United States
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Co-Sponsoring Economies |
Australia; Canada; Mexico
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Expected Start Date |
01/09/2013
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Expected Completion Date |
31/12/2014
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Project Proponent Name 1 |
Scott M Smouse
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Job Title 1 |
Project Overseer and Chair, Expert Group on Clean Fossil Energy
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Organization 1 |
US Department of Energy, National Energy Technology Laboratory
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Postal Address 1 |
PO Box 10940, Pittsburgh, PA 15236-0940, USA
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Telephone 1 |
1-412 3865725
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Fax 1 |
Not Applicable
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Email 1 |
scott.smouse@netl.doe.gov
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Project Proponent Name 2 |
Not Applicable
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Job Title 2 |
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Organization 2 |
Not Applicable
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Postal Address 2 |
Not Applicable
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Telephone 2 |
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Declaration |
Scott M Smouse
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Project Summary |
The project will be the culmination of a series of APEC-funded projects aimed at building CCS awareness, knowledge and capabilities in APEC developing economies that are substantial emitters of CO2. Earlier projects in the series involved an assessment of the geological storage potential of CO2 in APEC developing economies followed by several workshops in APEC economies (China, Korea, Mexico, and Vietnam). These resulted in the development of advanced CCS workshop training materials, and the dissemination of state-of-the-art technical information and know-how by leading-edge international CCS experts. The workshops included review of CCS projects and technologies currently being implemented in APEC economies and elsewhere in the world, and a discussion by the experts of the potential uptake of these technologies in the regional economy of the workshop.
Mexico is the 7th largest emitter of CO2 in APEC, with approximately 80% of its electricity generated using fossil fuels. Although there are plans to increase the use of renewable energy sources to generate electricity, Mexico understands the need for CCS and has been one of the first developing APEC economies to make a commitment to introduce CCS.
APEC continued support in this area will serve both to provide added impetus to Mexico’s development and implementation of CCS technology, and to complete and make available a valuable body of knowledge that will serve other APEC developing economies well in their future efforts to build their CCS capabilities.
The proposed work comprises a comprehensive, 18-month program with three specialized workshops, focusing on geoscience students, engineering faculties, and geologists, respectively. It will also provide selected educators with training through on-line CCS certification courses, and develop protocols and staff capability for storage capacity assessments of selected basins in Mexico.
This project is directly responsive to the St. Petersburg Declaration by APEC Energy Ministers in 2012. The lessons learned from this work in Mexico will be shared with and of great help to other developing APEC economies. |
Relevance |
Economic growth and concomitant rising energy demand in developing APEC economies necessitate major expansions in energy infrastructure, especially in power generation. Given the concerns about global climate change, the growth of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the region’s rapidly expanding fossil-fuel fired power generation sector raises the issue of what measures governments should take to mitigate these emissions. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), carbon capture and storage (CCS) is the only technology that can achieve deep CO2 emissions reductions from fossil fuel use in power plants and other large-scale emitters, while minimizing the overall costs of the portfolio of abatement options. The IEA has forecast that CCS will need to contribute one-fifth of the required global emission reductions by 2050.
[Note that throughout this proposal CCS will be understood to include CCUS technology (carbon capture, utilization and storage), in which all or some of the captured CO2 will be utilized rather than directly stored. The best-known example of CCUS is the use of CO2 as a solvent for enhanced oil recovery (EOR) – indicated as CCUS-EOR noting that permanent storage of CO2 in CCUS-EOR can be monitored.]
Given this large potential of CCS, developing APEC economies need to start gaining a good understanding of all aspects of CCS, including technical, economic, financial, legal, regulatory and social issues, and to increase their capacity to assess the potential of implementing this technology within their own economies.
Mexico is the 7th largest emitter of CO2 in the APEC region. Approximately 80% of the electricity produced in Mexico is generated using fossil fuels. Although there are plans to increase the use of renewable energy sources to generate electricity, the reality is that energy from renewable resources will continue to provide only a marginal contribution for at least two more decades. Given these challenges, Mexico understands the need for CCS and has been one of the first developing APEC economies to make a commitment to introduce CCS.
An APEC CCS capacity-building workshop in 2007 (EWG 07/2005) has been credited with widely introducing CCS concepts to senior decision-makers from government, industry, and academia in Mexico.
A second APEC capacity-building workshop, held in June 2012 (EWG 05/2010A), focused on explaining CO2 storage concepts to undergraduate students in the geosciences. This focus was based on Mexico’s approach to build CCS capacity and awareness from the bottom up – that is starting with schools and universities. At the same time, however, Mexico has also initiated work on a parallel track that involves detailed assessments of the country’s considerable CO2 storage potential and evaluations of CCS pilot plant options.
This proposal will build on the previous APEC workshops and the networks created through these workshops. It comprises a comprehensive 16-month capacity-building program that addresses both tracks and will be completed by late 2014. Proposed work on the educational track includes three workshops targeted at specific audiences, especially the provision of training to key CCS educators.
Proposed work on the technical track comprises the development of technical protocols for the assessment of the storage potential of deep saline formations in Mexico and other APEC economies.
As mentioned above, Mexico is one of leading developing APEC economies in terms of building CCS knowledge and capacity, and assessing its storage resources. Lessons learned from the Mexican model will be widely applicable and can be transferred to other developing APEC economies.
This project will closely collaborate with other international agencies active in CCS, in particular the Global CCS Institute, which has an active capacity development program in Mexico. Partnering with these agencies will leverage their organizational and financial resources and further increase the profile and impact of the APEC work. |
Objectives |
The three key objectives of the project are to:
1. Organize three targeted workshops aimed at:
a) Undergraduate students in the earth sciences of universities not included in the June 2012 workshop on CCS held in Mexico City. Six of the 14 universities in Mexico were unable to participate in this workshop due to the long distance to Mexico City. The workshop will take place in Tampico or Monterrey and assist northern universities.
b) Students and faculty linked to the National Association of Schools of Engineering. They will learn about the operations of the different stages of CCS, involving the capture, transport and injection of CO2. Because this technology is new to Mexico, it is important to reach and involve all relevant professionals.
c) Geologists from industry, academia and other institutions involved in CO2 storage capacity assessments. The emphasis will lie with the northern universities, because this region is a major generator of industrial CO2 emissions.
2. Develop technical protocols and staff capability for the assessment of CO2 storage capacity in selected deep saline formations, with a focus on the particular characteristics of the basins of the Sabinas and Burgos Basins.
3. Provide comprehensive on-line CCS training to and certification of selected teachers/educators in the earth sciences. Topics to be included will be CCS in industry, legal and regulatory frameworks, and public outreach and education. This will prepare CCS professionals for dealing with stakeholders. |
Alignment |
The proposed project falls under “Sustainable Growth – Promotion of energy efficiency and low carbon technology, and development of renewable energy and alternative energy sources,” which is one of the objectives of the Rank 2 Projects Funding Criteria for 2013 – “Projects that directly support the APEC Leaders' Growth Strategy.”
The project responds directly to directives issued by APEC Leaders and Ministers over the years to capitalize on, support, and accelerate the development of technological innovations, including CCS, to strengthen energy security and promote sustainable development while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
The commitment to a lower-carbon economy was recently reaffirmed by APEC Ministers, who declared at their latest meeting (EMM10), held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2012, that “A cleaner energy supply continues to be a priority to boost both sustainable development and energy security while adjusting to climate change. Technology development and deployment should be promoted for low-emission energy supply options, including carbon capture and storage, renewable energy sources and bio-energy from sustainable biomass sources.” Ministers, therefore, instructed the EWG to “to continue its analysis of technologies for carbon capture, use and storage and its dissemination of best practices for applying these technologies to new and existing power plants and industrial processes using fossil fuel energy, working with the EGCFE and other multilateral fora.”
The EWG has singled out cost-effective options for CCS as a key medium-term goal in its work plan for 2010-2015. |
TILF/ASF Justification |
There is a clear need for capacity building in this area in developing APEC economies, and it is essential to bring their government and industry representatives into the international discussion. Mexico understands the need for CCS and has been one of the first developing APEC economies to make a commitment to introduce CCS. As mentioned above, Mexico is one of the leading developing APEC countries in terms of building CCS knowledge and capacity, and assessing its storage resources. This project will closely collaborate with other international agencies active in CCS, in particular the Global CCS Institute, which has developed a draft CCS Roadmap for Mexico, and the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF), which is considering placing Mexican interns in operating CCS projects. Partnering with these agencies will leverage their organizational and financial resources and further increase the profile and impact of this APEC work, which will then be disseminated to other developing APEC economies (where appropriate). |
Beneficiaries and Outputs |
The principal output from this project is expected to be a project report published by APEC, containing the updated CCS training materials used in the workshops, the workshop organization, agendas, attendance and presentations; opportunities and challenges identified from the presentations and discussions; lessons learned from feedback forms submitted by participants; and recommendations for follow-up activities by Mexico to accelerate its CCS development activities. An example of such a report from earlier APEC CCS capacity-building projects in Indonesia and China is available from EGCFE website (http://www.egcfe.ewg.apec.org/projects/EWG 09-2008A Final Report.pdf).
This project proposal has a specific focus on Mexico. However, APEC continued support in this area will serve both to provide added impetus to Mexico’s development and implementation of CCS technology, and to complete and make available a valuable body of knowledge that will serve other developing APEC economies well in their future efforts to build their CCS capabilities. The quality of that body of knowledge has been and will be further enhanced by blending the workshop experience of the earlier capacity-building projects in other APEC economies with the more thorough and detailed lessons learned from the capacity-building activities in Mexico, benefitting also from substantial interest and support by the Mexican authorities.
In view of this objective, participants from other developing APEC economies, in particular those that were most active in previous workshops in this series of projects, will be invited to attend and/or suggest appropriate delegates from their economies who might participate and possibly speak about their economy’s experience and plans for future activities. This could contribute significantly to consolidating capacity-building outcomes of the series of projects.
The intended beneficiaries in Mexico are the workshop participants, government agencies and earth sciences educators. The beneficiaries will benefit in a number of ways:
· Workshop participants and those who receive the reports from the workshops will gain up-to-date and hands-on knowledge on CCS from international experts in the field.
· Energy policy makers and power generation decision makers will benefit from information and data on CCS technical, economic and regulatory issues. In particular, this project will provide these decision makers with a better understanding of the CO2 storage capacity in Mexico.
· Earth science educators in high schools and universities who receive their online CCS certification will be better equipped to convey information on CCS to their students.
· The relevant government agencies will benefit from capacity building through improved knowledge and access to this information. Specifically, assigned government geologists and engineers will receive training to undertake storage capacity assessments.
· Government decision-makers will be better equipped to make informed judgments on carbon capture and storage policymaking where coal-fired power generating plants are concerned.
· Fossil power generation sector companies will benefit by access to opportunities for near-term implementation of CCS with more favorable economics through reuse of the captured CO2, and potential competitive advantage in the event of more general requirements for CCS implementation in their economies.
· The power engineering and technology supply sectors will be better placed to identify opportunities in this topic.
· Oil and gas production companies will benefit from access to new potentially large sources of CO2 for enhanced recovery from existing hydrocarbon deposits.
· The public stands to benefit through slower growth in greenhouse gas emissions globally, in the event that it should become necessary in the future to capture and sequester CO2 from coal-fired power plants in developing APEC economies.
· Future generations may benefit substantially from increased sustainability due to the beneficial effects on global climate of considerably reduced accumulation of CO2 in the atmosphere as a result of earlier and more widespread implementation of CCS.
The project may also help to advance deployment of clean coal technologies by favoring selection of coal-fired power generating technologies that result in a purer and more concentrated CO2 gas streams, such as integrated gasification combined cycle and oxy-fuel combustion.
Depending on the future course of global climate mitigation decision-making, the project has a potential to lead to future inward investment in projects in the power generation sector in developing APEC economies. |
Dissemination |
The products of this project, including the final report and other materials, will be posted on the APEC, EGCFE, and EWG websites for viewing and downloading, and linked to major CCS websites.
The product materials will also be made available on CD (on request).
The results of the project will be shared with the CSLF, the Global CCS Institute, the IEA/OECD and other international fora active in this area. The results will be presented at an APEC-EGCFE Clean Fossil Energy Seminar and/or other relevant CCS conferences in the region.
The project results are targeted mainly at the potential beneficiaries identified in Section 11 above.
There is no intention to sell outputs arising from this project. |
Gender |
The EGCFE always encourages participation of women from all APEC members in all its committees, projects, and activities. Women have served in the past as the principal investigators/lead authors of several EGCFE projects. Participation by women in the project steering committee will be encouraged, and the committee will encourage women to participate actively in the workshops.
The RFP will stress the need to involve women in both planning and implementation stages. In the evaluation of submitted bids in response to the project RFP, specific attention and weighting in the proposal evaluation process will be given to proposals including qualified women. The EGCFE members involved will ensure that the winning submission adheres to the priorities of the Framework for the Integration of Women in APEC (“Accelerate the progress of integrating women in the mainstream of APEC processes and activities” and “Promote and encourage the involvement of women in all APEC fora”). The APEC Framework, as well as the Gender Analysis Guide and other relevant documents, will be made available to those involved in all aspects of the project; their application will be monitored throughout the project.
The degree of women involvement, in terms of responsibility and numbers, can be evaluated objectively at the conclusion of the project. Of particular interest in this regard will be the number and qualifications of women experts in the workshops and the consequences of their input for the project results and conclusions, both as far as gender is concerned and in general. |
Work Plan |
The project will be conducted by a consultant with up-to-date knowledge and expertise in the field of CCS and experience in organizing workshops, under the guidance of an APEC project steering committee. The consultant will be responsible for organizing the workshops and providing their proceedings and summary records.
The timeline of actions will be:
· October 2013: Posting of the Request for Proposal (RFP) for this project on the APEC website.
· November 2013: Following the receipt of bids, selection of a consultant, who, under the guidance of an APEC project steering committee composed of EGCFE experts, will organize and manage the workshops.
· December 2013: Consultant submits an organizational plan for consideration by the project steering committee, consisting of proposed workshop programs, proposed names of expert speakers from the public and private sector, a proposed a timetable for the workshops and other program activities.
· January 2014 - June 2014: Organization and hosting of the aforementioned three workshops (tentative dates: January, March and May). These dates respect the operational schedules of the universities.
- In January 2014, the first workshop will be held in Tampico or Monterrey to assist universities in the north of the country. This workshop will be directed at undergraduate students in the earth sciences of those universities that were not included in the 2012 APEC workshop.
- In March 2014, the second workshop, to be held in Mexico City, will be oriented towards students and faculty linked to the National Association of Schools of Engineering and professionals involved in various stages of CCS (capture, transport, compress and injection of CO2).
- The third workshop, in May 2014, will focus on the characterization of storage basins such as the Burgos and Sabinas basins. Participants will include geologist from industry, academy and other institutions involved in CO2 storage capacity assessments. Preference will be given to northern universities (e.g., Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas), given the fact that the largest generation of CO2 is in the north and, therefore, that efforts must be focused on that area.
· January 2014 - September 2014: Development of protocols for and application of storage assessments of the Burgos and Sabinas deep saline aquifers; training of selected staff by the consultant or a well-recognized storage expert (subcontractor); preparation of special materials for future applications to Mexican basins. It is anticipated that the consultant will meet with and train the assessment team four times during the period (in order to save on travel expenses, these visits will be combined with the workshops).
· January 2014 - September 2014: Selection of a limited number of educators and their participation in on-line teacher CCS training and certification courses, given by a university specialized in this matter. Topics to be included will be CCS in industry, legal and regulatory frameworks, and public outreach and education.
· November 2014: Final report summarizing the workshops, including presentations and other relevant information, results of the teacher training program.
The consultant will act under the guidance of an APEC project steering committee composed of the project overseer and selected EWG/EGCFE experts.
EWG and EGCFE delegates will be invited to identify key contact persons in their economies, some of whom might participate in or make presentations at the expert workshop. These could include representatives of government and/or relevant industry. The project includes funding for travel and per diem for speakers and active participants from developing APEC economies.
Participants invited will include:
· Undergraduate students, professors and researchers in the earth sciences (Workshop 1); broad audience comprising students, professors, educators and officials of major engineering faculties (Workshop 2); geologists from industry, academia and research institutions (Workshop 3);
· On-line training: selected educators in the geosciences;
This proposal builds on two previous APEC CCS capacity-building workshops in Mexico and on the network of contacts and resources so established. The proposed work builds in part on the recommendations from these workshops and is closely coordinated with a complementary program by the Global CCS Institute.
With regard to the final report of the project, the consultant’s attention will be drawn to the fact that all documents/reports need to comply with the APEC publication guidelines before final payment is made |
Risks |
Among risks faced by the Project may be the following:
· Timely identification and selection of the most appropriate consultant. Important criteria for consultant selection will be the consultant’s experience with conducting workshops in developing economies, and up-to-date knowledge of CCS and related issues.
· Identification of appropriate local host organizations, and obtaining cooperation and timely agreements to organize the workshop, including confirmation by the local hosts and/or international CCS organizations of the funding of local logistics
· Ability to obtain workshop speakers who have timely information on CCS issues in Mexico during a period of rapidly evolving activity in the field.
· Timely project completion and publication of the results.
· Appropriate follow-up on the usefulness of the project end-product.
As the project progresses, additional risks may emerge requiring mitigation and management. The consultant will have the responsibility to identify and monitor additional risks, such as those associated with the technologies used to exploit unconventional gas resources.
Regarding consultant selection, the EGCFE has developed a set of criteria and scoring methodology for assessment of responses to RFPs and consultant selection. Use of this process facilitates objective assessment by a team of EGCFE experts and achievement of consensus on the appropriate choice among RFP responders.
Following selection, the project steering committee and the consultant selected will review the potential technical and operational risks, as well as others that may be identified in the process, and using a best practices approach, will work together to develop specific procedures for dealing with these risks.
Appropriate follow-up will be discussed in the EGCFE and in its periodic Clean Fossil Energy Technical and Policy Seminars. |
Monitoring and Evaluation |
This series of APEC CCS capacity-building projects has developed and used feedback forms distributed to workshop participants on their arrival. The results obtained from the feedback have been included in the project final reports and have contributed to the organization, form, and content of later events in the series. This project will develop a feedback system requesting specific project workshop evaluations, as well as suggestions for packaging the overall results of the capacity-building series. This feedback from government and private sector participants at the workshops will be an indicator of success in the short term in laying the groundwork for the next steps in CCS in APEC.
A medium-term measure of success will be the use of the workshop results, potentially in conjunction with those of the initial EWG24/2011 project and the more general APEC CCUS-EOR workshops project, as a basis for accelerating development of CCS in Mexico, as well as the wider APEC region, and for additional APEC projects in the CCS area. Medium-term success can also be assessed by evaluating the progress and shape of the next phase of the EWG program on CCS in the light of the recommendations emanating from the workshops and the EWG24/2011 project final report.
The longer-term measure of success of this project will be utilization of the results by Mexico and other developing APEC economies in supporting their development and implementation of possible CCS and CCUS projects applied to new coal-fired power generation projects in their economies. |
Linkages |
The proposal builds directly on two previous APEC CCS capacity-building workshops in Mexico and on the network of contacts and resources thus established. The proposed work builds in part on the recommendations from these workshops and is closely coordinated with a complementary capacity-building program being undertaken in Mexico by the Global CCS Institute. The proposed project will also draw on the work in progress on APEC project EWG 24/2011 (a feasibility assessment of CCUS-EOR in developing APEC economies) and may benefit from insights gained from the more general APEC CCUS-EOR workshops being undertaken elsewhere during the project period.
The APEC region, especially developing APEC economies, has the highest projected growth for new electricity generation, and is projected to rely heavily on coal for much of this new generating capacity. Owing to this rapid growth in coal-fired generation, CCS projects are likely to be implemented in these economies in the future.
As noted in Section 4 above, there is a clear need for CCS capacity building in developing APEC economies and for bringing the government and industry representatives from these economies into the international discussion. This is especially the case for Mexico and several Southeast Asian economies, which have both rapidly increasing CO2 emissions and potentially significant CO2 utilization opportunities.
APEC Energy Ministers in their Declaration of the EMM9 meeting in June 2010 instructed the EWG “to extend and reinforce its analysis of technology options for CCS and its dissemination of best practices for applying these technologies to new and existing power plants, working with the EGCFE and other multilateral fora.” The Final Declaration of the tenth Meeting of APEC Energy Ministers (EMM10), held in St. Petersburg, Russia, in June 2012, reinforced this by instructing the EWG “to continue its analysis of technologies for carbon capture, use and storage (CCUS) and its dissemination of best practices for applying these technologies to new and existing power plants and industrial processes using fossil fuel energy, working with the EGCFE and other multilateral fora.”
This was a clear message to the EWG and EGCFE to proceed with relevant CCS and CCUS projects.
Steps towards improving the economic feasibility of carbon capture and storage technologies via application to enhanced oil recovery (CCUS-EOR) will advance the possibility of practical implementation of these technologies as a viable response to greenhouse gas mitigation.
The ongoing EGCFE project series on CCS capacity building has developed a comprehensive set of CCS training modules. These have been used in capacity-building workshops in a number of developing APEC economies. The workshops, involving senior cadres of government, industry and academia, include a review of the basic principles of CCS, an examination of CCS projects and technologies currently being developed in APEC economies and elsewhere in the world, and a discussion by local and international CCS experts of the potential for uptake of these technologies in the workshop’s regional economy.
The results of the present proposed workshops will be integrated into the body of knowledge developed in the CCS capacity-building project and its workshops, and will be coordinated with the work on advanced clean coal technologies that the Energy Ministers have instructed the EWG to carry out. Taken together, these projects will provide ongoing value to developing APEC economies in their capacity-building efforts in the area of CCS and CCT.
For these reasons, APEC is an appropriate forum to undertake this project and this is a very appropriate use of APEC funds. |
Sustainability |
The project’s long-term intended impacts are to put Mexico and other developing APEC economies with rapidly growing use of coal for electricity generation in a position to apply CCS as effectively and economically as possible, and to build professional capabilities and capacity for achieving this. Long-term sustainability, which the implementation of CCS would likely be able to accomplish, is a key objective of the EWG forum. The results of the project are likely to identify more detailed work needed on specific aspects of CCS in developing APEC economies, which could be the object of future APEC projects. An example of such might be a ranking of point source CO2 emissions and CO2-EOR opportunities (as recommended in Global CCS Institute report) for developing APEC economies.
The results of the present proposed CCS project will also be integrated into the body of knowledge developed in the CCS capacity-building project and its workshops described in Section 8 above, and will be included in the training modules developed for further activities in that capacity-building exercise.
The EGCFE work on CCS also dovetails with its ongoing activities on more efficient clean coal technologies. The EWG and EGCFE are initiating development of an action plan for responding to the APEC Energy Ministers Fukui meeting Declaration, in the form of a Fukui CCT Deployment Initiative. This initiative aims to clarify the current status of a variety of clean and efficient coal utilization technologies, developed or under development, and the technical, economic and political challenges facing their deployment. The results of this CCUS project and its follow-up will be integrated into the framework of this Fukui initiative, which will enable their impact to be monitored over the long term. |
Project Overseers |
The main point of contact will be Scott M. Smouse of the United States Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, who is the EGCFE Chair.
Mr. Smouse has 30 years’ experience in nearly every aspect of fossil energy utilization and power generation, especially coal-based technologies. Since 1996, he has coordinated all of NETL’s international activities, including working with senior Department and other U.S. government officials on a wide variety of bilateral and multilateral initiatives and projects. He has worked with senior government officials, industry, and academia from over 30 countries on a wide range of cooperative research, development, and demonstration projects; technology and market assessments; technology transfer; and policy analyses, primarily related to fossil energy production and utilization. He has chaired the APEC’s Expert Group on Clean Fossil Energy for about 12 years and has served as the Lead Coordinator on Annex IV: Energy & Environmental Control Technologies under the Fossil Energy Cooperation Protocol between U.S. DOE and China’s Ministry of Science & Technology (MOST) since 2001. Also, he served a technical expert and U.S. representative on the Power Generation and Transmission and Cleaner Fossil Energy Task Forces of the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate. He is a member of the U.S. Executive Committee to the International Energy Agency’s Clean Coal Centre and the Executive Board of the U.S.-China Energy & Environmental Technology Center. He is also on the DOE management team for the Advanced Coal Technology Consortia under the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center. In addition, he provides crosscutting support to Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF), especially the Capacity Building and Finance Task Forces. He is also a DOE representative to the Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership (GSEP), which is working to improve the efficiency of existing coal-fired power plants globally, under the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM). He was the lead author of the international sections of the 2010 report by the Carbon Capture & Storage Task Force to U.S. President Obama. He coordinates NETL’s interaction with other organizations with international objectives, including United States Energy Association, World Energy Council, Atlantic Council, Edison Electric Institute, and multilateral development banks. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Fairmont State College and a M.S. in Fuel Science (Combustion) from Penn State University. He previously held several positions in the U.S. private sector, with Pope, Evans & Robbins, Inc.; DUSCO Division of Dearborn Chemical Company, a W.R. Grace subsidiary; and Babcock & Wilcox Company. |
Cost Efficiency |
This project is designed to further Mexico’s CCS capacity building experience by building on the amount of international effort and funding that has been devoted to date to CCS projects in APEC economies. In turn, the Mexico project’s results will contribute very usefully, at a modest cost, to cost-effective capacity-building activities in other APEC economies. Consequently the proposed project, drawing from existing knowledge and experience in other international organizations and developed economies, is expected to be a cost-efficient use of resources, yielding very substantial savings and providing high value for the funds requested. |
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Direct Labour |
Direct labor funded by APEC ($88,000) will consist of the consultant and consultant’s secretary. Total estimated hours are shown in the above table.
The consultant will be selected competitively via an APEC Request for Proposals. Self-funding of $22,000 by Mexico is for work on a parallel track that involves detailed assessments of the country’s considerable CO 2 storage potential and evaluations of CCS pilot plant options. |
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