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First CO2CRC CCS School held in Adelaide
In an exciting new development for CO2CRC, the first Carbon Capture and Storage School was held at the University of Adelaide, South Australia from July 22-24, 2008. Participants in the three day school undertook a course called "Fundamentals of CCS", developed by CO2CRC’s Education and Training Committee.
The CCS School was developed in response to the need for a significant number of young scientists with an in-depth understanding of all the technologies involved in CCS. Researchers with this background are essential to the large-scale uptake of CCS across the world required to impact significantly on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The School introduced participants to the significant components of CCS by presenting lectures and exercises encompassing the fundamental technologies of this active research and development field, including emission sources, capture technologies, transport of CO2, geological storage of CO2 and the economic implications of CCS.
The lectures were presented by leading researchers and practitioners in the field from Melbourne University, Adelaide University and the University of New South Wales. Dinner speakers included Tom Wigley from the National Centre for Atmospheric Research (US) on climate stabilization and Prof. Gus Nathan from the Research Institute for Climate Change and Sustainability, University of Adelaide on sustainable energy futures. In addition, Mike Congreve, Manager, Carbon Business & Tight Gas, Santos, spoke at lunch on the concluding day on the topic "Carbon Capture & Storage - A role for upstream oil and gas"
The participants found the course interesting and useful, in particular the hands-on exercises and meeting researchers and experts from a variety of disciplines. It is planned to build on the success of the inaugural 2008 CO2CRC CCS School by developing future schools to meet the education and training needs of researchers, government and industry in the rapidly developing field of CCS technologies.
For more information email info@co2crc.com.au
