Joint Meeting of the Cleaner Fossil Energy and Power Generation and Transmission Task Forces
Melbourne, Australia
31 March - April 3, 2008

On 31 March - 3 April 2008, Australia hosted a joint Task Force meeting of the Cleaner Fossil Energy (CFE) and the Power Generation and Transmission (PowerGen) Task Forces in Melbourne, Australia.  The meeting was well attended with representatives from government, industry and the research community.

The joint Task Force meeting enabled the two Task Forces to share information, examine the work of each Task Force and look at synergies between the Task Forces.  This included providing feedback on major projects, the establishment and broadening of working groups in the areas of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) technology, Oxy-fuel combustion technology and Oil and Gas; and consideration of barriers to the deployment of low emission technologies.

The meeting welcomed Canada to its first CFE and PowerGen Task Force meeting.

In conjunction with the joint and separate Task Force meetings, seminars and workshops were held.  Presentations made at the event are available through the links below: 

Seminar on Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) combined with Carbon Capture and Storage (Monday, 31 March 2008)

• Gasification – A Component of a Clean Energy Future for Canada

• IGCC, IGFC and CCS in Japan

• Integrating Technologies at Monash Energy

• Learning from International Coal Gasification and IGCC Experience

• Research and Development in Coal Gasification Technologies

• ZeroGen Clean Coal Power Project, Mark II

Workshop on Ultra-Supercritical Pulverised Coal and Carbon Capture and Storage (EPRI) (Monday, 31 March 2008) 

• Advancing Ultra-Supercritical PC with CO₂ Capture
• Post Combustion CO₂ Capture Issues for New and Existing Plant
• Ultrasupercritical PC with Near Zero Emission and CO₂ Capture and Storage for APP Coals

Seminar on Carbon Storage Technologies (Tuesday, 1 April 2008) 

• Gorgon Carbon Dioxide Injection Project 2008
• Status Report on Carbon Dioxide Storage
• The CO₂ CRC Otway Project - Australia’s First Storage Demonstration Project
• The Cooper Basin as a Regional Carbon Storage Hub 

Seminar on Technologies to Improve the Environmental Performance of Power Generation (Tuesday, 1 April 2008) 

• Alternative Pathways to Low Emission Electricity
• Brown Coal Drying Technologies
• CFE-06-3 - Ultra Clean Coal
• Geosequestration in NSW
• HRL IDGCC Technology for Brown Coal Power Generation
• Retrofit at International Power’s Hazelwood Power Station  

Joint Meeting of the Cleaner Fossil Energy and Power Generation Taskforces (Wednesday, 2 April 2008) 

• DOE –Addressing Climate Change through Technology
• Quantification of Energy Savings CO₂ Emission Reduction Potential
• IGCC Working Group
• Costs and Diffusion Barriers to Deployment of LET in Korea
• Callide Oxyfuel
• Cleaner Fossil Energy Task Force Oil and Natural Gas Projects
• Renovation of coal-fired power plants in China
• Asia-Pacific Gas Market Growth Project
• Oxyfuel Working Group
• Post-combustion CO₂ capture for Coal fired power stations within the Asia-Pacific Partnership
• Barriers to Low Emission Technologies 
• Country Update – Australia
• Country Update – Canada
• Country Update – India (1)
• Country Update – India (2)
• Country Update – Japan
• Country Update – Korea
• Country Update – United States