3:00 pm to 3:15 pm

Opening Remarks by CURC Co-Chair:

Nick Akins

Executive Vice President, Generation

American Electric Power

• Importance of coal in electric power generation
• Current utility experience with CCS
• Challenges for utility adoption of CCS technology

 3:15 pm to 3:45 pm

What is the State of CCS Technology Development?

• Reducing CO₂ emissions from coal plants
• Carbon capture technologies
• Carbon storage techniques
• Development status of the current technology
• Overview of existing CCS projects worldwide and proposed in the U.S.

Ed Levy

Lehigh University

 3:45 pm to 4:15 pm

What are Current CCS Technology Costs?

• New coal power plant costs
• Projected CCS costs
• CCS and existing plant retrofits

Stu Dalton

EPRI

 4:15 pm to 4:45 pm

CCS Technology Development Needs

• RD&D needs to develop CCS technologies and reduce costs

• What is needed and by when for commercial deployment?
• Industry roadmap for CCS deployment

Dick Bajura

West Virginia University

 4:45 pm to 5:00 pm

Questions and Concluding Remarks