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| Video portrait of low-emissions future |
The Queensland Resources Council has launched an 8-minute video providing an overview of a ‘low-emission future’ at the Queensland Resources Expo (QREX) in Rockhampton.
Developed by the QRC in consultation with leading researchers and industry, the video sets out a pathway to low-emission energy production incorporating renewable and carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.
‘It is clear with a forecast doubling of global electricity demand over the next 20 years that a wide variety of technologies need to be deployed,’ said QRC Chief Executive Michael Roche.
‘The suite of technologies portrayed in the video illustrates what the scientific community and world leaders have recognised as essential to meeting the aspirations of billions of people in developing countries while significiantly improving the environmental performance of our most abundant energy fuels.
‘The world has almost 850 billion tonnes or 130 years of proven coal reserves, mined in around 70 countries.
‘An estimated 60 years’ worth of global gas supplies is being supplemented every day with the development of the coal seam gas industry, notably in Queensland.
‘This is energy in the bank that’s going to be used, but it needs to be cleaned up in terms of the greenhouse gas emissions produced during combustion for electricity generation.’
Mr Roche said the video was a valuable tool for understanding CCS technologies under trial or development including oxy-fuel firing, post combustion capture and coal gasification.
‘The importance of integrating these technologies with carbon dioxide storage in deep geological formations was underscored at the recent meeting of G8 leaders in Italy where Prime Minister Kevin Rudd launched the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, headquartered in Australia.
‘With the backing of most of the world’s developed and emerging economies, the institute has put Australia’s technological leadership in the spotlight, and that’s where the QRC sees this video presentation playing a valuable educational role,’ Mr Roche said.
Media contact: Jim Devine (0412) 190 021
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