KEYNOTE, 9 July | Shaping the Future of Carbon Capture: UK and Europe’s Path to Industrial Decarbonisation
Tuesday 9th July 2024, 09:00 – 09:50 BST.
Synopsis:
Join us for an insightful webinar featuring Ruth Herbert, CEO of the Carbon Capture and Storage Association, and Chris Thackeray, Global CCUS Lead at Baringa, and Peter Lazell, Senior Business Development Manager at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, as we delve into the current status and future prospects of Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage in the UK and internationally.
Explore the strategic, economic, and political dimensions of CCUS and gain valuable insights into how we can drive forward industrial decarbonisation on both national and continental scales. This webinar is a must-attend for policymakers, industry leaders, and anyone interested in the future of sustainable industry practices.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, sponsor of Net Zero Week, will outline their deep experience in the development, scale up and commercialisation of Carbon Capture systems over the last 30 years, together with specific references to current UK activities with a number of different customers and industrial flue gas sources, and outline some of the alliance activities currently under way with their world-wide partners.
Chair, Andy Walker, Net Zero Week.
Speakers:
Ruth Herbert, Chief Executive, Carbon Capture and Storage Association (CCSA).
Biog, Ruth leads the CCSA, overseeing its London and Brussels offices and representing its 100+ members to UK and EU level decision-makers. Ruth joined the CCSA in October 2021 following a public sector career spanning almost two decades. Selected for the first cohort of the Future Leaders Programme at the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, Ruth managed delivery of the Electricity Market Reform White Paper and subsequent Energy Act 2013 to drive investment in renewable electricity. Ruth went on to set up the Low Carbon Contracts Company, where, as Director of Strategy & Development, she oversaw implementation of two key features of the UK’s electricity market – the CfD and Capacity Market – and the company’s development into a trusted advisor to government on decarbonisation. From 2008-2010, Ruth led UK’s negotiation of the EU Directive on CO2 storage and its international CCS policy, holding vice-chair roles in the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum and the Zero Emissions Platform. Prior to working in energy, Ruth was in the Civil Service Fast Stream, as a Financial Services Strategy adviser at HM Treasury and an economic adviser for the City of London Corporation.
Chris Thackeray, Global CCS Lead, Baringa.
Biog, Chris leads advisory on carbon capture and storage for Baringa, an expert consultancy. He has worked in leadership roles across the UK’s main energy institutions on energy and climate policy, regulatory policy and market design, as well as system operation and network development. Recently, Chris was in the leadership team delivering the UK government’s CCUS cluster sequencing programme. He led the policy development and deal for the first power plant with carbon capture in the UK, advised on the government’s review of electricity market arrangements and led international engagement with governments around the world on CCS policy.
Peter Lazell, Senior Business Development Manager, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.
Biog, Peter is primarily Head of Supply Chain and Procurement in the Power Division covering sites in UK and Europe. Created and led a bold Local Procurement team that cut costs and lead times without compromise to the customer for planned and unplanned outages.
Now supporting the fast-developing carbon capture market across the UK and Europe, with projects that include Energy from Waste, biomass and cement.
See the full agenda for the three day online conference here.
