NRCan and the University of Waterloo wish to establish a periodic workshop for heavy industry in Southern Ontario including the steel, cement, gas-fired power, oil refining and petrochemical sectors. These are known as the hard-to-abate industries with respect to abatement of CO2 emissions. The ‘Hard-to-Abate Club’ will provide (i) expert presentations on topics involving carbon capture, utilization and storage, electricity grids, transmission pipelines and other topics that these industries find important and (ii) networking to develop industrial synergies to allow them to meet the 2030 GHG goals of the Federal Government and the 2050 Net Zero goal.
No such forum currently exists in the industrial heartland of Ontario. It is intended that after this first workshop, the participants would themselves arrange for funding further quarterly workshops. Such a forum should ultimately lead to improved environmental and economic performance by these hard-to-abate industries that are threatened with paying high carbon taxes and being penalized by border adjustment tariffs.
The objectives of the workshop are to listen to experts on the technologies of CCUS and to encourage networking among Hard-to-Abate industries in Southwestern Ontario.
Agenda
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Participants |
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8:30am - 9:00am Registration & Breakfast |
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9:00am - 9:30am |
Introduction |
Richard Jackson: The need for informed collaboration re CCUS in SW Ontario Neil Craik: Summary of CCS Law/Regs Workshop |
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9:30am - 10:00am |
Federal Plans and Perspectives in support of CCUS |
Robin Hughes, NRCan |
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10:00am - 10:45am |
Technical Presentations 1 |
Eric Croiset, Moderator Eric Croiset on the role of Hydrogen In CCS Robin Hughes on Carbon Capture & CANMET's work |
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10:45am - 11:00am Coffee Break |
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11:00am - 12:00pm |
Technical Presentations 2 |
Maurice Dusseault, Moderator Robert Walsh on Geological CO2 storage in Ontario Rich Chalaturnyk on Lab testing to promote CCS Ali Yaghoubi on Assessing CO2 Sequestration Induced Seismicity Risk |
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12:00pm - 1:00pm Lunch |
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1:00pm - 2:30pm |
Technical Presentations 3 |
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2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Discussion: Creating a Forum for CCUS issues in SW Ontario |
Moderators: Hilary Thompson, Cem Gercek |
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Vanue Parking
Workshop will be held in Federation Hall at the University of Waterloo. We suggest that participants coming from off-campus enter from Columbia Street West. Should you have any questions regarding parking at any time during your stay please feel free to ask the enforcement officers (identified by bright green shirts with Parking Services decals), staff at the parking kiosks, or stop by the Parking Office located in Commissary 154. Any of the staff would be happy to assist.
Visitor parking is available in Lots N, and W as shown above at a cost of $5.00 per day. Parking in M lot is available at the cost of $6.00 per day. Machines will only take master card or visa. They will not accept Amex, Tim Hortons Visa, or Visa Debit. There are signs on the machine at both the entrance and exit to indicate same. There are help buttons on all machines which will ring into the Parking office.
Contact Parking Services at 519-888-4567 x33100