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July 1 |
Climate Change and Security Implications of Electricity Networks
Dr. Lawrence Jones, Account Executive for Automation Information System Business Unit, Areva T&D, will discuss smart transmission and distribution technologies for a clean environment and secure electricity infrastructure.
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June 26 |
Potential Pathways and a New Environment for Nuclear Power
AUDIO (mp3, 02:14:29) This session is part of an ongoing series of conferences that examine the role of nuclear energy as an option to meet urgent climate and energy needs. This program identified a range of potential pathways for growth of nuclear energy given varying sets of assumptions. Several ways were reviewed in which the environment may have changed for nuclear energy by surveying new reactor technologies available for deployment and the state of public sentiment towards new nuclear builds. Future sessions will examine questions related to scaling-up nuclear energy, options for the back-end of the fuel cycle and the path forward in promoting a secure international expansion of commercial nuclear power. Alan Beamon, Director, Coal and Electric Power Division Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, Energy Information Administration presentation Tom TerBush, Market Leader, Nuclear Power Sector, Electric Power Research Institute presentation Dr. Andrew G. Cook, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Areva NP Inc. presentation Ed Cummins, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Standardization, Westinghouse Electric Companypresentation Lee Elder, Senior Vice President, Global Sales, GE-Hitachi Sam Rodgers, Analyst and Writer, Zogby International presentation
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June 25 |
International Energy Outlook 2008
AUDIO (mp3, 01:13:58) | VIDEO (wmv 1:17:41) On June 25, 2008, Guy Caruso—Administrator of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) —released the latest edition of the agency’s long-term assessment of world energy markets at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The International Energy Outlook 2008 (IEO2008) includes projections of world energy demand by region and primary energy source through 2030; electricity generation by fuel type; and energy related carbon dioxide emissions. Among other topics, Mr. Caruso discussed EIA’s view on the long-term petroleum and other liquids supplies in the context of the continued high world oil prices and strong demand growth among the developing nations.
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June 23 |
Towards an Energy Revolution?
AUDIO (mp3, 01:24:16) Neil Hirst, director for energy technology and R&D at the International Energy Agency in Paris, France, discussed how we could face the triple challenges of rising energy demand for economic growth, severe climate change and threats to energy security. For the first time ever, the IEA has analyzed what would be needed to achieve deep cuts in CO2 emissions. This comprehensive study demonstrates that a more sustainable energy future is possible, and that new technologies such as carbon capture and storage and renewables are key. In an ambitious series of global scenarios to 2050, it identifies what needs to be done to bring these technologies into the mainstream and transform the way we produce and use energy.Related news item: No escaping the plug-in hybridTalk Radio News Service - Washington
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May 23 |
An Energy Solutions Event: A Discussion with the Presidential Campaigns
AUDIO (mp3, 01:28:21) | VIDEO (wmv, 01:28:21) | TRANSCRIPT (pdf) Energy security and climate change are pressing concerns for both the United States and the global community at large. The issues also overlap with significant foreign policy concerns. The CSIS Energy and National Security Program has designed the Energy Solutions Series to move the ongoing energy policy debate beyond a simple recitation of current obstacles and problems into a more realistic examination and discussion of ideas, options and solutions that will lead to a more sustainable future. The Energy Solution Series hosted a discussion with senior representatives from the presidential campaigns. They spoke at CSIS to discuss their energy policy and climate change positions. The discussion featured: Elgie Holstein, Energy and Environmental Policy Consultant and Advisor to the Barack Obama Campaign Rebecca Jensen Tallent, Legislative Assistant for Senator John McCain's Senate office and Policy Advisor for the McCain 2008 campaign Dan Utech , Senior Advisor to Senator Clinton on energy and environmental policy
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May 15 |
Central European Energy Forum
The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Friends of Slovakia (FOS), and American Friends of the Czech Republic (AFoCR) held a luncheon roundtable event entitled "Central European Energy Security Forum." The event sponsored by Friends of Slovakia and American Friends of the Czech Republic was held on May 15 and the purpose wa to provide a forum to discuss the most important energy-related issues of the Central and Eastern European region, and focus mainly on the Visegrad group countries.Among our distinguished speakers were Douglas Hengel, Deputy Assistant Secretary from the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs of the Department of State, Ambassador Vaclav Bartuska, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security at the Czech Foreign Ministry, Wojciech Ponikiewski, Director of the Department of Foreign Economic Policy at the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Slovak Ambassador to Washington, Rastislav Kacer.Senior Associate Keith Smith moderated the discussion.
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April 1 |
Shell Energy Scenarios to 2050
AUDIO (mp3, 01:11:09) | VIDEO (wmv, 01:11:09 ) CSIS hosted Royal Duch Shell to speak about their recent report Shell energy scenarios to 2050. Moderator: Frank Verrastro Director, Energy and National Security Program Guests: Jeroen van der Veer Chief Executive, Royal Dutch Shell Jeremy B. Bentham Vice President Global Business Environment, Royal Dutch Shell Royal Dutch Shell's renowned energy scenarios have, for many years, helped energy experts and thought leaders around the world anticipate the evolution of global energy supply and demand. Shell's 2008 energy scenarios chart two plausible ways in which the globe's sources and uses of energy may evolve over the next half-century. These two scenarios show how the world will grapple with three hard truths: the surge in global energy demand, the end of easily accessible oil and increasing environmental stresses including the impact of greenhouse gas emissions. Royal Dutch Shell CEO Jeroen van der Veer discussed the implications these truths have on the United States now and in the next fifty years.
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March 31 |
Making CCS Work: Economics and Critical Issues
Recognizing the heightened interest in emissions-free energy and carbon mitigation technologies, the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Energy and National Security Program in partnership with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, the British Foreign Office and the Mission of the United States of America to the European Union, held a briefing series on carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). The seminar was intended primarily for those who are currently considering policy options to promote CCS as a carbon mitigation strategy and the discussion will include counterparts from the international community, the private sector and researchers. The program aimed to look beyond the traditionally explored issues of technology and overall relevance to carbon management and instead focused on business, economic, and policy framework considerations that will be crucial to determining the ultimate role of CCS.
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March 24 |
Europe's Second Wakeup Call?
Nikos Tsafos, an analyst for PFC Energy, discusses the European gas market and supply sources.
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March 11 |
Evaluating Energy Infrastructure Projects: A Case Study on the Costs and Benefits of LNG Investment
The University of Texas' Center for Energy Economics presented findings of a study which examines issues in locating LNG infrastructure facilities. The LNG case study focuses on related costs and benefits to the community and its conclusions are applicable to other energy infrastructure including nuclear and renewables. Speakers offered thoughts on key constraints in developing critical energy infrastructure in the United States and abroad, including both security considerations for infrastructure assets and implications for overall energy security and delivery.
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