Events & Publications: 2007

Air Quality VI, September 24 - 26, 2007, Arlington, Virginia
Powerspan's VP of Research & Development, Chris McLarnon, made a presentation entitled "Ammonia Based CO2 Capture with Multi-Pollutant Control Technology." The focus of the Air Quality Conference is the current state of science and policy on mercury, trace elements, SO3, particulate matter, and greenhouse gases in the environment. Please visit www.undeerc.org/AQVI for further information.

Carbon Constraint Conference, September 12 - 13, 2007, Chicago, Illinois
Powerspan Chairman & CEO, Frank Alix, made a presentation September 13th at the 2007 Carbon Constraint Conference. Sponsored by Powerspan, the conference is developed and presented by TradeFair Group and covers global, national, and regional legislation; explores industry initiatives; and examines the technology that is being developed. For further information, please visit www.carbonconstraint.com.

Powerspan Testifies at Hearing of U.S. Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources
On August 1, 2007, Powerspan CEO Frank Alix testified before the Senate Energy committee at a hearing regarding Recent Advances in Clean Coal Technology. In addition to providing an update of Powerspan's CO2 capture process, his testimony included recommendations for incentives that would expedite large scale CO2 capture and sequestration projects. A recent MIT study entitled, "The Future of Coal: Options for a Carbon-Constrained World," placed a high priority on the commercial demonstration of CO2 capture from several alternative coal combustion and conversion technologies, as well as CO2 sequestration at a scale of 1 million tons per year. A copy of Alix's testimony can be found here: Senate Energy committee testimony.

Electric Power 2007 Conference & Exhibition, April 30 - May 2, 2007, Rosemont, Illinois
Powerspan sponsored and presented at the Electric Power 2007 event. On the afternoon of April 30, CEO Frank Alix presented in a pre-conference workshop entitled, "Advances of Multipollutant and CO2 Control Technologies." On the morning of Thursday, May 2, VP of R&D Chris McLarnon presented a status of Powerspan's CO2 capture technology under development. The annual conference, now in its ninth year, is sponsored by Power magazine and presented by The TradeFair Group. For further information, please visit www.electricpowerexpo.com.

Emerging Energy Technologies Summit, February 9-10, 2007, University of California at Santa Barbara
Powerspan's Frank Alix presented “Emerging Options for Near Zero Emissions Coal-Fired Power Plants” where he made the case that technologies exist today to make coal-fired power generation as clean as natural gas for conventional pollutants, and that it is too early to anoint IGCC as the future of coal, particularly where ammonia-based CO2 capture is emerging as more cost effective.  He also stated that stronger regulations would accelerate CO2 capture technology development, but enhanced oil recovery opportunities provide near term motivation.  The goal of the summit was to analyze barriers and incentives for the adoption of emerging energy technologies, with focus on technical, environmental, socio-economic, and political issues and their resolution.  You can view the all the presentations at http://www.c2c.ucsb.edu/summit2007/presentations.php and obtain background, speaker information, and agenda through the following link: http://www.c2c.ucsb.edu/summit2007/index.php.

Electric Utilities Environmental Conference (EUEC), January 22-24, 2007, Tucson, AZ
Powerspan's Frank Alix presented the ECO-SO2 option for controlling SO2, fine particulate matter, and oxidized mercury from coal-fired power plants. The annual EUEC event on Clean Air, Mercury, Global Warming, and Renewable Energy in Tucson, AZ, is one of the largest and most widely recognized technical and networking meetings for environmental business leaders, corporate executives, engineers and specialists from electric utilities, regulatory agencies, academia, consulting and energy companies. Visit www.euec.com/ for further information.