Apr 08 2011 |
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Shell's Executive Vice President for CO2 hail Abu Dhabi's role as a capital for Clean Energy
Abu Dhabi, Apr 08th, 2011 (WAM)-- Shell 's Executive Vice President for CO2, Dr. Graeme Sweeney, stressed the significance of the efforts being exerted by Abu Dhabi government in the area of renewable energy.
He told Emirates News Agency (WAM) in an interview at the sidelines of the second Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) of the International Renewable Agency (Irena), held here over the last three days, that Abu Dhabi has succeeded to become an international clean energy capital. Sweeney cited the Irena's General Assembly resolution to confirm Abu Dhabi as a permanent seat for Irena." Shell is focused on four pillars of activity. We are providing more natural gas, the cleanest burning fossil fuel and biofuels to help reduce CO2 emissions from road transport, progressing Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), and implementing energy efficiency measures in our own operations", he added. Shell 's Executive Vice President for CO2, indicated that the two examples are the Gorgon project in Australia and the CO2 technology centre in Norway. Both of these are still under development. It is clear that CCS will play a major part in mitigating CO2 emissions.He added that without CCS the cost of dealing with CO2 emissions could be 70 per cent higher. CO2 can also be stored underground as part of Enhanced Oil Recovery schemes. Shell was a pioneer in EOR using CO2 in the USA in the 1970s and 80s when that industry was created, and "we are on the lookout for opportunities around the world, including Abu Dhabi, where this technical expertise could be deployed to do EOR with manmade CO2.".Sweeney said that Abu Dhabi has placed renewable energy and climate change high on its agenda. "This has been made clear through the variety of actions taken during the past few years, like the setting up of the Masdar initiative and the World Future Energy Summit. Abu Dhabi’s initiative is a good example for other governments to follow".
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