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A Monthly Report on EPRI's Environmental Research Programs May 2010
ENVIRONMENT FEDERAL HIGHLIGHTS (Washington D.C. Office, John Novak)

Commercial and Financial Structuring of Commercial Scale Projects with CCS
On April 6, Tom Wilson and John Novak participated in a Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum Roundtable on CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS).  The Roundtable objective was to engage the investor community in a dialog on the critical policies and incentives needed to finance and build the initial wave of energy and industrial plants with CCS in the European Union and North America.  The dialog was intended to lead to recommendations for consideration in G8/G20 deliberations, which could have global impact.  Participants in the Roundtable included senior representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy and government, academic, and industry representatives from the European Union, Australia and the United States.  Tom Wilson gave a presentation entitled, “Financial Incentives for Deploying Carbon Capture and Storage: How Much are they Worth?”