Industry sector: Clean Coal
You are cordially invited to a Boston University Presidential Lecture on Clean Energy and Sustainability
Wednesday Dec 2, 2009
4:00 pm - 5:15 PM
Photonics Building Room 206 Auditorium, 8 Saint Mary's Street, Boston, MA
This lecture is no charge and open to the public.
Seating is limited, registration required. To register now, please visit
http://www.bu.edu/energy/newsevents/pres-lectures/
Julio Friedmann, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Low-impact Fossil Energy: the Keystone to Sustainability
To achieve dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and overall environmental impact of energy production and use, the US must accelerate development and deployment of many pathways to reduced energy use and low-carbon energy production. Within this portfolio, the production and use of fossil energy, including coal, gas, and oil, remains a difficult and persistent concern. This talk will focus on technology options to reduce the emission and impact from fossil energy as part of a portfolio of sustainable solutions, including carbon capture and sequestration and underground coal gasification.
Julio Friedmann is one of the most widely known and authoritative experts in the US on carbon capture and sequestration and underground coal gasification. In his current appointment as Carbon Management Program Leader for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, he leads initiatives and research into carbon capture, carbon storage, and fossil fuel recovery and utilization. In this role, he has testified before the US house, Senate, and several state legislatures, published in Foreign Affairs and the New York Times, and worked with the EPA, USGS, many private companies, many NGOs, and Dept. of Energy. He is a principle co-author on the MIT “Future of Coal Energy” Report, the National Petroleum Council report “Facing Hard Truths”, and the World Resources Institute “CCS Guidelines” report. Julio has led technical work on In Salah, Weyburn, Sleipner, and large CCS projects in China. Julio received his B.S and M.S. degrees from M.I.T., followed by a Ph.D. at the Univ. So. California. After graduation, he worked for five years as a senior research scientist in Houston, first at Exxon and later ExxonMobil. He next worked as a research scientist at the Univ. of Maryland, collaborating with the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI) at the Univ. of Maryland, and the Colorado Energy Research Institute at Colorado School of Mines. His research interests include carbon sequestration, underground coal gasification, hydrocarbon systems, deep-water depositional systems, basin & range tectonics and sedimentation, sequence stratigraphy, and landslide physics. A native of Rhode Island, he has worked in CA, WA, UT, WY, CO, Spain, Ireland, the North Sea, Nigeria, Angola, Venezuela, Azerbaijan, and Australia
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The BU Presidential lectures provide a forum to learn from leaders about best practices, leading edge research, and policy and market trends in the fields of clean technology and energy sustainability. Drawing a diverse audience from academia, industry, venture and government, these lectures provide a catalyst for discussion around technology, development, and research requirements that drive market growth and innovation in this crucial sector.
Location: 8 Saint Mary's Street, Boston, MA