First Annual Commercial GHG Forum
Past Stakeholder Activities and Members
March 14-15, 2001 in New York, NY
The GHG Center hosted an international forum,
Commercial Greenhouse Gas Technology Solutions, in New York City,
NY on March 14-15, 2001. The forum was organized based on input
from forum partners and co-sponsors. The Center recognizes that
GHG emission reduction is on the minds of many in government and
industry, but control technologies often are not well documented,
making it difficult to identify the best technology options, or
even to identify what options are available. The idea behind the
forum was to provide an open and unbiased venue for public debate
and information exchange on a range of available GHG technologies,
and to identify and examine commercial-ready GHG technologies. At
the forum, industry and other organizations with active GHG mitigation
programs showcased their accomplishments and future plans, vendors
of commercial and near-commercial GHG mitigation and monitoring
technologies described and displayed their products, and updates
were provided on legislative actions, GHG trading, verification,
and reporting initiatives.
Approximately 150 speakers, chairs, and attendees
participated in this 2-day event, including individuals from 11
nations. In addition, there were 12 government and industry organizations
providing financial support to the forum (The Government of Canada,
Consolidated Edison of New York, Southern Company, Gas Technology
Institute, Super Blue Box Recycling Corp., First Environment, the
State Agency of Energy and Energy Resources - Bulgaria, EcoSmart
Concrete, U.S. EPA Natural Gas STAR Program, Mariah Energy Corp.,
The IT Group, and the Industrial Center).
Two Plenary sessions were held at the forum. The
first focused on efforts to mitigate GHG emissions by governments,
private industry, and international bodies. The second provided
an international panel of experts on GHG trading, reporting, verification,
and certification. Technology areas addressed included distributed
electrical power generation, oil and gas industry technologies,
Canada's TEAM program technologies, energy efficiency, municipal
solid waste management semiconductor, combined heat and power, transport,
horticulture, commercial operations, small-scale biomass, refrigeration,
waste management, biomass, landfills, and electricity generation.
The forum closed with an Open Session for Delegates. This session
allowed participants to network with colleagues, direct final questions
to forum speakers and chairs, and to vote for the most promising
technologies.
The input gained from the forum will help direct
the GHG Center's focus during the next few years. Already, the forum
has helped the GHG Center launch new performance verifications of
technologies applicable to the municipal solid waste and distributed
electrical generation areas. Since the forum, the GHG Center has
also learned that some participants made important new connections,
and that new GHG projects could begin as a result. The GHG Center
was glad to hear that, and pleased to see the forum fulfilling one
of its goals.
This forum was the first in a series of international
meetings to provide a platform for industry to learn and exchange
ideas on commercial GHG mitigation.
Program
(PDF)
Attendee
Composition
Forum
Photos
CO2-Recovery
Using Membrane Gas Absorption (PDF)
A CD of presentations was made available to attendees of the forum.
Inadvertently, the presentation by Paul Feron (TNO Environment,
Energy and Process Innovation) was omitted.
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