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First Webinar on Arctic Energy Resources
Our first webinar on Arctic energy took place on May 14, 2008. A report will be posted soon! Watch for future Arctic webinars. For more information, contact Rachel Halpern.
Industry Breakfast Briefings at the 2008 Offshore Technology Conference
From May 6-8, the Energy team hosted industry breakfast briefings at the OTC on offshore oil and gas policy and commercial opportunities in China, Indonesia, and Qatar. The OTC is the largest annual U.S. offshore oil and gas industry conference and trade show. In 2007, it had about 67,000 attendees. Report coming soon!
Presentations from the OTC Gulf of Guinea and Arctic Canada
briefings at OTC 2007
For more information, please contact Sam Beatty.
Briefing on New UK Nuclear Energy Policy
On Wednesday, February 27, OEEI hosted a briefing on the UK's recently announced nuclear energy policy, covering UK nuclear policy, the Nuclear White Paper, and the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (where the most near term business opportunities are).
For more information, contact Sarah Lopp.
US-EU Experts Exchange on Innovation
The second U.S.-EU Experts Exchange on Innovation of December 2007 focused on the mechanisms by which energy and sustainability are driving innovation within the European Union. An initiative under the framework for Advancing Transatlantic Economic Initiatives signed by President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in April 2007, the U.S.-EU Experts Exchanges on Innovation provide a formal network for U.S. and EU experts to share best practices in innovation policies. The December 2007 seminar commenced in Brussels with 1) an overview of innovation policies within Europe and the United States; 2) highlights of the U.S. and EU energy and sustainability programs that are enhancing innovation; 3) a focused discussion on innovation from the context of renewable energy developments; and 4) industry viewpoints on energy and innovation under the auspices of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD). The delegation then proceeded to Copenhagen (Denmark) for a series of seminars which examined how EU innovation polices in the energy sector are adopted by the private sector within the EU Member States and how public and private sector entities (both at the European Union and Member State level) cooperate on energy technology innovation, development, and deployment.
Final report from December 2007 U.S.-EU Experts Exchange on Innovation
Paper on Potential for Exports of U.S. Clean Coal Technology
The paper
Potential Exports of U.S. Clean Coal technology through 2030,
co-authored by Energy Team staff members, describes the potential for U.S.
exports of clean coal technology to
Australia, Brazil, China,
India, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, South Korea, and the European
Union.
Paper on Non-Technical Issues and Arctic Oil and Gas Development
The paper Above-Ground Issues Affecting Energy
Development in the Arctic,
written by Energy Team staff members, was presented at the October 2007
Arctic
Energy Summit in Anchorage, Alaska. The paper describes the reasons that
oil and gas companies will likely focus more of their attention on the Arctic, the
current state of knowledge of Arctic oil and gas resources, and issues that will
affect the development of Arctic oil and gas resources including boundary issues,
access to resources, environmental restrictions, tax and regulatory issues,
transportation challenges, and regional issues.
Paper on U.S. Energy and Manufacturing
The paper Energy Policy
and U.S. Industry Competitiveness, written by Energy Team
staff members, was presented at the July 2007 Summer Study
on Industrial Energy Efficiency, held by the American Council
for an Energy-Efficient Economy. This paper provides an overview
of energy use by U.S. manufacturers and the impact of rising
energy prices on U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, and discusses
policies that could help U.S. manufacturers remain competitive
in the current energy price environment.
Seminar: Building Biofuels Infrastructure
On June 19, the Energy team hosted the Building Biofuels
Infrastructure Conference. Over fifty representatives from
U.S. industry, trade associations, and government agencies
working on biofuels developments attended the all-day event.
The discussions throughout the day provided U.S. biofuels
industry members with information on government programs that
advance biofuels development both internationally and domestically.
The forum also served to provide U.S. government representatives
with information on the challenges that members of the biofuels
industry are facing as biofuels infrastructure is quickly
growing.
Presentations from Biofuels Seminar
For more information, please contact
Sam Beatty or Shannon
Fraser.
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