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Expert Review of Industry Scenarios
 
Location and date(s) of workshop:
IEA: 9-10 February 2009
   
   
Contact(s):
 cecilia.tam@iea.org
   

Background:

At their 2005 Gleneagles Summit the G8 leaders asked the IEA to provide advice on a clean, clever and competitive energy future, including a transformation of how we use energy in the industrial sector. The IEA publications, Tracking Industrial Energy Efficiency and CO2 Emissions (Tracking 2007) and Energy Technology Perspectives: Scenarios and Strategies to 2050 (ETP) 2008 were prepared in response to that request. 

A new IEA publication on industry will build upon Tracking 2007 and focus on the potential of already available technologies. It will also look at promising new technologies outlined in the industry chapter of ETP 2008 for increasing energy efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions in key energy intensive industries. This book will include an analysis of the implications of a deep reduction in CO2 emissions on materials demand. The Industry Expert Review workshop, held on 9-10 February 2009 at the IEA, brought together experts from the aluminium, cement, chemicals, iron & steel and pulp & paper sectors to discuss the scenario results and key findings of the latest IEA industry analysis. Results of these discussions will provide input into the new publication.

 
Links to relevant documents:
 Agenda
Summary

 
Proceedings:

Welcome address
Pieter Boot, Director of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology, IEA

Indicators and G8 Process
Peter Taylor, IEA

Energy Technology Perspectives 2008 and 2010
Dolf Gielen, IEA

Scenario Assumptions and Analysis
Cecilia Tam, IEA

Industry and climate mitigation policy issues for a transition
Richard Baron, IEA

Session 1: Feedback on IEA Analysis and Update on Industry Initiatives (each sector will have 20 minutes)

Aluminum Sector
Ron Knapp, International Aluminium Institute (IAI)

Cement Sector
Patrick Verhagen, Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI)

Chemical and Petrochemical Sector
Giuseppe Astarita, International Council of Chemical Associations (ICCA)

Iron and Steel Sector
Ian Christmas, World Steel

Pulp and Paper Sector
Marco Mensink, International Council of Forest Products Association (ICFPA)

Session 2: Breakout Sessions

Iron and Steel  | Chemicals and Petrochemicals |  Cement  |  Pulp & Paper |  Aluminum                 

Topics to be discussed during break out session include:

Review of updated indicators analysis
Data issues
Scenario analysis
Potential for new technologies and cost of deployment
Technology transition
Technology diffusion
Materials analysis
Opportunities for future collaboration

Session 3: Roundtable – Conclusions and messages to G8
Chair: Dolf Gielen, IEA

  • Feedback from breakout sessions
  • Recommendations to G8
  • Greater involvement and collaboration with developing countries
  • Technology diffusion
  • Deepening IEA-Industry collaboration

Closing remarks
Pieter Boot, Director of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology, IEA