Coal Industry Advisory Board
The Coal Industry Advisory Board (CIAB) is a group of high level executives from coal-related industrial enterprises, established by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in July 1979 to provide advice to the IEA on a wide range of issues relating to coal.
Currently, CIAB Members are drawn from 11 countries accounting for just under 80% of world coal production and coal consumption. Members are drawn from major coal producers, electricity producers, other coal consuming industries and coal related organisations. Mr. July Ndlovu, former CEO of Thungela, South Africa, is the CIAB Chairman and is supported by an Executive Committee.
Publications
- Regional Review of Global Electricity Security, Affordability and Sustainability
- China’s impressive strides towards carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS)
- Maintaining a stable electricity grid in the energy transition
- Hydrogen economy and the role of coal
- The resilience of coal-based industries in the transition to net zero
- The role of low emission coal technologies in a Net Zero Asian future
- A pathway to reducing emissions from coal power in India
- The Role and Value of CCS
- CCUS Cost Reductions
- Reducing China’s Coal Power Emissions with CCUS Retrofits
- 通过CCUS(碳捕集、利用与封存) 技术改造实现中国煤电碳减排
- An International Commitment to CCS: Priority Actions to Enable CCS Deployment
- An International Commitment to CCS: Policies and Incentives to Enable a Low-Carbon Energy Future
Meetings of the CIAB
Members meet annually and their Associates actively progress the CIAB work programme throughout the year. The CIAB is supporting the IEA in delivering coal aspects of its work to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy.
The CIAB provides a wide range of advice to the IEA, including through its workshop proceedings, publications and papers. In recent years, the CIAB has submitted industry recommendations to the IEA focused on the deployment of CCUS technologies across the world and maintaining the stability of the electricity grid during the transition among other topics.
The proceedings of recent annual CIAB Plenary meeting discussions cover the following topics:
- Ensuring a Sustainable and Secure Energy System – The Importance of Abated Coal in the Global Energy Transition
- Managing the Energy Transition and Maintaining Grid Stability – Addressing the Demand for Critical Minerals – The Need for Coal and CCUS in the Clean Energy Transition
- The Importance of CCUS in the Clean Energy Transition – Maintaining Grid Stability and Resiliency During the Energy Transition – Management of Critical Minerals Supply and Demand