PAST EVENT
Coal Supply and Cost Under Technological and Environmental Uncertainty
Seminar
Series: Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 5, 2009
9:30-11:00 a.m.
| Speaker: | Melissa Chan, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy |
Related Projects: Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Environment and Natural Resources, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Description:
Conventional U.S. energy planning presumes a ready supply of cheap coal and assumes that mining will continue as it has in the past - in shallow and thick seams. However, as these accessible resources are depleted, thin and deep seams will comprise our remaining resource. It will become more expensive and environmentally damaging to extract coal. This talk discusses future U.S. coal availability, resource estimate reliability, potential environmental damage and technologies to extract it in a more responsible manner.
Please join us! Tea & coffee provided.
Contact:
ETIP Coordinator
Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group, 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Mailbox 53, Cambridge, MA 02138
Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: karin_vander_schaaf@harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-5584
Url: http://www.belfercenter.org/project/10/energy_technology_innovation_policy.html
