Consolato Generale
Edimburgo
in collaborazione con
Ufficio Addetto Scientifico
Ambasciata Londra
Renewable and
Clean Energy Technologies
A Scottish Italian Conference
28th - 29th May 2009
James Watt Centre II, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Campus
List
of attendees
Programme
Thursday 28th May
12:00
Registration and lunch
13:00
Welcome address:
Professor
Anton Muscatelli, Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heriot-Watt University
Piergabriele Papadia de Bottini, Consul General of
Italy, Edinburgh
13:30
Renewable Energies
Chair: Professor Bryce Richards, Heriot-Watt
University
Presentations:
Wind
Energy: Technical Challenges
Professor Bill
Leithead, Director of Industrial Control Centre, Strathclyde University
Solar Projects Overview
Professor
Marco Rosa-Clot, Science & Tech, Pisa, Italy
Building the New Energy
Paradigm
Professor Sue
Roaf, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
Osmotic Heat Engine for
Power Generation
Professor
Menachem Elimelech, Yale University
Followed by group discussion
15:30
Coffee break
16:00
Carbon Capture and Storage
Chair: Professor Stefano Brandani, University of
Edinburgh
Presentations:
Scottish Centre for
Carbon Storage
Professor Stuart Haszeldine,
School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh
Overview of Scientific
and Technological Aspects in CCS Power Plants
Professor Ennio Macchi,
Politecnico Milano, Italy
CO2
GeoNet: past,
present and future
Dr Sergio Persoglia, OGS and
CO2GeoNet
Carbon Dioxide Storage:
lessons learnt on gas migration at Latera "Natural Lab"
Professor Salvatore Lombardi,
Sapienza University of Rome, Dept of Earth Sciences
Session reporter: Mehran Sohrabi, Heriot-Watt
University
Followed by group discussion
18.00
Day one event close
19:30
Dinner – city centre venue
(Balmoral)
Friday
29th May
9.00
Sustainable Fuel Sources and Energy Conservation
Technologies
Chair: Dr Paul Connor, Sustainability Institute,
University of St Andrews
Alternative Fuels for
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
Presentations:
The ENEL's CCS Strategy
and Projects
Ing. Pietro Barbucci, Head of
Fossil, Enel - Engineering and Innovation Division
Energy use in buildings
- current research at Heriot-Watt
Prof Phil Banfill, School
of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University
Research at ICIT,
International Centre of Island Technology
Prof Patrick
Corbett - John Wright, Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt
University
Followed by group discussion
11:00
Coffee break
11:30
Fostering
research collaborations, application for external funding,
investment opportunities,
deployment strategies
FP7
Funding for Energy Technologies
Dr Antony
Weir, Head of Research & Legal Services, Heriot-Watt University
Energy
Technology Partnership: a model of co-operation in Scotland
Dr Simon Puttock, Executive Director, ETP,
University of Strathclyde
Energy
Conservation and Emissions Reduction in Combustion
Professor Doug
Greenhalgh, Head of School of Engineering and Physical Sciences,
Heriot-Watt University
12:40
Wrap-up of the meeting
Italian
Scotland renewable and Clean Energy Conference
Prof Patrick
Corbett, Head of Institute of Petroleum Engineering, Heriot-Watt
University
13:00
Lunch and Event Close