Agenda

Sunday, July 21

5:30-7:30 PM

Reception / Dinner

Monday, July 22

Meeting Location:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

8:30 – 8:45 AM

Welcome and Expectations (15 min)
Pamela Tomski, Founder & Director, RECS

8:45 – 8:55 AM

The Benson Awards for RECS Alumni Achievement (10 min)
In honor of Dr. Sally Benson and Mr. Richard Benson (no relation)

8:55 – 9:25 AM

Introductions & Ice Breakers (30 min)

9:25 – 9:40 AM

Break (15 min)

9:40 – 10:45 AM

Communication Skills for CCUS Engagement Success: Part 1 – Making a Great First Impression and Building Connection and Trust (65 min)
Amy Aines, Author, Championing Science, Communication Strategist, Speaker and STEM Career Success Skills Trainer, CEO, Damianakes Communications

10:45 – 11:00 AM

Break (15 min)

11:00 – 12:30 PM

Keynote (90 min)
Sally Benson, Ph.D., Precourt Family Professor, Professor of Energy Science Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University

12:30 – 1:15 PM

Lunch (45 min)

CCUS Project Landscape

Moderator
Michael Moore, CCUS Program Director, United States Energy Association (USEA) and Managing Partner, East-West Strategic Advisors

1:15 – 1:25 PM

Opening Remarks – Michael Moore (10 min)

1:25 – 2:05 PM

Regulated Electric Utility / CCUS Project Landscape (40 min)
Richard Esposito, Ph.D., R&D Program Manager, Carbon Transport & Storage, Southern Company Services, Inc.

2:05 – 2:35 PM

Cement Industry and CCUS Project Landscape (30 min)
Martha Ramos, Director of CCUS, CEMEX USA

2:35 – 2:50 PM

Break (15 min)

2:50 – 3:20 PM

Ethanol Industry and CCUS Project Landscape (30 min)
David Rice, Director of Innovation and Strategy, Archer Daniels Midland

3:20 – 3:50 PM

CCUS Project Developer (30 min)
Ashleigh Ross, Vice President and Head of Commercial Development & Policy, Carbon America

3:50 – 4:20 PM

Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) and C02 Point Source Capture (30 min)
Bob Slettehaugh, Director of Carbon Capture & Carbon Removal, Kiewit

4:20 – 4:30 PM

Recap of Key CCUS Project Landscape Themes (10 min)
Michael Moore, CCUS Program Director, USEA

4:30 – 4:45 PM

Break (15 min)

4:45 – 5:00 PM

Panel Q&A (15 min)

5:00 – 5:30 PM

Group Breakout (joined by RECS Faculty) (30 min)

5:30 – 6:00 PM

Group Discussion (30 min)

Tuesday, July 23

Meeting Location:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

8:00 – 8:10 AM

Group Reflections (10 min)

8:10 – 9:10 AM

Getting to Net Zero with CCS/CDR (60 min)
Roger Aines, Ph.D., Senior Advisor on Carbon Dioxide Removal to the Under Secretary for Energy and Innovation at the U.S. Department of Energy

9:10 – 9:35 AM

Group Breakout and Discussion: Road to 10 Gigatons Carbon Removal (25 min)
Led by Max Pisciotta, Ph.D. (RECS 2023), Postdoctoral Fellow, Clean Energy Conversions Lab, University of Pennsylvania

9:35 – 9:45 AM

Break (10 min)

9:45 – 10:30 AM

CO2 Utilization and CDR (45 min)
Josh Schaidle, Ph.D., Lab Program Manager, Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management; Director, Chemical Catalysis for Bioenergy Consortium; Chief of Staff, Bioenergy Science & Technology Directorate, NREL

10:30 – 12:15 PM

Carbon Dioxide Capture: How Natural Processes Inspire Industrial Approaches (1 hour, 45 min)
Facilitated by Susan Habas, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Nanoscience & Materials Chemistry, NREL

12:15 – 1:00 PM

Lunch (45 min) – Energy Justice Trivia  (10 min), Facilitated by Bettina Arkhurst

1:00 – 1:55 PM

Stakeholder Engagement, Historical Best Practices, and Community Benefits Plans (CBP) (55 min)
Sallie Greenberg, Ph.D., Sallie Greenberg Consulting

1:55 – 2:00 PM

Break (5 min)

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Community Engagement Approaches and Lessons Learned (60 min)

3:00 – 3:10 PM

Break (10 min)

3:10 – 3:55 PM

Communication Skills for CCUS Engagement Success: Part 2 – Sending Effective and Consistent Messages (45 min)
Amy Aines, Author, Championing Science, Communication Strategist, Speaker and STEM Career Success Skills Trainer, CEO, Damianakes Communications

3:55 – 4:15 PM

Break (15 min)

4:15 – 5:45 PM

Direct Air Capture (DAC): Technology, Deployment Strategies, and Community Engagement (1 hour 30 min)

5:45 – 6:00 PM

Q&A / Open Discussion (15 min)

Wednesday, July 24

Meeting Locations:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
ION Clean Energy, Boulder, CO
Charm Industrial
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

8:00 – 8:30 AM

Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting & Verification (MMRV) for Carbon Dioxide

8:30 – 9:15 AM

Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting & Verification (MMRV) for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) (45 min, Confirmed)

  • DAC: Rebecca Haines, Ph.D., Senior Modeling and Analysis Engineer, NREL (10 min)
  • Cement/Mineralization: Kerry Rippy, Ph.D. NREL (10 min)
  • BiCRS: Liz Ware, Ph.D. (RECS 2023), NREL (10 min)
  • Q&A (15 min)

9:15 – 10:30 AM

Life Cycle Analysis and Group Exercise (75 min)

  • Introduction and Overview: Rebecca Haines, Ph.D., NREL
  • DAC Technology Case Study: Keju An, Ph.D., Researcher, NREL
  • Group Case Study: Tapajyoti “TJ” Ghosh, Ph.D., NREL

10:30 – 10:45 AM

Break (15 min)

10:45 – 11:05 AM

CO2 Capture Overview and Scale-up (20 min)
Richard Esposito, Ph.D., R&D Program Manager, Carbon Transport & Storage, Southern Company Services, Inc.

11:05 – 11:25 AM

Group Exercise: CO2 Capture and Techno-Economic Assessment (20 min)
Led by Richard Esposito, Ph.D.

11:35 – 12:05 PM

NREL Flat Irons Campus Tour (30 min)

12:05 – 12:30 PM

Travel to ION Clean Energy (~30 min)

12:30 – 2:30 PM

ION Clean Energy Facility Tour and Talks: Proof is in the Pilots, Commercialization of ION’s Technology, and Lab Tour (2 hours)

  • Timothy Vail, Chief Executive Officer
  • Ryan Skubic, VP of Marketing & Communications
  • Madi Lynch (RECS 2023), R&D Process Engineer
  • Jessica Krupa, Project Manager

2:45 – 3:15 PM

Travel to Charm Industrial (30 min)

3:30 – 4:30 PM

Tour of Charm Industrial: Talk and Facility Tour (60 min, Confirmed)

  • Peter Reinhardt, CEO
  • Nora Cohen Brown, Head of Market Development & Policy
  • Alison Kelman, Community Engagement Manager
  • Colleen Thomas, Agriculture and Forestry Policy Lead

4:45 – 7:00 PM

Travel to Laramie (~2.5 hours)

Thursday, July 25

Meeting Location:
University of Wyoming

8:30 – 9:00 AM

Wyoming CCUS/CDR Project Developments (30 min)
Scott A Quillinan, Director of Research, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming

9:00 – 9:30 AM

Social License to Operate and Wyoming’s Energy Future (30 min)
Selena Gerace, Senior Research Scientist, Center for Economic Geology Research, Center for Energy Regulation and Policy Analysis, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming

9:30 – 10:00 AM

Tribal Engagement, Perspectives, and Developments on CCUS/CDR (30 min)
Daniel C. Cardenas Jr. (RECS 2019), CEO and Chairman, National Tribal Energy Association

10:00 – 10:15 AM

Break (15 min)

10:15 – 11:15 AM

Fundamentals of Geologic Carbon Storage, Mineralization, and Coupling of Geothermal and Direct Air Capture (60 min)
Travis McLing, Ph.D., Distinguished Staff Scientist, Idaho National Laboratory

11:15 – 12:30 PM

Lunch (75 min)

12:30 – 1:00 PM

CO2 Storage Capacity Estimates & Pore Space Valuation (30 min)
Autumn Eakin, Research Scientist, Exploration Geologist, Seal and Trap Specialist, Center for Economic Geology Research, University of Wyoming

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Pore Space Valuation Group Exercise
Led by Autumn Eakin

1:30 – 1:45 PM

Break (15 min)

1:45 – 5:00 PM

Interactive Classroom and Field Sessions

  • Geology Field Fundamentals

Schoolyard Field Geology

  • Schoolyard Field Geology and Group Exercise on Geologic Site Characterization
  • Erin Phillips, Ph.D., Research Scientist, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming
  • Elizabeth Petrie, Ph.D. (RECS 2011), Moncrief Chair in Petroleum Geology, Western Colorado University

6:00 PM

Hike at Turtle Rock (Optional)

Friday, July 26

Meeting Location:
University of Wyoming

8:30 – 10:00 AM

Requirements for EPA Class VI Permit Applications: Technical Elements, Geologic Components, and Timelines (1.5 hours)

  • Scott A Quillinan, Senior Director of Research, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming
  • Fred McLaughlin, Ph.D., Director, Center for Economic Geology Research, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming

10:00 – 10:45 AM

Core and Well Log Group Exercise

10:45 – 11:00 AM

Break (15 min)

11:00 – 1:30 PM

Monitoring, Verification, and Accounting (MVA) for Class VI (90 min)
Charles Nye, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, Hydrogen Energy Research, University of Wyoming

MVA Group Exercise
Led by Charles Nye, Ph.D.

1:30 – 2:15 PM

Lunch (75 min)

2:15 – 3:30 PM

Pipelines 101 & Modeling CCUS Infrastructure Buildout, Economics, and Pipeline Challenges (75 min)
Richard Middleton, CEO, Carbon Solutions

3:30 – 4:30 PM

Drilling Simulator (Optional)

Saturday, July 27

Meeting Location:
University of Wyoming

9:00 – 10:30 AM

Key Legal and Regulatory Considerations for CCUS on Private and Public Lands and Pore Space Valuation (90 min)
Tara Righetti, Esq. Occidental Chair in Energy and Environmental Policies, School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming

Open Discussion

11:30– 12:15 PM

Lunch

12:30 PM

Bus Departs for Newcastle, WY (~4.5 hours)

~5:45 PM

Hike (Optional)

Sunday, July 28

Meeting Location:
Newcastle, WY

8:30 AM

Geology Field Excursion on Storage Site Characterization

Travel to Gillette

Monday, July 29

9:30 AM

Tours and Talks:

  • Western Fuel’s Dry Fork Mine
    TBD
  • Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Dry Fork Station
    Tom Stalcup, Plant Manager
    DaLyn Hugo, Environmental Coordinator
  • Wyoming Integrated Test Center (ITC)
    Jim Ford, Operations Manager, ITC
  • CarbonSAFE Injection Site

3:00 PM

Depart to Fort Collins

Tuesday, July 30

~ 6:00 AM

Depart to DEN Airport and Home

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