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地下解决方案：碳捕获储存与地热能的地质学解释以及在中国的发展潜力
Underground Solutions: An explanation to the geology underlying both Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and Geothermal Energy and China's prospects for each

演讲人：
A presentation by:

Logan West 洛根 韦斯特
Researcher, Tsinghua University-BP Center for Clean Energy Research and Education

研究员，清华大学-BP清洁能源研究与教育中心

To solve to Earth's atmospheric quandaries, the best place to look may well be down -- way down. CCS and Geothermal energy are often touted as mid and long term solutions, respectively, to the world's Greenhouse Gas problem, and both technologies are dependent on processes occurring deep beneath the Earth's surface. Discussion of each, however, tends to talk about subsurfaces processes either matter-of-factly or only at a superficial level. This can lead to half-truths and misconceptions.  This presentation will attempt to shed light on what actually lies behind your feet, what are the geologic processes key to each solution, and what are the potential side-effects of either. From there, we will move into an analysis of the current prospects for each solution in China and what are the next steps towards bringing either idea to life.

Wednesday, January 6th, 2009, 8:30pm
The discussion starts promptly at 9:00pm; arrive earlier for drinks and networking.

** Location (地点)**

The Bookworm
Bldg. 4, Sanlitun South Road
北京市朝阳区朝阳区三里屯南街4号楼（工体路口）
Phone: 010 6586 9507
http://www.beijingbookworm.com/pop_contacts.php

**About the speaker (演讲人简介)**

Logan West is a researcher at the Tsinghua University--BP Center for Clean Energy Research and Education. He is supported in part by World Resources Institute, and is currently assisting in the writing of the CCS Guidelines for China. Logan hails from Little Rock, AR and comes to Beijing via Princeton University where he was an undergraduate in the Geosciences department. Originally in Beijing teaching english, Logan spent time interning at the National Resources Defense Council researching geothermal energy before moving to the Tsinghua-BP Center.

**Homework (功课)**

http://www.co2captureproject.org/about_storage.html -- For introduction to carbon storage processes
http://www.pnl.gov/science/highlights/highlight.asp?id=685 -- Intro to theoretical CCS capacity in China
http://www.geothermal-energy.org/314,what_is_geothermal_energy.html -- More than enough background reading about geothermal energy

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