ESE Assessment

Project 1.3 - Long-Term Sustainability Of Coal

Project Description
A substantial component of this project will be monitoring, digesting and over viewing global climate change and energy response studies. In addition, energy scenarios for targeted countries (eg Japan, Korea) and specific industry sectors (eg aluminium) will be critically assessed and used to develop alternative scenarios for long term energy use (“future worlds”). This requires establishing collaborative links with domestic (eg the CRC for Greenhouse Accounting, CRC for Renewable Energy) and key international organisations/groups working on energy strategies (role of fossil fuels, nuclear energy and renewables). The results of the project will be progressively used to implement an effective communications strategy to assist in building public confidence in the long-term sustainability of coal.
This project should provide timely advice to the CCSD on Greenhouse gas issues (in all facets), and carry out studies on long-term energy scenarios (particularly related to steel and aluminium production, and electricity generation), with the role of coal being the key focus.
This project will provide strategic information on the future of the coal industry, and identify threats and opportunities associated with technology developments. It will assist in defining the direction of the CCSD work program and other sustainable development initiatives of the ACA.

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Project Leader:

Dr Louis Wibberley

Current Publications

Technology Assessments Report

Research Reports

Technical Notes