International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas (IEAGHG)
Technical Programme Manager, for the IEA Greenhouse Gas R&D Technical Collaboration Programme (IEAGHG)
James has over 35 years' experience mostly in R&D programmes and consultancy. He began his career as a well site geologist in the Gulf of Suez, Egypt, before returning to academia to work on a Proterozoic shield area in southern Norway. After over four years as an oil industry consultant James switch course again and spent over 20 years directly involved in the UK's renewable energy programme. At one stage he managed the UK's geothermal programme. He now manages the IEAGHG's technical programme using his geological background to develop new investigative projects to evaluate CO2 storage as well as oversite into capture technology and CO2 transport. James is also actively engaged in implementing IEAGHG's storage technical networks in modelling, monitoring and risk management.
As an IEA Technology Collaboration Programme, IEAGHG has an active interest in the technology roll-out of CCS including the development of innovative concepts such as evaluating potential synergies between geothermal energy and CCS including CO2 geological storage. There is growing interest in both technologies especially with the prospect of significant advances towards full-scale multi-million tonne CO2 storage sites. As a former programme manager of the UK’s geothermal R&D programme I would like to give a personal perspective on the outcome of that programme and how it might relate to new opportunities including prospects for Saudi Arabia. Recent developments in the use of CO2 in geothermal energy will be reviewed and how they might be related to Saudi Arabia.
International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas (IEAGHG)