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The ACCAT was set up by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (formerly DTI) to provide expert, independent advice to Ministers, the Department and others in Government on matters concerning technologies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere, particularly carbon dioxide emissions from power generation and other large industrial processes using fossil fuel. This advice can either be volunteered by members or sought from members by the Department. The Committee will not only cover technical issues but also the commercial, social, economic and regulatory issues around the deployment of these technologies in the UK and globally.
The membership of the committee reflects the full scope of the Carbon Abatement Technology sector, including (although not exclusively) academic and research institutions, oil and gas companies, equipment manufacturers, process plant engineering companies, pipelines and storage experts and utilities.
The ACCAT meets about once every three to four months but can meet more frequently depending on need.
The Department provides the Secretariat for the ACCAT and takes responsibility for briefing and agreeing the agenda for meetings with the Chairperson before each one.
Name | Organisation | Position | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Nick Otter (OBE) | ALSTOM Power Ltd | Director of Technology and External Affairs | Chair |
| Prof Allan Jones | E.ON UK plc | Head of Research and Development | Vice Chair |
| Mr Brian Ricketts | International Energy Agency | Energy Analyst – Coal Energy Diversification Division | Vice Chair |
| Dr Nina Skorupska | RWE npower plc | Director of Technology Services | Member |
| Dr Mike Farley | Doosan Babcock Energy Limited | Director of Technology Policy Liaison | Member |
| Dr Paul Freund | Independent | Energy Consultant | Member |
| Dr Jon Gibbins | Imperial College | Senior Lecturer | Member |
| Dr Tony Espie | BP Alternative Energy | Advisor on CO2 Storage | Member |
| Prof Stuart Haszeldine | University of Edinburgh | Professor of Sedimentary Geology | Member |
| Dr Nicholas Riley (MBE) | British Geological Survey | Programme Manager - Sustainable & Renewable Energy | Member |
| Mr Peter Whitton | Progressive Energy Ltd | Managing Director | Member |
Secretary: Nicholas Aluko
If you would like to be considered for future membership of the committee please write to or e-mail the secretariat using the details given below and enclose a brief CV. This will be kept on file and given consideration when membership is up for renewal.
The Secretariat
Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies
Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
Bay 242
1Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7215 3075
E-mail: nicholas.aluko@berr.gsi.gov.uk