Public Debate organised by Durham Energy Institute & Durham Miners Association
Speakers/Panel Members
Barbara Vest, Director of Generation, Energy UK (Chair)
David Hopper, General Secretary, Durham Miners Association
Professor Andy Aplin, Professor of Unconventional Petroleum, Durham University
Professor Paul Younger, Professor of Energy Engineering, Glasgow University
Alan Cummings, President, Durham Miners Association
Professor Alan Lowdon, CEO, Invisotech; Jonathan Elmer, Green Party
Simon Hogg, DONG Professor in Renewable Energy & Executive Director of Durham Energy Institute
Programme
18.00-18.10 Welcome by David Hopper
18.10-18.15 Presentation by Andy Aplin on ‘Shale Gas and Oil: Reality, Hope or Hype?’
18.15-18.20 Presentation by Paul Younger on ‘Underground coal gasification with carbon capture and storage: leave it to the Chinese?’
18.25-18.30 Presentation by Alan Cummings on ‘Is King Coal Dead’?
18.35-18.40 Presentation by Alan Lowdon ‘Offshore or onshore? The Answer is Blowing in the Wind!’
18.45-18.50 Presentation by Jonathan Elmer on ‘Keep it in the Ground’
18.50-19.50 Public debate
19.50-20.00 Final remarks by Simon Hogg
For more information visit https://www.dur.ac.uk/dei/events/?eventno=28921