The Australian Coal Association (ACA) today expressed disappointment with the Coalition announcement that it will cut funding to the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Flagship Program which aims to demonstrate carbon capture and storage at commercial scale in Australia by 2020. ACA Executive Director, Mr Ralph Hillman, has called on the Coalition to reconsider its position.

The Australian Coal Association (ACA) welcomed Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s acknowledgement today of the key role that carbon capture and storage (CCS) will play in Australia’s clean energy future. Ralph Hillman, ACA Executive Director, said “the Prime Minister’s announcement that future coal-fired power stations will be ‘CCS Ready’ highlights the urgent need to ensure CCS technology is available for deployment in Australia.

The Australian Coal Association (ACA) is committed to the development of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology in Australia. ACA Executive Director, Mr Ralph Hillman said “continued commitment from both Labor and the Coalition will be vital to the development of CCS technology in Australia. CCS will be essential to reduce Australian and global emissions while maintaining energy security”.

The Australian Coal Association (ACA) today welcomed the NSW Government announcement of the first ten projects to receive grants as part of the NSW Government’s Clean Coal Fund. The projects are focusing on low emissions technologies for coal production and utilisation.

The Australian Coal Association today welcomed the announcement by Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson AM MP, and the New South Wales Minister for Mineral and Forest Resources, Ian Macdonald MLC, on the funding of $28.3 million to develop the first major carbon capture and storage project (CCS) in New South Wales.

The Federal Government has advised it will reintroduce the CPRS legislation into the Lower House this week. Executive Director of the ACA Ralph Hillman said the proposed legislation will put coal jobs at risk in regional Australia for no environmental benefit. This is bad news for the Hunter, the Illawarra and the mining regions of Central Queensland.

As the paraphernalia of COP15 is dismantled in Copenhagen's historic centre, Danes are returning to Christmas preparations. A Salvation Army band plays perfectly in the main shopping street. A troop of regimental guards in bearskin hats with drum, fife and brass instruments marches through the streets playing cheery tunes and stopping the traffic. There is the feeling that Copenhagen is happy to see the back of the discord and cacophony that was COP15 and to get on with Christmas shopping....

The failure of the Copenhagen negotiations to lock in binding commitments from any country, let alone developing countries, has serious implications for the implementation of climate change policy in Australia, Executive Director of the Australian Coal Association (ACA) Mr Ralph Hillman said today from Copenhagen...

The Danish government technology display inside the Copenhagen climate change conference centre is full of images of windmills, solar panels, bio-fuels and other low emission technologies. It dares not utter the words "coal" or "fossil fuel". Indeed, looking around the flat landscape that surrounds Copenhagen there are plenty of windmills standing tall against the grey sky....

The Australian Coal Association today welcomed the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) flagship projects announced by the Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson. "This is an important step towards the demonstration of carbon capture and storage technology at commercial scale in Australia, said Ralph Hillman, Executive Director of the ACA.