The European Round Table on Coal meets regularly in the European Parliament, co-chaired by Dr. Christian Ehler MEP and Prof. Jerzy Buzek MEP. Documents from recent meetings can be found below, whilst older documents can be found in the archive.
25th European Round Table on Coal, 2 June 2015
“The Energy Union – What will Europe’s energy future look like?”
with MEP Marek Gróbarczyk, Rapporteur for the European Parliament’s opinion on Energy Union
24th European Round Table on Coal, 28 January 2015
“First Coal Round of the 8th European Parliament”
with Prof. Klaus-Dieter Borchardt, Director – Internal Energy Market, European Commission DG Energy
23rd European Round Table on Coal, 27 March 2014
“European Coal: a long way come, a long way to go”
with Mr. Dominique Ristori, Director-General for Energy, European Commission
An Action Plan for Coal in the 21st Century
22nd European Round Table on Coal, 13 November 2013
“Coal Gasification”
Francisco Garcia Pena (ELCOGAS): Coal gasification in Spain – the future of sustainable coal
21st European Round Table on Coal, 24 September 2013
“Intelligent Coal Mining: corporate and R&D strategies to 2020 and beyond”
Alan Haigh (European Commission): 10 years of coal-related research funded through the RFCS
20th European Round Table on Coal, 23 April 2013
“A 2030 framework for EU climate and energy policies”
Paweł Smoleń, EURACOAL President (PGE S.A.): A 2030 framework for EU climate and energy policies
19th European Round Table on Coal, 22 January 2013
“CO2 Capture and Storage: infrastructure of common interest”
International Round Table on Coal, 13 November 2012
“Clean Coal Technologies”
18th European Round Table on Coal, 18 September 2012
“EU Emissions Trading Scheme: fit for purpose”
17th European Round Table on Coal, 6 June 2012
“Horizon 2020 – best use of fossil fuels”
Prof. Mathias Seitz (IBI): Innovative Process Technology for refining lignite – R&D needs
16th European Round Table on Coal, 21 March 2012
“Energy Roadmap 2050: efficient and flexible back-up from coal”
Alan Svoboda (CEZ): Energy Roadmap 2050 – a view from the utility industry
Wolfgang Dirschauer (Vattenfall): Efficiency and flexibility of coal-fired power plants
Bogdan Janicki (CEEP): Saving CO2 – a proposal to renew coal-fired power plants
15th European Round Table on Coal, 29 November 2011
“Managing Greenhouse Gases in a Low-Carbon Economy”
Dr. Johannes Heithoff (RWE Power): CO2 Capture and Use (CCU)
Dr. Tim Cockerill (Imperial College London): Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) as a policy tool
14th European Round Table on Coal, 31 May 2011
“Coal Conversion Technologies: new products from coal and lignite”
Serge Périneau (World CTL): Coal to Liquid Fuels, Natural Gas & Chemicals: a global perspective
13th European Round Table on Coal, 16 March 2011
“Surging Global Demand For Coal: what it means for the EU”
12th European Round Table on Coal, 10 November 2010
“The Role of Coal within a Future Energy Mix”
Philip Lowe (DG Energy): The role of coal within a future energy mix
Dr.-Ing. Hartmuth Zeiß, EURACOAL President (Vattenfall Europe Mining AG & Vattenfall Europe Generation AG): CCS – technoligical achievements and political challenges / TEXT
Michael Eyll-Vetter (RWE Power AG): Coal – a sustainable energy source with long-term reliability
11th European Round Table on Coal, 15 September 2010
“CCS infrastructure, State aid update and coal sector investment”
10th European Round Table on Coal, 24 March 2010
“Update on coal-related EU policy”
9th European Round Table on Coal, 18 February 2009
“Discussion of Draft Report and Amendments on the Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on Industrial Emissions”
8th European Round Table on Coal, 4 November 2008
“Draft CCS Directive”
7th European Round Table on Coal, 2 September 2008
“Amendments on CCS Regulatory Framework”
6th European Round Table on Coal, 4 June 2008
“CCS Regulatory Framework”
5th European Round Table on Coal, 10 April 2008
“Draft Directive on CCS”
4th European Round Table on Coal, 29 January 2008
“Expected Directive on CCS Technology”
3rd European Round Table on Coal, 29 November 2007
“CCS – Emissions Trading”
2nd European Round Table on Coal, 4 September 2007
“Prognos Study – the role of coal in Europe – Emissions Trading”
1st European Round Table on Coal, 2007
“Inaugural meeting”
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