Some international visitors with a keen interest in the University of Regina's Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology visited the University's International Test Centre for Carbon Dioxide Capture today. 

Iain Miller, CEO of Doosan Babcock Energy and Richard Dennis, the company's Director of Research and Development, were welcomed to the International Test Centre by Vianne Timmons, President of the U of R.  The two Doosan Babcock executives were in Regina to attend meetings related to a licensing agreement signed earlier this month between the UK-based company and HTC Purenergy, the Regina company that is commercializing CCS technology developed at the International Test Centre.  The licensing agreement, which was also signed by Doosan Babcock's parent company Doosan Heavy Industries of Korea, will allow the two international companies to market and install U of R-developed technology in power plants worldwide.

"I'm extremely pleased to welcome Mr. Miller and Mr. Dennis to the University of Regina today," said Timmons.  "The U of R has become a world leader in developing carbon dioxide capture and storage technologies, and Doosan Babcock Energy and Doosan Heavy Industries are world leaders in implementing these types of technologies in power plant construction.  The U of R has an important role to play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, and the licensing agreement is an important step in this process."

Lionel Kambeitz, CEO of HTC Purenergy, agrees.

"The visionary leadership of Dean Paitoon Tontiwachwuthikul, Dr. Malcolm Wilson and Dr. Raphael Idem has been instrumental in establishing the University of Regina as an international leader in the field of carbon capture and storage," Kambeitz said.  "This Global Technology Licensing Agreement that has been signed with Doosan Babcock Energy is a clear endorsement of the research and product development that has taken place at the University of Regina for the last 15 years, and brings a global reach to HTC in our efforts to commercialize the CCS technology."

Doosan Babcock Energy CEO Iain Miller is equally excited about the partnership.

"Through our new collaboration with HTC Purenergy and the University of Regina, Doosan Babcock Energy is pleased to be securing a position of global leadership in the field of Post Combustion CCS Technology by offering the most advanced service solutions possible to our customers," he said.

To date, Doosan Heavy Industries and Doosan Babcock Energy have completed more than 300 power generation units (nuclear, thermal, combined-cycle and hydroelectric) worldwide and is currently building sixty more in the US, India, China and elsewhere.  Both are part of the Doosan Group of companies, which has approximately $22 billion in sales annually and employs 35,000 people.