Dr Andrew Minchener OBE is a Fellow of the Energy Institute and a Chartered Engineer. He has some 40 years’ experience in fossil fuel and biomass/waste utilisation, systems development, energy and environmental consultancy, and contract research and development, especially for clean coal technology development and deployment, and CCS issues. This includes specific expertise in policy/institutional/regulatory analysis, techno/socio-economic analysis, training/capacity building, knowledge transfer and international business development. He has undertaken numerous overseas assignments, including over 160 missions to the People’s Republic of China. In recent years he has worked with a number of organisations including the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the International Energy Agency, the European Commission and the IEA Clean Coal Centre to undertake a wide range of studies covering clean coal utilisation and CCS in China and other parts of Asia, and Europe. With effect from July 2013, he became the General Manager of the IEA Clean Coal Centre, being responsible for all aspects of the Centre’s activities and with special emphasis on maintaining a strong international profile for all aspects of clean coal utilization.