Lesley Sloss

IEA Clean Coal Centre

Biography:

Lesley is an expert on mercury emissions from coal combustion. She is very active in the outreach work of the IEA CCC and runs the Workshop series on Mercury and Multi-pollutant emissions from coal. She acts as Lead on the UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Coal Partnership Area providing guidance to the delegations on the implementation of the new Minamata Convention on Mercury. She has helped manage full-scale demonstration projects in Russia and South Africa. Lesley acts as an expert on BSI/CEN and ISO Standards working groups. She also works through the IEA CCC along with UNEP, US EPA, US DOE, EXPPERTS, Coaltrans and other organisations to disseminate information on clean coal internationally through workshops and conferences. Lesley is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and on the board of the RSC Energy Sector Committee. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Environmental Sciences and a member of the IES Board.

Short description about presentation:

This short talk will address the growing need for mercury monitoring at utilities and industry in emerging Asia. As deadlines for compliance of the Minamata Convention roll nearer, signatory parties now have to monitor and control their emissions of mercury. Countries such as India and Indonesia have created new emission limits for mercury from utilities but are struggling to establish monitoring systems which will meet this need. A US State Department funded project plans to bring training and expertise to these regions over the next 2 years.