International Low-Carbon Development Summit
September 2015, Shanxi, China
 JHCGA President, David Wendt delivers speech at International Low Carbon Development Summit |  David Wendt interviewed for TV by Shanxi media |  JHCGA delegation meets with Shanxi Development and Reform Commission - the top economic planning authority in the province. |  Group photo with Shanxi Provincial Development and Reform Commission |  David Wendt with Wu Dongsheng Director of the Climate Change Division of the Provincial Development and Reform Commission |  David Wendt presenting JHCGA Annual Report to Jia Xuefeng, President, China Committee for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT)-Shanxi Branch |
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 JHCGA delegation with scroll presented by members of CCPIT-Shanxi |  David Wendt receives a gift from Zhang Jinwang, Director, Shanxi Department of Science and Technology |  JHCGA delegation and Shanxi Foreign Affairs Office team meet with managers of Shanxi Province Guoxin Energy Development (natural gas) Group CO., LTD. |  Ben Yamagata, Executive Director Coal Utilization Research Council, Washington D.C. |  Visit to Gemeng International Ruiguang Heat & Power plant, Taiyuan, Shanxi |  Explanation of controls at Gemeng International Ruiguang Heat & Power plant |
 JHCGA delegation with Shanxi Foreign Affairs Office team meet with Cao Yang, Executive Director, and other managers of the Gemeng International Ruiguang Heat & Power plant |  JHCGA delegation greeted by Director of Shanxi Science and Technology Museum, Taiyuan |  David Wendt studies wind power exhibit at Shanxi Science and Technology Museum, Taiyuan |  David Wendt presented with a gift from the Curator of Shanxi Science & Technology Museum, Mr. Lu Jianhong |  Visit to Shanxi Lu’an Coal to Liquid CO. LTD, Changzhi, Shanxi |  Driving past Coal trucks in Changzhi, |
 Display of coal to liquid demonstration plant, Shanxi Lu’an Coal to Liquid CO. LTD. |  David Wendt with interpreter listening to Junyi Liu, General Manager of Shanxi Lu’an Coal to Liquid plant |  Leigh Paterson, reporter for Inside Energy listening to interpreter’s explanation of the Shanxi Lu’an Coal to Liquid plant |  Members of JHCGA delegation (l to r): Ben Yamagata, Executive Director Coal Utilization Research Council; Leigh Paterson, reporter, Inside Energy; Olivia Meigs, JHCGA Director of Communications; David Wendt, JHCGA President |  Luncheon hosted by Shanxi Lu’an Coal to Liquid plant |  JHCGA delegation with managers of the Shanxi Lu’an Coal to Liquid plant |
 Departure from Shanxi Lu’an Coal to Liquid plant |
At the invitation of Governor Li Xiaopeng, a JHCGA delegation attended the International Low-Carbon Development Summit, which was held in Shanxi in September 2015. During the visit, the JHCGA delegation toured the Lu’an Coal to Liquids demonstration plant (video below), in Changzhi, Shanxi province, generates power as well as converts coal from the coal gasification process, thereby reducing total carbon dioxide emissions from the amount of coal consumed. It also captures the remaining carbon dioxide. This technology is an example of the massive level of investment China is putting into coal technologies.
The four representatives attending the Summit included David Wendt, JHCGA President; Olivia Meigs, JHCGA Director of Communications; Ben Yamagata, Executive Director, Coal Utilization Research Center; and Leigh Paterson, reporter, Inside Energy. Dr. Wendt was among national and international presenters at the day-long conference. His speech was entitled, “Wyoming and Shanxi: A Clean Energy Partnership.” The purpose of the visit was to understand Shanxi’s efforts to reduce carbon emissions from coal consumption and to explore opportunities for cooperation between Wyoming and Shanxi as the two largest coal-producing states/provinces in their respective countries.
During the week, members to the delegation also met with numerous provincial government agencies and conducted discussions and site visits at several large energy producing facilities and enterprises. In the course of these visits, they learned how Shanxi is organizing its transition to a low-carbon development economy, as seen through large-scale projects in combined heat and power, coalmine methane utilization, and coal conversion. They also explored several project opportunities involving cooperation between Shanxi and Wyoming to capture and develop new uses for carbon dioxide.
在省长李小鹏的邀请， JHCGA代表团出席了国际低碳发展高峰会，这是在山西9月举行。 2015年的访问期间， JHCGA代表团参观了潞安煤制油示范工厂（视频图）在长治，山西，产生功率，以及从煤气化过程将煤，从而减少二氧化碳排放总量从煤的消耗量。它还捕捉其余的二氧化碳。这种技术的投资，中国正在成为煤技术的大规模水平的一个例子。
在山西省省长李小鹏的邀请， JHCGA派四名代表国际低碳发展高峰会，这是在山西举行的2015年九月的四个代表包括大卫·温特， JHCGA总裁;奥利维亚·梅格斯，通信JHCGA主任;本山形，执行董事，煤炭利用研究中心;和Leigh帕特森，记者，内部能量。温特医生是其中在为期一天的会议的国家和国际的主持人。他的演讲题目是， “怀俄明州和山西：清洁能源伙伴关系”这次访问的目的是了解山西的努力，以减少碳排放的煤炭消费和作为两个最大的产煤探索怀俄明州与山西合作机会国/在各自国家的省份。
在这一周，成员代表团还会见了多个省级政府机构，并进行了讨论，并实地考察多家大型能源生产设施和企业。在这些访问的过程中，他们学会了如何山西省正在组织过渡到低碳经济的发展，通过热电联产，煤层气综合利用，煤炭转化大型项目看。他们还探讨了涉及山西，怀俄明州之间的合作，以捕捉和开发二氧化碳的新用途几个项目的机会。