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In April 2009, Australian Prime Minister [[Kevin Rudd]] announced the formation of the International Advisory Panel of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute which he stated would "provide broad strategic guidance to the Institute and work globally to enhance its international reputation and networks." Rudd announced that the former the former President of the World Bank, [[James D. Wolfensohn]], had been appointed as Chair of the International Advisory Panel of the Institute. The first meeting of the panel is scheduled for late April 2009 but the other members of the panel have not been announced.<ref name="IAP"/>
==Global Carbon Capture awards $7.7 million for US carbon capture plant2010 Grants==In October 2010, thee Australian government has announced the first round of grants from the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute announced that , with two Australian projects to share $4.3 million in funds, but the bulk of money going to projects in the US and Europe. The six winners were chosen from more than 50 applications, with two projects selected from Australia, two in the US and two in Europe (Holland and Romania). The Australian grantees included [[TenaskaCarbonNet]] in the Latrobe Valley, which will receive a total of $72.7 5 million in grant money to be used for an engineering design study work on developing a “hub concept” and on a technical framework for the measurement, monitoring and validation of carbon capture technology in its proposed stored CO2. In Queensland, the [[Trailblazer Energy CenterCallide Oxyfuel Project]] east of Sweetwater, Texasmay receive $1. The grant “provides international recognition 83 million in funding to support an injection test of the really pioneering role that Trailblazer is expected to play to reduce carbon emissions,” said Helen ManroeCO2 into a potential storage site in various locations in south east Queensland, Tenaska’s manager of developmentalthough terms have not been finalised.<ref name="ja">Jaime Adame, [http://www.reporternewsclimatespectator.com.au/newscommentary/2010/oct/12/tenaskagreen-awardeddeals-77cash-millionand-grant-money/ capture "Tenaska awarded $7.7 million in grant moneyGREEN DEALS: Cash and capture"] Reporter NewsClimate Spectator, Oct. October 12, 2010.</ref>
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