08.30 - 18.00: Site visit "pellets and wood chips"

PROGRAMME

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

09.00 Opening & welcome

• Rudi Anschober, Regional Minister for Energy, Upper Austria
• MEP Paul Rübig, European Parliament
  
  

• EU biomass policies
  Andreas Pilzecker, European Commission, DG Energy
  
  
• The new IEA Technology roadmap: bioenergy for heat and power
  Anselm Eisentraut, International Energy Agency (IEA)
  
  
• Cost developments of fossil fuels – a comparison of studies
  Claudia Kunz, Agentur für Erneuerbare Energien, Germany

11.15 Market trends for pellets 

• Market and policy trends in Europe and North-America: a transatlantic comparison
  Gordon Murray, Wood Pellet Association of Canada
  
  
• Nearly Zero Energy Buildings: opportunity or threat for pellet heating?
  Christiane Egger, OÖ Energiesparverband, Austria
  
  
• Will industrial and residential pellet markets converge?
  Johan Granath, Ekman & Co AB, Sweden
  
  
• Pellet certification and compliance
  Richard Sikkema, Control Union Certification /University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

12.30 Lunch break

14.00 What will the future bring for the wood pellet sector?

• Expert views on main opportunities and challenges for the next
  years - resources, technologies, markets
  Olga S. Rakitova, The Bioenergy International, Russia
  Martin Bentele , Deutscher Energieholz- und Pellet-Verband, Deutsches Pelletinstitut, Germany
  John Swaan, PFIT Consulting, Canada
  Herbert Ortner, ÖkoFEN Pelletsheizung, Austria
  
  

15.00 The World Pellet Business & Technology Forum

• A market place for product and service innovation, business models and finance
  
  

Pellet CHP - small and middle scale

• Technology overview
  Walter Haslinger, bioenergy 2020+, Austria
  
  
• A 5 kW_el stirling engine using biomass - a challenge
  Josef Frauscher, Frauscher Energietechnik, Austria
  
  
• Integrating stirling engines in log wood and pellet boilers
  Daniel Hegele, Hoval, Principality of Liechtenstein
  
  

Business models & product innovation

• Proper boiler sizing
  Raymond J. Albrecht, BTEC, USA
  
  
• Pelletising biofuel residues for cooking
  Hazir Farouk, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Sudan
  
  
• Pellet production and power stations – examples from 3 continents
  Stefan Döring, Plant Engineering, Germany
  
  
• Torrefaction of straw pellets
  Rafaill Isemin, Tambov State Technical University, Russia
  
  
• Increasing efficiency through heat recovery
  Franz Söllhinger, Scheuch, Austria
  
  
• Pellet supply contracting – a successful business model
  Christian Stettner, Südwärme, Germany
  
  

18.00 Pellet Networking Platform

• A platform for starting new co-operations among pellet actors across the value chain
  
  

19.00 End of the conference day

19.30 Evening programme

09.30 Pellet News Worldwide

Updates and outlook on different European and global pellet markets (in English only)

• Global pellet markets and price forecasting
  Hubert Röder, Pöyry Management Consulting,Germany
  
  
• Spain: biomass against the economic crisis
  Marcos Martín Larrañaga, AVEBIOM
  
  
• Switzerland: more than the domestic pellet market?
  Martina Caminada, Holzenergie Schweiz / Propellets Schweiz
  
  
• Austria: ENplus certification
  Christian Rakos, ProPellets Austria
  
  
• Pellet markets in Central and Eastern Europe
  Vasil Zlatev, Energy Agency of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  
  
• Italy: a regional survey of the residential biomass market in Turin
  Luca DeGiorgis, Politecnico di Torino
  
  
• USA : domestic and export pellet markets
  Jennifer Hedrick, Pellet Fuels Institute
  
  
• Australia and New Zealand: a future pellet exporter?
  Andrew Lang, World Bioenergy Association

12.30 End of the European Pellet Conference

WSED next! Biomass Programme

Pellets - a sustainable fuel!

Pellets are a clean, CO₂ neutral and convenient fuel with growing market shares worldwide. The European Pellet Conference 2013 in Wels/Austria aims to provide in-depth information on pellet innovation and market trends. It offered an exciting platform to discuss co-operation projects.

With more than 600 participants every year, the European Pellet Conferences held in Wels have become the largest annual pellet event in the world.

The European Pellet Conference 2013 offered:

• the meeting place for the global pellet community
• the latest technology trends
• updates on policy, legislation and standardisation
• news from research and innovation
• an outlook on the developments on European and global markets
• inspirational case studies and examples
• exchange of experience among experts and new business opportunities
• a major trade show, the "Energiesparmesse", dedicated to sustainable energy with more than 100 pellet-related exhibitors

The event was organised in the framework of the annual "World Sustainable Energy Days" conference by the OÖ Energiesparverband, the energy agency of Upper Austria.

Upper Austria is an ideal location for such a conference: more than 25 % of all biomass boilers sold in the EU are manufactured by Upper Austria's boiler industry, and pellet heating systems have become a standard solution.

Programme

The European Pellet Conference 2013 offered a range of interesting sessions and events:

• Plenary sessions
  presentations on policies, potentials, markets, innovation, sustainability etc.
• The "World Pellet Business & Technology Forum"
  market place for product and service innovation, business models and finance
• The Pellet Networking Platform
  a platform for starting new co-operations among pellet actors across the value chain
• Pellet News Worldwide
  updates and outlook on different European and global pellet markets
• Technical site-visit
  a one-day trip with visits on wood pellets and wood chips (fuel, equipment, exemplary installations)
• WSED next Biomass
  an event for young researchers on biomass - more information
  
• Energiesparmesse - the "pellet trade show"
  leading trade show on renewable energy and energy efficiency with annually 100,000 visitors, more than 100 pellet-related exhibitors