Renewable Heating and Cooling
technology trends & innovation for solar and biomass - heating and cooling markets - products & services - programmes & financing - promotion & successful market establishment
Date: | 5 - 6 March 2008 |
Venue: | Stadthalle Wels, A-4600 Wels, Upper Austria/Austria |
Conference fee: | 150 Euro (plus 10% VAT) (Renewable Heating & Cooling AND Pellets-Forum) |
Conference language: | English, French, German, Italian, Spanish |
Organisation and conference office: | O.Ö. Energiesparverband Landstraße 45, 4020 Linz, Austria Tel. +43/732/7720-14386 Fax +43/732/7720-14383 office [AT] esv.or [DOT] at |
Programme, 5 March 2008
9.00 | Opening and welcome |
9.20 | Towards a European Directive for Renewables |
9.40 | Renewables for heating & cooling: Markets in Europe |
10.00 | What is sustainable biomass? |
10.20 | The largest solar thermal market in the world Runqing Hu, Centre for Renewable Energy Development, China |
10.40 | 100 % renewable heating for Upper Austria |
11.00 | Discussion/Coffee break |
Round-Table: Renewable heating & cooling: How to wake the sleeping giant? | |
11.40 | Christof Stein, Director, KFW Bankengruppe, Germany Chairperson: Bärbel Epp, Journalistin |
13.00 | Discussion/Lunch Break |
14.30 | Mobilising forest resources |
14.50 | New "recipes" for agro-pellets Bengt-Erik Löfgren, ÄFAB, Sweden |
15.10 | "The Top Process" – an innovative production method Jasper Lensselink, ECN, The Netherlands |
15.30 | 240,000 tons per year – large scale pellet production Gregor Rinke, Seeger Engineering AG, Germany |
15.50 | Pellet production: efficiency increase & progress report Markus Mann, Managing Director, Westerwälder Holzpellets GmbH, Germany |
16.10 | Discussion/Coffee Break |
16.50 | Strategic options for the pellet heating market Reinhold Priewasser, Universität Linz, Austria |
17.10 | Intercontinental trade with pellets John Swaan, Executive Director, Wood Pellet Association of Canada |
17.30 | The pellet programme of the Alsace region Sabine Goetz, Région Alsace, France |
17.50 | The pellet market of Chile Ramón del Pino Vivanco, Director, Fundación Chile |
18.10 | Financing schemes for biomass Peteris Shipkovs, Energy Resources Laboratory, Latvia |
18.30 | End |
19.30 Evening programme
Programme, 6 March 2008
Pellets-Workshop "Current developments on pellet markets" (in English only) | |
9.15 | Welcome |
9.30 | Sweden: Jonas Höglund, SVEBIO |
9.45 | Germany: Martin Bentele, DEPV |
10.00 | France: Frédéric Douard, ITEBE |
10.15 | Switzerland: Andreas Keel, Holzenergie Schweiz |
10.30 | How to "slow down" a prospering market: Manfred Faustmann, Windhager Zentralheizung |
10.45 | Discussion/Coffee Break |
11.15 | Austria: Christian Rakos, proPellets Austria |
11.30 | Italy: Marino Berton, AIEL |
11.45 | Spain: Francisco Puente-Salve, ESCAN |
12.00 | Belgium: Didier Marchal, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre |
12.15 | Baltic Countries & Russia: Lennart Ljungblom, Bioenergy International |
12.30 | Canada: Christopher Rees, BioSystems Group |
Chairperson: Christian Rakos, proPellets Austria | |
13.00 | Lunch Break |
Presentation of innovative pellet and solar technologies from Austria (in English only) | |
14.00 | Welcome |
14.05 | Gerhard Selinger, RIKA GmbH & Co KG |
14.20 | Werner Emhofer, Fröling GmbH |
14.35 | Walter Wagner, Guntamatic GmbH |
14.50 | Herbert Ortner, ÖkoFEN Pelletsheizung GmbH |
15.05 | Bernhard Holzer, Windhager Zentralheizung GmbH |
15.20 | Alexander Glechner, Glechner GmbH |
15.35 | Discussion / Coffee Break |
16.15 | Marin Marinov, Gasokol GmbH |
16.30 | Klaus Seits, Solarfocus GmbH |
16.45 | Gerhard Rimpler, Sun Master Energiesysteme GmbH |
17.00 | Gerald Jungreithmayr, SOLution Solartechnik GmbH |
17.15 | Discussion |
17.45 | End |
19.30 Evening Programme
The interest in solar and biomass for heating and cooling of buildings as well as for industrial processes is growing: the sharp increase in energy prices, the availability of cost-efficient technologies and the legislative framework of the European Buildings Directive open up new markets throughout Europe. The conference will showcase innovative solutions for heating and cooling with solar energy and biomass and it will present the major technology and policy trends for the coming years. It will also address the challenge of marketing and promoting green heating and cooling to the million building owners and users in Europe, including companies, public bodies, housing associations and individual homeowners.
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