European Pellet Conference
| Date: | 25 - 26 February 2009 |
| Venue: | Stadthalle Wels, A-4600 Wels, Upper Austria/Austria |
Conference fee: | 150 Euro (plus 10% VAT) (incl. Conference "Biomass Action Plans") |
| Conference language: | English, German, Italian, Spanish, French |
| 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, 25 February 2009:
| 09.00 | Opening & Welcome |
| 09.20 | The European renewable energy policy Paul Hodson, European Commission, DG for Energy & Transport |
| 09.40 | Key issues for pellet market development Christiane Egger, O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria |
| 10.00 | Global forest resources for energy production Antti Asikainen, The Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla, Finland |
| 10.20 | The ecologically best use of wood for energy production Reinhard Haas, Technische Universität Wien, Austria |
| 10.40 | The Pro's and Con's of different public support models Veit Bürger, Öko-Institut, Germany |
| 11.00 | Discussion / Coffee break |
Round-Table: "How to cope with the fluctuations of the pellet markets?" | |
11.40 | Steve Walker, New England Wood Pellet, USA Chairperson: Johannes Jetschgo, ORF, Austria |
13.00 | Discussion / Lunch break |
Technologies & Innovation | |
14.30 | Energy efficient drying of sawdust - examples of realised plants |
| 14.50 | Pellet production from different wood raw materials |
15.10 | Increasing the ash melting temperature of wood pellets |
15.30 | Agricultural fuels - hope & reality |
15.50 | Eco-design of solid fuel combustion installations |
16.10 | Discussion / Coffee break |
Markets & Logistics | |
| 16.50 | European wood pellet market forecast Morten Tony Hansen, FORCE Technology, Denmark |
17.10 | Biomass resources in Malaysia |
17.30 | Global sawdust potentials and pellet supply chains |
17.50 | Pellet-Contracting - realised projects |
18.10 | Logistics systems for pellets |
| 18.30 | Pellet competition award |
| 19.30 | directly afterwards Evening programme |
Programme, 26. Februar 2009
| Pellet-Workshop "Current developments on European and international pellet markets" (in English only) | |
| 9.30 | Welcome |
| 9.45 | Ireland: Paul Dykes, REIO |
| 10.00 | USA: Stan Elliot, Bear Mountain Forest Products |
| 10.15 | Denmark: Morten T. Hansen, FORCE |
| 10.30 | Czech Republic: Jan Habart, CZ Biom |
| 10.45 | Italy: Annalisa Paniz, AIEL |
| 11.00 | Discussion / Coffee break |
| 11.30 | Sweden: Jonas Höglund, PiR |
| 11.45 | Hungary: Peter Szanyi, proPellets Hungary |
| 12.00 | UK: Richard Smith, Balcas brites |
| 12.15 | Germany: Sebastian Proske, DEPI |
12.30 | Austria: Christian Rakos, proPellets Austria |
| 12.45 | Discussion |
| Chairperson: Christian Rakos, proPellets Austria | |
13.00 Lunch break
| Presentation of innovative pellet technologies from Austria (in English only) | |
| 14.00 | Welcome |
| 14.05 | Bernhard Holzer, Windhager Zentralheizung |
| 14.20 | Stefan Ortner, ÖkoFEN Pellet heating |
| 14.35 | Walter Wagner, Guntamatic |
| 14.50 | Werner Emhofer, Fröling |
| 15.05 | Sebastian Köck, RIKA |
| 15.20 | Discussion |
| 16.00 | End |
| Chairperson: Brigitte Brandstätter, O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria | |
19.30 Evening programme
Pellets - a sustainable fuel!
Pellets are a clean, CO2-neutral and convenient fuel with growing market shares in many European countries. The European Pellet Conference in Wels/Austria aims to provide in-depth information on pellet technologies, innovation and market trends. It will also offer an exciting platform to discuss new co-operation projects. With more than 600 participants every year, the European Pellet Conferences & Fora held in Wels have become the largest annual pellet event in the world.
The European Pellet Conference 2009 is held as a part of the World Sustainable Energy Days which offer a number of other high-profile events:
- the "Energiesparmesse", a trade show dedicated to renewable energy sources and energy efficiency with about 100,000 visitors. Around 100 companies will present their pellet related products and services there.
- site-visits (24 February 2009)
- the "Energy Efficiency Watch" Conference
- the conference "Efficient Cooling of Buildings"
- other events
The conference is organised by O.Ö. Energiesparverband, the regional energy agency of Upper Austria, dedicated to sustainable energy market development. Upper Austria is an ideal location for such a conference. The region is home to
a number of Europe's leading biomass boiler producers, and pellet heating systems have become a standard solution.
