European Pellet Conference 2012
Date: | 29 February - 01 March 2012 |
Venue: | A-4600 Wels, Upper Austria/Austria |
Conference fee: | 180 Euro (plus 10% VAT) (29 Feb. - 02 March) 260 Euro (plus 10% VAT) with site-visit |
Conference languages: | English, German, Italian |
Organisation and conference office: | O.O. Energiesparverband Landstraße 45, 4020 Linz, Austria Tel. +43/732/7720-14386 Fax +43/732/7720-14383 office [AT] esv.or [DOT] at |
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PROGRAMME
Tuesday, 27 February 2012
Wednesday, 29 February 2012
09.00 Opening & welcome
- Rudi Anschober, Regional Minister for Energy, Upper Austria
- MEP Paul Rübig, European Parliament
- EU-policy for bioenergy - recent developments
Giulio Volpi, European Commission, DG Energy - Current and future global bioenergy trends
Adam Brown, International Energy Agency (IEA) - Wood pellets in the European Forest Outlook
Florian Steierer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
11.20 Pellet business: Economic growth and green jobs
- The impact of biomass policies on economic growth and employment in the EU
Peter Biermayr, TU Wien, Austria - Progress in the pellet market development in the US Northeast
Charles Niebling, Chairman, Biomass Thermal Energy Council/General Manager, New England Wood Pellet, USA - Scientific challenges and technology outlook for the pellet sector
Walter Haslinger, Bioenergy 2020+, Austria - Sustainability in international solid biofuel trade
Patrick Lamers, Ecofys Germany
12.40 Lunch break
The "Pellet Academy"
In-depth information and interactive training sessions
14.15 The ENplus pellets in detail
- Hans Martin Behr, Deutsches Pelletinstitut, Germany
16.30 How to develop a regional pellet heating market
- Christiane Egger, O.Ö. Energiesparverband, Austria
- Roderick Matheson, Aberdeenshire Council, UK
The "World Pellet Business Forum"
A market place for product and service innovation, R&D results, business models and finance
14.15 Torrefaction
- Current status of North American and European torrefaction initiatives
Marcel Cremers, KEMA, The Netherlands - The world's "largest" torrefaction plant
Robin Post van der Burg, Topell Energy, The Netherlands - Through the valley of death - from pilot to commercial scale-up
John Swaan, Horizon BioEnergy, The Netherlands - Economic & technical challenges of replacing coal for electricity production
Walt Dickinson, Integro Earth Fuels (NUCOAL), USA - The optimal size of a torrefaction plant
Martin Svanberg, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
16.30 Business models & product innovation
- Industrial pellet applications
Gordon Murray, Wood Pellet Association of Canada - Certified use of agropellets in smale scale boilers
Vincent Naudy, RAGT Energie, France - Successful approaches to pellet market development
Alastair Stevens, Severn Wye Energy Agency, UK - Finding clients for agro-pellets
Arunas Bruzgulis, Lithuanian Biomass Energy Association, Lithuania - Pellet boiler and stirling engine - electricity and heating for homes
Stefan Ortner, ÖkoFEN Pelletsheizung, Austria - Biomass trade centres
Patrick de Jamblinne, Tuzetka, Belgium - Life cycle assessment: combustion tests with herbaceous biomass
Aurélie Leplus, AILE, France - Successful pellet heat contracting
Ramón Báñez Sánches, REBI, Spain - Job creation through pellet projects
Bengt-Erik Löfgren, ÄFAB, Sweden
18.00 End of the conference day
19.00 Evening programme
Thursday, 01 March 2012
09.30 "Current developments on European and international pellet markets" (in English only)
- The European wood pellet markets: Current status and prospects
Richard Sikkema, Utrecht University, The Netherlands - Germany: Martin Bentele, Deutscher Energieholz- und Pellet-Verband, Deutsches Pelletinstitut
- Russia: Olga S. Rakitova, The Bioenergy International
- UK: Nigel Blandford, The Mersey Forest Team
- Spain: Maros Martín Larrañaga, AVEBIOM, Spanish Bioenergy Association
- France: Anne-Catherine Mangel, PROPELLET France
- Denmark: Morten Tony Hansen, FORCE Technology
- India: Singaravelan Gomathi, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency
- Kyrgyzstan: Imil Akkoziev, Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University
- Argentina: Matías Baumgart, Lipsia
- China: Li Shizhong, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Engineering
12.30 End of the European Pellet Conference
WSED next! Biomass Programme
Conference Biomass Partnerships Programme
Background
Pellets - a sustainable fuel!
Pellets are a clean, CO2 neutral and convenient fuel with growing market shares worldwide. The European Pellet Conference 2012 in Wels/Austria aims to provide in-depth information on pellet innovation and market trends. It will offer 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 2012 will offer:
- 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 will be organised in the framework of the annual "World Sustainable Energy Days" conference by the O.O. 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 2012 will offer a range of interesting sessions and events:
- Plenary sessions
presentations on policies, potentials, markets, innovation, sustainability etc. - The "Pellet Academy"
in-depth information and interactive training on quality and standards as well as market development issues - The "World Pellet Business Forum"
market place for product and service innovation, business models and finance - Country workshop
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!
an event for senior students and young researchers on biomass and energy efficiency - 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
