World’s Biofuels Markets 2010 has now passed into history, amidst memories of lessons learned, contacts made, and friendships renewed. The standing-room only crowds in many of the sessions showed that, after a trying 2009, the biofuels industry is very much on the move in 2010. Several trends were much in evidence during the three days of the conference.
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WBM 2010
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Rumors aplenty at “standing-room only” WBM
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010Sapphire, DARPA, Joule, Akuo, SunFuel in the news as World Biofuels Markets convenes.
In the Netherlands, World Biofuels Markets, which officially opened yesterday with 10 keynote speakers including former Norwegian PM Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, BP Biofuels CEO Philip New, former Netherlands PM Ruud Lubbers and current Netherlands Environment Minister Bernard ter Haar, got off to a roaring start Monday with delegates crowding standing room-only workshops on algal fuels, energy crops, sustainability, and congresses on biopower and bio-based products. Overall attendance figures of up to 1500 have been reported for WBM, a sharp increase over 2009’s 900 attendees.
World Biofuels Conference – 40% increase in delegates
Thursday, March 11th, 2010World Biofuels Markets – the largest European conferences and exhibition for the bioenergy starts on Monday: more than 1400 attendees registered from around the world. 11 Focused Conferences provide unparalleled market insight and access to experts from across the whole biofuels value chain.
264 high level speakers, 65 sessions, 17 streams, 17 hours of networking breaks and functions including the 2nd Annual Sustainable Biofuels Awards, 100 exhibition stands and more. (more…)
Focused biopower conference at the World Biofuels Markets expo
Friday, March 5th, 2010The 6th international BioPower Generation Forum brings together leading market experts to identify the opportunities in expanding the uptake of utility scale power generation from biomass.
60 Second Interview with Greenergy Chief Executive Officer, Andrew Owens
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010Greenergy is the UK’s largest independent oil company with over 15% share of the UK road fuel market and is the largest supplier of biofuels with a 30%+ market share.
What has been the secret to Greenergy’s spectacular growth over the past decade? (more…)
222 confirmed speakers including 61 CEO’s & 50+ Vice Presidents
Friday, December 18th, 2009WBM Congress Agenda confirms a stellar line up. “We are very pleased to have confirmed Jacqueline Cramer the Minister for the Environment of the Netherlands. Minister Cramer is incredibly qualified to give the welcoming address given her previous experience, a former Board Director at Shell she headed the Cramer Commission in setting the Dutch biofuels sustainability criteria and showing that sustainable bioenergy offered major chances for development in the South.” (more…)
Nominations open for the 2nd annual Sustainable Biofuels Awards
Thursday, November 19th, 2009These esteemed industry awards were so well received in 2009 that we are bringing them back – bigger and better – for 2010. With 6 new categories and a panel of elite judges, the Sustainable Biofuels Awards offer you the opportunity to demonstrate the considerable benefits your company has brought to the biofuels industry. (more…)
New keynote speakers announced for Europe’s largest biofuels conference and exhibition
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009Karl Watkin MBE, a bioenergy pioneer & serial entrepreneur: Karl is the founder of no less than 6 bioenergy and clean transport companies: D1 Oils, Helius Energy, Proton Power Systems, Sabien Technology, Zero Emissions Ltd and Biotric plus a former Chair of the UN Foundation’s Bioenergy Advisory Board. His talk will share from his experience at D1 Oils and look at how innovation and technology can provide real sustainable change in both the developed and developing worlds. (more…)
Gro Harlem Brundtland to address the biofuels industry in March
Monday, October 19th, 2009We are pleased to announce that Gro Harlem Brundtland, Chair of the Sustainable Development Commission, Former Prime Minister of Norway, Director-General of the World Health Organisation, UN Special Envoy and Elder has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at World Biofuels Markets 2010.
Biofuels training for the industry
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009The Green Power Academy has been established to provide quality, impartial, informative and enjoyable training and to increase and distribute knowledge and skills to green energy industry professionals. Whether you are new to the industry, have recently changed jobs or simply wish to refresh your knowledge, our training should become a key part of your personal or company professional development programme.
