The 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.
Biopower Generation Congress
Co-located with the World Biofuels Markets Conference and Exhibition
Amsterdam, Netherlands: 15—16, March 2010
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Gold sponsor: Vecoplan
Event highlights include:
- Keynote addresses from global leaders – gain insight into what extent bioenergy can replace fossil fuels in a sustainable global economy from:
- Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Prime Minister of Norway, former Head of the World Health Organisation, UN Special Envoy and a member of the Elders
- Prof. Suani Coelho, Executive Director, CENBIO, member, UN Secretary General’s Advisory Group on Energy & Climate Change & International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
- Karl Watkin MBE, Bioenergy pioneer and serial entrepreneur: founder, D1 Oils, Helius Energy, Proton Power Systems, Sabien Technology, Zero Emissions Ltd and Biotric plus former Chair, UN Foundation’s Bioenergy Advisory Board
- Case study led agenda – learn from first hand experiences of utilities, includingVattenfall, RWE Innogy, MVV Energie, Essent, Scottish & Southern and GDF Suez, on integrating biomass into the power generation mix
- Policy review– the European Commission will update delegates on the latest biomass power policies
- Finance update – banks and investors will give tips on how to increase the bankability of your projects
- Ensuring sustainability – find out the latest progress in sustainability criteria and certification schemes
- Trade and supply chains – understand the impact of import/export tariffs on bioenergy trade
- Technological advances – discover the latest improvements in biomass combustion technologies
- Excellent networking opportunities with utilities, developers, policy makers & investors – over 450 past attendees – plus this year’s event is co-located with the World Biofuels Markets Congress, enabling delegates to visit the exhibition and network with a wider audience of bioenergy professionals.
“Excellent agenda, high level participation, excellent organisation” Biofuel Observatory at BioPower Gen 2009
Key reasons to attend:
This key event will provide you with the information and contacts you need to ensure your success in the biomass power generation industry.
Top level speakers include:
- Jørgen Nielsen, Head of Environmental Strategy, Vattenfall
- Holger Gassner, Head of Markets & Politics, RWE Innogy
- Geert Kleisterlee, Business Portfolio Developer, Essent
- Samantha Fuller, Develoment Manager, Sustainable Energy, Scottish and Southern Energy
- Marcus Jentsch, Head of Structured Finance, MVV
- Yves Ryckmans, Biomass Competence Center, Laborelec, GDF Suez
- Anja Silvennoinen, Senior Vice President, Energy Business Area, UPM-Kymmene
- Jonathan Hoopes, Chief Executive Officer, Green Hunter
- Graham Stowell, Managing Director, Bronzeoak Group
- Peter Conway, Director, Gaia Power
- Thomas Meth, General Manager, Intrinergy
- Andreas Pilzecker, European Commission
- Remco Frenken, SVP, Global Commodities, Essent Trading
- Dr John Gilliland OBE, Chair, Rural Generation & Chair, Rural Climate Change Forum
- Matt Taylor, Partner, Foresight Group
- Martin Mayr, Head of Competence Center Renewable Energies, UniCredit Leasing
Past attendees include:
Acciona Energy, Adage, American Renewables, Alstom Power Systems, Babcock & Brown, Biopower International, BP Alternative Energy, Caterpillar, Chevron Technology Ventures, Ceres, CEZ, Constellation New Energy, Dalkia, Desmet Engineers & Contractors, Drax Power, Dong Energy, Dow Chemical Company, EDF, Electrabel, Enel, EniPower, E.On, Essent Energy Trading,br> European Commission, Fortum Varme, GE Energy, Goteborg Energi, KEMA, KfW Bankengruppe, KMW Energi, Landkom, MGT Power, Mott MacDonald, MVV Energie, NIBC Bank, Nidera, Nord LB, NV Energy, Ontario Power Generation, Poyry, RWE, Solvay, Stirling Denmark, US EPA, Vattenfall, Veolia
Feedback from past attendees
“Excellent agenda, high level participation, excellent organisation” Biofuel Observatory
“Presentations were very informative and there were good opportunities for networking” UK Trade & Invest
“Excellent. One of the highest level participants I have seen” Cedars Capital
“Excellent speakers with substantive commercial perspectives” Ceres
Agenda overview:
Global Biomass Power Markets
- Expanding opportunities in biomass power generation
- Key criteria in developing a biopower portfolio
- Challenges of integrating biopower into the energy mix
- Commercial experiences in biopower generation
- Utility panel debate
Policy & Regulation
- Regulatory updates
- Feed in tariffs, tax incentives
- Land use issues and biomass production
Finance & Investment
- Financing large scale biomass power plants
- Key criteria for investing in biopower projects
- New finance models in a credit restricted era
- Integrating the CDM into financing biomass power projects
- Project management and risk mitigation
Sustainable Feedstocks
- Ensuring the availability of sustainable feedstocks and supply chains
- Sustainability criteria and certification schemes
- Biomass fuel quality standards
- Advances in high yield dedicated energy crops development
- Developments in biomass from waste resources
Wood Based Biomass Production
- Market potential for wood waste feedstocks
- Economic & life-cycle analysis for wood based biomass
- Biomass from mill waste and urban wood waste
- Forest biomass for electricity generation
BioPower Trade & Supply Chains
- Designing cost-efficient future biopower supply systems
- Managing the logistics of biomass supply
- Challenges and solutions in transportation and storage
- Mechanisms to improve biomass supply chains
- Evaluating infrastructure investment requirements
Conversion Technologies
- Experiences with co-firing of biomass, dedicated biomass and gasification
- Technological advances in biomass combustion
- CHP and community scale biomass heating
- Advances in biomass gasification technologies
- Waste to biomass conversion technologies
Improving Plant Efficiencies
- Technologies for increasing efficiency at biopower plants
- Increasing output without increasing costs
- Reducing emissions and effluent
Closing Remarks from the Chair – Future Outlook
Biopower Generation Congress
Co-located with the World Biofuels Markets Conference and Exhibition
Amsterdam, Netherlands: 15—16, March 2010
Click here to visit the website