European Pellet Conference 2011 & International Pellet Business Forum
| Date: | 02 - 03 March 2011 |
| Venue: | A-4600 Wels, Upper Austria/Austria |
| Conference fee: | 180 Euro (plus 10% VAT) |
| Conference languages: | English, German, Italian |
| Organisation and conference office: | O.O. Energiesparverband LandstraĂe 45, 4020 Linz, Austria Tel. +43/732/7720-14386 Fax +43/732/7720-14383 office [AT] esv.or [DOT] at |
Programme
01 March 2011
8.30 - 18.00 Site-visits on wood pellets and wood chips
- Production of fuels & equipment
- Applications in public, commercial and domestic buildings
02 March 2011
9.00 Opening & Welcome
- Rudi Anschober, Regional Minister for Energy, Upper Austria
- MEP Paul RĂŒbig, European Parliament
- Heinz Kopetz, European Biomass Association
- Biomass in the National Renewable Energy Action Plans
Fanny-Pomme Langue, European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy - Biomass flows and markets in Europe and world-wide
Christiane Hennig, German Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ), Germany - The 25 % top performing pellet boilers
Birgit Musil-SchlÀffer, Bioenergy 2020+, Austria - "25 by 2025" - heating the US Northeast by biomass
William Strauss, Biomass Thermal Energy Council/FutureMetrics, USA
11.45 Quality assurance in production and logistics
- The "ENplus" pellet quality certification
Hans Martin Behr, Deutsches Pelletinstitut, Germany - Managing safety in the pellet transport and storage
Mieke Vandewal, Peterson Control Union Group, The Netherlands - Pellet production facilities - experiences from consultancy
Stephan Herzog, Seeger Engineering, Germany - Requirements for pellet bulk logistics
Karl Stadlober, Holzenergiezentrum, Landforst Knittelfeld, Austria
Panel discussion: quality assurance across the value chain
- Gerhard Dell, O.Ă. Energiesparverband, Austria
- Steven J. Walker, New England Wood Pellet, USA
- Hans Martin Behr, Deutsches Pelletinstitut, Germany
- Mieke Vandewal, Peterson Control Union Group, NL
- Stephan Herzog, Seeger Engineering, Germany
- Karl Stadlober, Holzenergiezentrum, Landforst Knittelfeld, Austria
Chairperson: Johannes Jetschgo, ORF, Austria
13.20 Lunch break
14.40 How to develop a pellet market
- RhĂŽne-Alpes: an exemplary wood pellet region
Valérie Borroni, RhÎnalpénergie-Environnement, France - Sticks, carrots and tambourine for wood pellets
Christiane Egger, O.Ă. Energiesparverband, Austria - Experiences with developing a pellet heating market
Harry "Dutch" Dresser, MESys, USA
Fuel and technology innovation
- User feedback and economics of biomass boilers below 100 kW
Hans Hartmann, Technologie- und Förderzentrum (TFZ), Germany - Blending raw materials for pellet fuels
Andreas Schneider, University Siegen, Germany - Torrefaction in Europe: current situation & outlook
Jaap Kiel, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN), The Netherlands - Biomass combustion: influences on particulate matter
Rudolf Rawe, FH Gelsenkirchen, Germany
17.45 International Pellet Business Forum
- Lean logistics for wood pellets
Robert van Muiden, Van Uden Bulk Logistics, The Netherlands - Pellet plant design examples
Andreas Weigle, Andritz Feed & Biofuel, Denmark - A pilot plant for biomass torrefaction
Javier Gil BarnĂł, CENER, Spain - A complete pellet supply chain
Ladislav Zidek, BIOMASA, Slovakia - Programmes for sustainable and affordable biomass fuels
Judi W. Wakhungu, Director, ACTS, Kenya
19.30 Evening programme
03 March 2011
9.30 Workshop "Current developments on European and international pellet markets" (in English only)
- Welcome
Nadja Richler, O.Ă. Energiesparverband - Global pellet markets: Hubert Röder, Pöyry Management Consulting, Germany
- Spain: Marcos MartĂn Larrañaga, AVEBIOM
- Sweden: Hampus Mörner, Swedish Bioenergy Association
- Bulgaria: Vladimir Tabutov, Hydroenergy Company/Association of Renewable Energy Producers
- Russia: Olga S. Rakitova, The Bioenergy International
- Canada: Gordon Murray, Wood Pellet Association of Canada
- Australia: Andrew Lang, The Wood Energy Group/World Bioenergy Association
- Austria: Christian Rakos, proPellets Austria
Discussion
13.00 End of the European Pellet Conference
19.30 Evening programme
Partner presentations
On Thursday, 3 March, partner companies of the European Pellet Conference held short company and product presentations in English on their stands in Hall 20 at the trade show "Energiesparmesse":
14.00 Fröling - stand 270
14.30 Guntamatic - stand 430
15.00 ĂkoFEN - stand 170
15.30 Solarfocus - stand 70
16.00 RIKA - Hall 9, stand 80
16.30 Viessmann - stand 770
Pellets are a clean, CO2-neutral and convenient fuel with growing market shares worldwide. The European Pellet Conference in Wels/Austria aims to provide in-depth information on pellet technologies, innovation and market trends. It offers an exciting platform to discuss new 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 conference is organised by O.Ă. 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 Europeâs leading biomass boiler producers, and pellet heating systems have become a standard solution.
