Day 2: Bioenergy markets |
Session I: Biomass supply |
Session III: Financing bioenergy
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To reach the RES target many new bioenergy plants should be build in Europe. The session will address the biomass supply challenges and give some trends in fast moving sectors of pellets, energy crops, torrefaction technologies and waste.
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Financing new bioenergy projects is always a challenge, especially after the financial crisis. How do bioenergy projects have to look like to be attractive for financing? Where are the risks, where the opportunities? The European Investment Bank will present its initiatives, including the future management of the 300 million allowances of the ETS new entrants reserve. This session will highlight experiences in Spain and United Kingdom and deliver the point of view of a large bank.
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Session II: Sustainability and
certification
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Session IV: Bioenergy and climate
change
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Sustainability criteria have been defined for biofuels and bioliquids in the RES directive and the Commission recently issued a report for solid and gaseous biomass. The session will give an overview of certification and report about concrete experiences of biomass sustainability implementation in Germany and Belgium. The way forward will be discussed with the European Commission.
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Bioenergy helps to combat climate change and this advantage, already fully integrated into the ETS scheme, will create more and more financing opportunities for new projects. The session will evaluate how climate change can catalyse new bioenergy projects.
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Session V: Biogas
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Session VI: Biorefineries and second generation biofuels
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Biogas is certainly a technology that offers plenty of opportunities because of large untapped biomass resources and versatile use of the biogas/biomethane for heat, electricity and even transport. After an overview of the biogas sector the session will provide a state of the art for MSW and injection in the natural gas grid, and will address economic aspects.
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Biorefineries help to maximise the value added out of biomass, through the integrated production of biomass-based energy products - like second generation biofuels, electricity, pellets and biogas -, and biomass-based chemicals and materials. The session will give the state-of-the-art of the biorefinery concept and highlight some industrial projects.
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Session VII: Electricity and district heating
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Session VIII: Small scale heat
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District heating (DH) with biomass is popular in Scandinavia but the future markets for DH are questionable, having in mind all efforts in Europe to insulate houses and decrease heat consumption. The session will analyze the potential and economics of DH/CHP in Europe, with highlights on Baltic States. Two technological case studies will be presented.
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Residential and service heating is the most important energy sector in Europe with 40% of the total final energy consumption. The session will outline future market prospects and required technologies.
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* For each parallel session a keynote speaker gives a good EU overview of markets, technologies and future trends. Three additional speakers present specific projects or case studies. A discussion forum of 30 minutes follows with questions/answers. The output of each session is a set of recommendations to EU institutions.
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