Opportunities for the forest industry

The aim of this EUBIONET III workshop is to discuss about the opportunities of biomass use and refining to new biomass products (pellets, transport biofuels) in the forest industry. The workshop also aims at identifying 3 – 5 new legislative proposals for an effective participation of the forest industry to the European RES targets.

Chair: Silvia Vivarelli, European Commission, EACI

 Bioenergy in the Intelligent Energy Europe programme

 Forest Industry and bioenergy: Overview of EUBIONET III results
Eija Alakangas, VTT - EUBIONET III coordinator

 Strategy for bioenergy use and new products in pulp and  paper industry
Bernard de Galembert, CEPI, Confederation of European Paper Industries

 Evaluation of gasification-based energy opportunities for forest based industries
Jukka Konttinen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

Biorefineries, what opportunities for the forest industry?
Markku Karlsson, UPM-Kymmene Corporation, Finland

Is bioenergy an opportunity or threat for wood processing industries?
Filip De Jaeger, CEI-BOIS – European Confederation of woodworking industries

The role of the European Commission to keep a level playing field
Jeremy Wall, European Commission- DG Enterprise

Emerging biomass resources

Many countries will probably set ambitious targets for biomass in their national action plans. The biomass supply is a challenge and will require traditional biomass mobilization as well as the need to develop new and yet unexploited biomass resources. This latter issue will be discussed in this workshop. The workshop also aims at identifying 3 – 5 initiatives at EU level that could help to develop these new biomass sources.

Chair:
Jorgen Hinge, Danish Technological Institute

 European overview of new sources of biomass
Jorgen Hinge, DTI - EUBIONET III WP leader, Denmark

 The great biomass potential from olive grove sector in the Mediterranean region
Jose La Cal, AGENER / IEE MORE, Spain

 Pellets from agro-biomass: Calys concept
Matthieu Campargue, RAGT Energie, France

 Finding clients for agro-pellets
Arunas Bruzgulis, Biovoice, Lithuania

 Production of aquatic biomass in Denmark, state of the art
Karin Svane Bech, AlgaeCenter Denmark

 Towards the first commercial algae plant in Europe
Andrew Beck, Petroalgae, USA

Biogas in the European Regions

FEDARENE workshop. Mobilisation of synergies between sectors (local authorities, farmers and food processing industries) and their concrete project implication will increase biogas plants realisation. The territorial approach facilitating partnerships and the elaboration of a strategic road map in each region will overcome obstacles and create a biogas friendly environment.

Chair:
Valérie Borroni, Rhônalpénergie-Environnement, France

 EU Legal framework on Biogas
European Commission, Adina Georgescu

 Biogas perspective in Europe and opinion on the European RES regulation
European Biogas Association – EBA, Sebastian Stolpp

Facilitating biogas projects in most promising sectors

 Biogas from agriculture as renewable energy source. Focus on France
Permanent Assembly of the Agricultural Chambers of France, Julien Gallienne

 Biogas plant, an opportunity of the agricultural sector
International Federation of the Agricultural Producers, Bruno Sander Nielsen

 Biogas, a new market for the Agri-Food industry
Fevia - Fédération Belge de l'Industrie Alimentaire, Dirk Havet

Biogas in the European Regions

 The Rationale for Anaerobic Digestion and the Biogas Regions Project
Servern Wye Energy Agency – UK, Andy Bull

 BIOGAS, more than an opportunity for the European regions
Rhônalpénergie-Environnement – France, Valerie Borroni

 Non-technical support to the biogas sector
Landesenergieverein Steiermark – Austria, Christian Sakulin

Demand for biomass: How likely is to be met?

Aim:
To map current & future demand and discuss how the different market segments shape their demand prospects in the future and where biomass is expected to play a role.

 Current state of biomass in the heat, electricity, CHP and transport markets
Imperial College London, Calliope Panoutsou

Biomass demand & Supply dynamics in EU27
McKinsey & Company, Nicolas Denis

Policy driven demand for biomass & future scenarios/ GREEN-X model
TUV, Gustav Resch

Biomass CHP in EU
COGEN Europe, Thomas Esdaile-Bouquet

    

Demand from the chemical industry
Eleftheria Athanassiadou, Chimar Hellas

Demand from the biomaterials industry
Antoine Peeters, Europabio