André P.C. Faaij (1969) is appointed as Professor ‘Energy System Analysis’ at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development (Faculty of Science) of the Utrecht University.

He has a background in chemistry and environmental sciences and holds a Ph.D. on energy production from biomass and wastes. He is a member of a variety of expert groups in bio-energy and energy policy, research and strategic planning.

He works as an advisor for governments, the EC, IEA, the UN system, GEF, OECD, WEF, the energy sector & industry, strategic consultancy, NGO’s, etc. He is Task Leader of Task 40 under the Bio-energy Agreement of the International Energy Agency on ‘Sustainable International Bioenergy Trade’ and, in the same framework, acted as national representative in several other tasks. He is an advisor to the UN Biofuels Initiative and FAO’s bioenergy activities, supported by the G8 Global Bio-energy Partnership.

In 2008, he joined the IPCC team as Convening Lead Author to draft the Special Report on Renewable Energy, the new Global Energy Assessment (GEA) and he became member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Alternative Energies.

Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 11
08:30  Chairman’s Welcome and Remarks

BIOMASS TRADE & POWER 2010 conference guarantees insights on maximizing potential of biomass feedstocks for power, biofuels & chemicals production from palm biomass, sugar cane bagasse, cassava waste, rubber wood residues, rice husk, saw dust and algae.

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