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“Pelet Kayu telah diidentifikasi sebagai salah satu bahan baku bioenergi pasar paling cepat berkembang, dan juga salah satu di mana ia menantang untuk memperoleh informasi yang dapat dipercaya.” ~ Marek Guizot, UK head of Forest & Wood Supply Strategies, Poyry

Asia dikaruniai sumber daya biomassa berlimpah agro-kehutanan / residu pertanian dari Palm, Tebu, Beras, Kelapa, Kayu dan Tanaman Energi muncul seperti jarak, miskantus atau Rumput Gajah. Untuk saat ini, feed-in tarif untuk energi terbarukan telah membuat kemajuan yang lambat di Asia. Hanya di Thailand, India dan Filipina, di mana insentif peraturan dilaksanakan, di dalam negeri tersedia agro-biomassa, seperti ampas tebu gula, tempurung kelapa dan sekam padi, adalah “aktif” dikumpulkan dan digunakan untuk mengurangi kekurangan pasokan listrik dan “out cokelat”. Investasi hijau seperti penerangan tidak disediakan hanya untuk rumah saja, tetapi juga meningkatkan kondisi kehidupan sosial dan lingkungan penduduk. Jadi, bisakan efek rantai ini akan menyebar ke seluruh Asia?

“Peningkatan permintaan untuk pelet di Eropa dan penurunan biaya pengangkutan laut telah menciptakan peluang-peluang baru bagi para produsen untuk ekspor pelet dari Amerika Serikat, Asia Tenggara dan Australia baru-baru ini.” ~ Wood pellets – A hot bioenergy source, Poyry

Secara tradisional, sumber daya biomassa dikonsumsi terutama di daerah di mana mereka diproduksi, tapi tren saat ini penggunaan skala besar energi biomassa, digabungkan dengan kemajuan teknologi pra-perawatan dan transportasi, adalah menciptakan kebutuhan untuk perdagangan internasional. Jadi, bisakah pelet kayu Asia dan agro biomassa akan “dipanen” dan diekspor untuk memenuhi permintaan di Eropa?

CMT’s Biomass Pellets Trade Asia memanggil semua peserta dalam rantai nilai “biomassa untuk pembangkit tenaga listrik” untuk datang ke Jakarta bulan September untuk melaksanakan “Global Buyers & Asia Sellets Meet “. Biomassa Pelet Asia Perdagangan bertujuan untuk memberikan penjelasan mendalam pada pasokan dan potensi investasi pelet kayu di Asia dan limbah pertanian (biomas), dan diskusi akan difokuskan untuk menangani isu-isu berikut:

• Pertumbuhan penggunaan biomasa untuk Co-Firing Pembangkit Lisitrik & dampaknya pada dinamika pasar Wood Pelet
• Berkembangnya of biomassa Agro & Tanaman Energi
  (Cangkang dan Tandan Kosong Sawit(TKS), Sekam Padi, Gula tebu, jarak, miskantus, dll)
• Harga, Spesifikasi & Keberlanjutan Kriteria untuk biomassa
• Investasi & Penyiapan Fasilitas Pelet Kayu di Asia
• Investasi Terminal, Penyimpanan & Penanganan
• Ekonomi dari teknologi pretreatment (Peletisasi, Torrefactions, dll)

Juga, yang tidak akan terlewatkan adalah acara pasca konferensi yaitu Workshop tentang Teknologi Torrefaction dan Ekonomi, yang dilakukan oleh sebuah panel ahli dimana akan memberikan perspektif yang luas secara komersial, teknologi dan pengguna akhir (pembangkit listrik).

Hal yang paling pokok dari Biomass Pellets Trade Asia akan membawa Anda ke realitas produksi pelet biomassa, dalam kunjungan ke industri pelet kayu (memenuhi spesifikasi ekspor ke Uni Eropa) dan fasilitas produksi agro biomassa. Anda akan memiliki kesempatan untuk memahami keselruhan matarantai pekerjaan dan berinteraksi dengan manajemen personalia dan operasional.

Jadikan acara ini menarik dan dimana terjadi transaksi bisnis. CMT’s Biomass Pellets Trade Asia menawarkan kesempatan baik untuk memiliki jaringan dengan pemain global dalam satu wadah! Segera daftarkan dengan tim Anda untuk menikmati diskon grup. Daftar email ke hafizah@cmtsp.com.sg.

“Increasing demand for pellets in Europe and decrease in ocean freight costs have created new opportunities for producers to export pellets from the US, South East Asia and recently Australia”. Poyry Forestry Industry Consulting.

Wood pellets are underpinning the emergence of a new commodities business in biomass. The key driver is bioenergy and Pöyry expects double digit growth in pellet markets over the next five years.

The wood pellet market is immature and the reliability of data on trade, prices, production capacity and actual production varies considerably between countries. Through its study, Pöyry hopes to establish an authoritative base of reliable data and analysis which can be used for strategic decision-making by existing or prospective market participants.

The global wood pellet market is and will continue to be a growth area. The current and future demand for wood pellets is strongly driven by the world’s need to develop renewable forms of energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“The wood pellet market is attractive, but highly complex”, said Ania Krolak, the study project manager. “It has attracted a high level of investment from both existing players expanding their operations and newcomers”. However she cautioned that there are threats as well as opportunities in this business.

Source from http://newenergyfocus.com/do/ecco/view_item?listid=1&listcatid=32&listitemid=3940&section=Bioenergy%20%26%20Waste posted on Wednesday, 19 May 2010.

Obtain more insights from Poyry & Poyry Forestry Industry, Indonesia when they deliver 2 key presentations pertaining to Wood Pellets at the Biomass Pellets Trade Asia on 27 -28 Sep, 2010 in Jakarta. The topics that they will address are:

GLOBAL PELLET MARKETS OUTLOOK & GROWTH OF BIOMASS CO-FIRING
Saku Rantenen, Head of Bioenergy, Asia-Pacific Consulting, Poyry

&

KEY CONCEPTS FOR SETTING UP AN INTEGRATED FORESTRY
TO PELLETS PRODUCTION FACILITY
Tony Wood, President Director, Poyry Forestry Industry, Indonesia

Click here for more information on the rest of speakers and topics line-up for Biomass Pellets Trade Asia.

Those keen to register, or explore sponsorship and media exchange opportunities, can enquire with Ms. Reema Patnaik at reema@cmtsp.com.sg.

Want to know what you can look forward to at the Biomass Pellets Trade Asia conference in Jakarta on 24-25 September this year? This useful review of the recently concluded Biomass Power & Trade conference should help. Penned by Conference Chairman, Dr Martin Junginger from Utrecht University and IEA BioEnergy Task 40, the review outlines important information and insights retrieved from the Rotterdam conference. The global meet welcomed top biomass industry decision-makers, regulators and researchers from over 30 countries, and led to the creation of the spin-off conference Biomass Pellets Trade Asia.

Biomass Power & Trade Conference, Golden Tulip Hotel, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, March 11-12 2010

The first conference on biomass power & trade was organized by CMT Singapore with support from IEA Bioenergy Task 40 and the Port of Rotterdam. At this conference, biomass industry decision-makers, regulators and researchers from over 30 countries convened in Rotterdam to obtain industry updates and to exchange ideas and explore collaborations with the key stakeholders in the global Biomass industry. An overview of the 160 participants is shown in figure 1:

Figure 1 Overview of participants at the Rotterdam Biopower & Trade conference

Electricity from solid biomass is expected to play a vital role in achieving the 20% share of renewable energy in the EU by 2020. Despite the huge growth potential, the industry is not without its own set of challenges, key amongst them feedstock supply. The success depends, to a large degree, on the quantity and quality of biomass available, and on the industry’s ability to cost-effectively transport, handle and utilize biomass for energy production.

The conference had invited a panel of Biomass Power producers, Biomass producers, Traders, Key European regulators and technology experts to discuss the EU’s pending bioenergy mandates, sustainability issues, certification, global biomass trade, and upcoming technologies.

In one session, a number of large European utilities currently cofiring biomass for power (Essent, Electrabel, and E.On) presented their experiences from the past years and future ambitions. Both Essent and Electrabel are already co-firing (largely-imported) biomass for a number of years, and presented ambitious scenarios for future increase of biomass co-firing for power generation.

In another key session, the possible global supply of solid biomass was discussed with speakers from five continents, providing an overview of biomass use and export potential in Australia, the Baltic States, Brazil, China and Canada. Especially in Australia, the Baltics, and Brazil, the large future potential of dedicated energy crops for exports was highlighted. Based on both demand projections and possible supply, the Port of Rotterdam displayed future scenarios in which the European wood pellet  demand increased to 130 -200 million tonnes, of which roughly 30% could be traded and trans-shipped internationally.

Other topics discussed during both days included the role of pretreatment technologies such as pyrolysis and torrefaction (and how they could facilitate long-distance trade), the financing requirements for international biopower value chains (and how a biotrade equity fund could bring about such investments), and the interaction of biomass and CO₂- markets.

On both days the ongoing development of sustainability criteria for solid and liquid biomass was heavily discussed, with two speakers from the European Commission and several experts from Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. So far, the European Commission has only defined mandatory sustainability requirements for liquid biomass, and only recommend that individual member countries develop similar voluntary criteria for solid biomass.

One of the remarkable outcomes of the discussions were that the large-scale users and traders of solid biomass largely would support the introduction of EU-wide mandatory sustainability criteria for solid biomass in order to avoid mushrooming of different national systems.

Figure 2 Roundtable on sustainability criteria and certification systems for solid and liquid biomass

Day two was finalized with a session on bio char, including an overview of the current developments of biochair soil sequestration (as an alternative to energy use), the concomitant environmental challenges in biochar production and soil/water applications, and the possibilities to develop new materials from biomass through hydrothermal carbonization.

Next to the presentations, the conference also provided ample opportunity for networking for the participants, for example during a 2 hour cruise on the Maas river through the port of Rotterdam.

Figure 3 Networking whilst cruising through the Port of Rotterdam

In summary, the conference provided an excellent overview of ongoing developments and future trends in trade and use of solid biomass for electricity production, and highlighted the issues that the industry will have to face in order to further develop this market successfully.

Top Biomass industry decision-makers, Regulators and Researchers from over 30 countries will be convening in Rotterdam for the Biomass Power & Trade Summit on 11-12 March 2010.

While obtaining industry updates was one of their key reasons to participate, many participants revealed that they were also looking forward to exchange ideas and explore collaborations with the key stakeholders in the global Biomass industry including:

Over 8 hours of dedicated networking time has been woven into the Biomass & WtE program schedule, and networking highlights include the Port of Rotterdam’s reception on board their ship ‘Marco Polo’, the and the pre-conference registration and cocktail hosted by the Rotterdam Biomass Commodities Network.

With the registration deadline approaching, interested parties are strongly encouraged to confirm their participation for the Biomass Power & Trade conference before seats sell out.

>>Simply Click Here to Register<< On that note, sign up in teams of 3 or more to enjoy a special group discount.

Global demand for Biomass is rapidly growing especially in Europe, where EU 2020′s target for renewable energy, is a major driver for this growth. The Biomass Trade & Power conference, which meets in Rotterdam on 11-12 March 2010, analyzes latest developments in BioEnergy, tackles issues hampering the establishment of a biomass trading platform, and discusses the future of a real commodity market for biomass.

Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS- 2 February 2010 /Press Release/ — Global demand for Biomass (Agricultural and Forestry Residues, Energy Crops and Wood Pellets) is rapidly growing especially in Europe, where EU 2020′s target for renewable energy (20% in gross energy consumption), is driving this growth.

The Biomass Trade & Power conference, which meets in Rotterdam on 11-12 March 2010 analyzes latest developments in BioEnergy, tackles issues hampering the establishment of a biomass-trading platform, and discusses the future of a real commodity market for biomass. The IEA Task Force 40 and the Port of Rotterdam are supporting the conference and sending representatives to speak.

The conference will present updates on EU’s Sustainability Requirement of Biomass for Use in Power and Energy Sector, as well as their Biomass Certification standards with insights from the European Commission’s Directorate-General, Agriculture and Rural Development and Directorate-General for Transport and Energy.

Also on the agenda are a series of sessions offering a Biomass Exporters’ Perspective, where attendees will be able to assess the global biomass pellets supply outlook. Experts from Latgran Ltd, Beijing Shengchang BioEnergy S&T Co., Ltd. Climate Change Solutions and other leading Biomass Exporters will provide updates on supplies from China, Australia, Brazil, Malaysia, the Baltic Region and Canada.

In addition to the above, the conference has also lined up a showcase of biomass pre-treatment technologies, with inisights from BTG Bioliquids BV and Ebes AG on Torrefaction and Pyrolysis. The conference is also highlighting Bio-char, with representatives of the USDA, the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, and the German Academy of Science & Engineering discussing the potential applications of Biochar as an alternative for carbon sequestration, a solution for soil enhancement and a replacement for coal in power plants.

Other sessions on agenda will include an evaluation on EU’s demand for heat and power production, and biomass producers, importers, trade and power companies stakeholders’ perspectives on the commoditization of biomass.

A Special highlight at Biomass Trade & Power conference is a tour on board the 25-meter long vessel, the “Nievue Maze”, to explore the Rotterdam Port’s wood pellet terminal and view first-hand, all the latest developments undertaken by the Port of Rotterdam, to increase their Biomass handling capabilities. The Port of Rotterdam is also hosting a networking cocktail on board their ship.

Those seeking more information on participation and sponsorship & media exchange opportunities at the Biomass Trade & Power conference should visit www.cmtevents.com/?ev=100306 immediately.