Speaker Profile: Ir. Jaap Koppejan, IEA Bioenergy Task 32: Biomass Combustion and Cofiring, Procede Group BV
Mar 3rd
Jaap Koppejan is Director of Procede Biomass BV, a contract R&D company involved in development and market introduction of bioenergy technologies, however with a clear focus on biomass combustion. He coordinates the IEA Bioenergy Task on Biomass Combustion and Cofiring in which 14 countries exchange key R&D results in this area. Jaap is also founder of Bio Forte, a renewable energy service company using advanced biomass combustion technologies to sell heat and eventually power. The focus of this company is on innovative biomass combustion technologies and fuels, such as reed canary grass.
Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 3 – Friday, March 12
08:30 Main Challenges & Opportunities in Biomass Cofiring in Pulverized Coal Power Plants
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.
Speaker Profile: Sipke Veer, Product Manager, APX-ENDEX
Mar 3rd
Sipke Veer has over 10 years of experience in trading financial products on Euronext (Amsterdam, Paris, Bruxelles) and Borsa Italiana (Milano). He has been active as market maker and proprietary trader in stocks, bonds, futures and options for trading firms in Amsterdam. Also experienced in risk-and project management within financial institutions. Working as product manager at APX-ENDEX since january 2008, responsible for product development in general and, more specific, set-up of wood pellet index.
Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 11
15:50 Development of Exchange-Traded, Standardized Biomass Products
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.
Speaker Profile: Fabio Azevedo Marques Flores, Partner, Biotimber Biomass Brazil
Mar 3rd
Fabio Azevedo Marques Flores worked for Private Equity firms ING Barings BPEP Partners and Angra Partners. His expertise includes M&A deals, private equity investments and corporate turnarounds.
Co-founder of Biotimber Biomass Brazil, a forest manager company focused on developing energy eucalyptus forests to attend European power plants with woodchips, a solid renewable fuel.
Mr. Flores holds a Bachelor degree in business administration at FGV and specialization degree in corporate finance also at FGV. Mr. Flores speaks Portuguese, English and Spanish
Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 11
14:55 Export Potential of Solid Biomass from Brazil
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.
Speaker Profile: Douglas Bradley, President, Climate Change Solutions
Mar 3rd
Douglas Bradley is President of Climate Change Solutions, a consulting firm focused on development of renewable biomass and opportunities in climate change, with clients in Europe, the US and Canada.
Since taking over as President of the Canadian Bioenergy Association in June 2007 he has led two Canadian missions to Scandinavia, delivered CanBio’s largest ever annual bioenergy conferences, and has re-focused the organization on project development. At World Bioenergy 2008 in Sweden he was appointed to the Board of Directors on the World Bioenergy Association.
Prior to running his own business he spent 10 years running strategic planning for a $ billion forest products company. He has an Honours degree in Mathematics from Queens University and an MBA from the University of Western Ontario.
Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 11
14:30 Bio-Trade Equity Fund – The Vehicle Needed for Biomass Trade
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.
Speaker Profile: Fu Youhong, Board Chair & General Manager, Beijing Shengchang Bioenergy S&T Co., Ltd.
Mar 3rd
Fu, Youhong is a Chinese environmentalist. After successfully operating the pharmaceutical company for 20 years, he dedicated himself to the new energy industry in China with real passion. Beijing Shengchang Bioenergy S&T Co. Ltd,a well-known biomass energy enterprise founded by him in 2006, specializes in the production of biomass pellets fuel and the manufacture of biomass industrial boilers.
Mr. Fu is also the consultant of Ministry of Finance of P. R. China and the consultant of National Development and Reform Commission. Moreover, he is one of the Director of the International Energy Conservation Environmental Protection Association Council.
Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 11
14:05 China’s Biomass Pellets Market Outlook
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.
Speaker Profile: Arnold Dale, Vice President of Bioenergy, Ekman & Co AB
Mar 3rd
Arnold Dale is the Vice President of Bioenergy with Ekman of Gothenburg.
A founding member of the Latvian Biomass Association. Previously worked for Latgran as Sales and Marketing Director. Special field of interest is energy crops. With 600 hectares of Reed Canary grass and American Switchgrass planted in Latvia.
Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 11
13:15 Export Potential of Biomass from the Baltic Region (with Focus on Latvia)
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.
Speaker Profile: Guido Rivolta, Partner, Ambienta SGR SPA
Mar 3rd
Guido Rivolta is Partner of Ambienta Sgr S.p.A. Mr Rivolta has extensive experience in the automotive and environmental sectors. He was General Manager of Pirelli Ambiente Eco Technology (Pirelli group) from 1997 to 2007. The Company, is active, in Italy and abroad, in the clean technology sector. The turnover in 2006 was more than €70m. The Company has developed, produces and sells:
- an alternative fuel – branded with the name “Gecam – the white diesel”; a diesel/water emulsion that reduces by 40% the particulate emissions from diesel engines.
- a diesel particulate filter system DPF that, installed as retrofit on heavy duty vehicles, reduces the particulate emissions by over 95%. During this experience he acquired a deep knowledge in analysing technologies to reduce pollution from engines, heating and power plants.
He has analysed all alternative fuels (bio-diesel, bio-ethanol, vegetable oils, etc) and all types of energy conversion devices (fuel cell, micro turbines, hybrid drivelines, etc).
Prior to this he worked for McKinsey as a consultant for a year and for a decade in the automotive sector. He worked for Piaggio as engines plant manager and for the clutches division of Valeo in England and in France.
Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 11
11:30 Financing Requirement for Biopower Value Chain, Funding Options & Risk Management Issues on Sustainability
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.
Speaker Profile: Peter – Paul Schouwenberg, Manager Biomass, Nidera Handelscompagnie BV
Mar 2nd
Peter – Paul Schouwenberg has a legal and business administration background and currently working as manager Biomass for Nidera Handelscompagnie BV in Rotterdam. Within Nidera he is responsible for de mid- en long term sourcing/trading of Biomass and raw materials for Biomass production facilities.
Until a year ago Vice-President Biofuels & Development within Essent Trading International SA in Geneva, and for more than 10 years responsible for the sourcing, trading and development of biomass (solids and liquids) on a global scale. Due to his leadership Essent became one of the authorities in the biomass market. He developed furthermore an unique track and trace system, which can be used worldwide in the discussions regarding the sustainability of biomass.
Furthermore he was one of the initiators of the standard Gafta (trading) contract for Biomass and the introduction of a forward curve for woodpellets. He was also involved in the development of several new (bio)fuels for the production of sustainable green electricity.
The most important one, a worldwide primeur, was the development of a fair-trade coffeehuskpellet in Brazil. For this project he received the SCAA (Specialty Coffee Association of America’s) Sustainability Award.
Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 11
11:05 Nidera – Pooling for Success: Pooling Production & Conversion Capacity Strategy for Growth
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.
Speaker Profile: Bo Hektor, Senior Advisor, First Bioenergy FBIO AB
Mar 2nd
University degrees in Forestry and Business Economics. Have worked in various types of international projects in forestry, business organization, and in the last 30 years in bio-energy. Longer project engagements in Thailand, the Philippines, Russia, the USA, Canada, and Bolivia. In the 1990´s engaged in building and leading a research group, SIMS, at the SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences). At present working with international bio-energy projects in the private sector. Swedish representative in IEA Task 40.
Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 11
10:45 Bio-Energy – The Avenue Towards Energy Sustainability. The Swedish Case.
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.
Speaker Profile: Ben Goh, Senior Biomass Fuel Developer, E.ON Climate & Renewables
Mar 2nd
Ben Goh is a Biomass Fuel Developer within E.ON’s Climate & Renewables business; this entails establishing and managing sustainable fuel supply for existing and planned biomass projects, such as the 44 MWe wood-fuelled Steven’s Croft Power Station. Interests include:
- Socio-environmental impacts of biomass production and use
- Bioenergy conversion technologies
- Bioenergy infrastructure and logistics
- Biomass resource identification and assessment
Ben has worked in the power industry for 7 years. His previous role was as a biomass consultant within E.ON’s technical consultancy arm, E.ON Engineering, where he headed up their internal R&D programmes as well as providing operational support to their generation assets.
Biomass Trade & Power 2010 Rotterdam Speaker
Day 2 – Thursday, March 11
10:20 A Power Generator’s Role in International Biomass Trade
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.
