Jakarta 2009
BIOMASS WORLD 2009, JAKARTA, INDONESIA
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Action Packed Biomass World 2009 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.
08:00 Registration and Coffee
09:00 Chairman’s Welcome and Remarks
09:10 Biomass to Bioenergy – Future Prospects, Competition for Resources & Climate Change
• Feedstocks – sustainable production and future potential
• Competition for the resource for heat, power, biofuels and chemicals
• Comparative cost analyses including supply chain and carbon pricing
• Climate change – opportunities and constraints
Speaker: Dr. Ralph Sims, Renewable Energy Unit, International Energy Agency
Power Generation
09:50 Palm Biomass (EFB) to Power Generation – Operational Challenges
• From project implementation to realisation
• Financing challenges
• Dealing with government on connection to grid
Speaker: Pongsatit Rajatanavin, Project Coordinator, Suratthani Green Energy
10:20 Challenges in Collection, Storage & Transportation of Biomass
Speaker: Suryo Prawiro, Business Development Director, PT Godwin Austen Indonesia
10:50 Discussion followed by Coffee
11:20 Using Sugar Cane Bagasse in Power Generation
Speaker: Suwat Kamolpanus, Managing Director, Power Business, Phu Khieo Bio-Energy Co., Ltd
11:50 Capacity Outlook of Agriculture Biomass including Cassava Waste and Rubberwood Residues
Speaker: Bambang Prastowo, Senior Researcher, Ministry of Agriculture National Team, Indonesia
12:20 Developing Large Scale Biomass Co-Firing Model – Economics, Options and Constraints
Speaker: Senior Representative, Alstom Power
12:50 Discussion followed by Lunch
14:10 Project Experience of Rice Husk Biomass Powergen
• Fuel problems, logistics and challenges
• Operation and Maintenance problems
• Technologies options
Speaker: Pornsak Pornchanadham, General Manager, Roi Et Green Company Limited, EGCO Group
14:40 Emission Reduction Through Partial Substitution of Fossil Fuel with Biomass in Cement Manufacturing
Speaker: Naveen Sharma, GM (E&S), JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd
15:10 Panel Discussion – Biomass Owners/Project Developers/Agronomists
• At what price do we value our biomass?
• What is more economical – leave it for natural decomposition or sell it?
• Incentives for biomass owners to develop conversion projects
• Is there any mechanism to monitor biomass price?
15:40 Discussion followed by Tea
16:10 Letaba Biomass Project – Switching from Coal Fired to Biomass Saw Dusts
• Feedstock economics, energy output & technology
Speaker: Renat Heuberger, Managing Partner, South Pole Carbon Asset Management Ltd
16:40 Turning Palm Biomass into Carbon Credits – Case Study of an EFB Power Generation Project In Malaysia
Speaker: Ricky Tagar Risnauli, CDM Consultant, Clean Energy Finance Committee, Mitsubishi UFJ Securities
17:15 Innovative Financing for Biomass Projects
• Project Structuring and Risk Mitigation
• Financing Models and Investors/Lenders Expectations
• Case Study
Speaker: Frederic Crampe, Managing Director, ReEx Capital Asia
17:45 Discussion followed by End of Day One
18:15 Cocktail Reception for All Participants
supported by
08:00 Breakfast Talk: Biomass Pretreatment, Pyrolysis and Gasficiation
Speaker: Dr. Ir. R.H. Venderboscjh, Senior Process Engineer, BTG Biomass Technology Group B.V.
Issues on the conversion of biomass to gas, solid or liquid by pyrolysis and subsequent further use, f.i. gasification.
Discussion also include:
• Principles of Fast Pyrolysis and Biomass Requirements
• Key technologies (Demo scale – Fluid bed, Rotating cone and Vacuum Pyrolysis, Pilot plant – Ablative Pyrolysis)
• Possible Product Application, Energy Balance and Economics
• Challenges ahead
10:00 Discussion followed by Coffee
Cellulosic Ethanol, Fuels and Chemicals
10:25 Chairman’s Remarks
10:30 First Generation Ethanol Plant to Cellulosic Ethanol Production
• New Philippines Ethanol Plant – A Case Study of Current Technology
• Linking A First Generation Ethanol Plant to Future Cellulosic Production
• Time Frames for Second Generation Ethanol Development
Speaker: Peter Heinzelmann, Managing Director, Poyry
11:00 Converting Cellulosic Biomass to Ethanol: Status, Developments, Opportunities, and Challenges in China
Speaker: Dr. Bin Yang, Associate Research Professor, University of California
11:30 Cellulosic Ethanol Technologies – Current Initiatives in Japan
• Feedstock potential – wood & rice straw
• Technology advancement
• Economic estimation
Speaker: Dr Tomoaki Minowa, Team Leader, Biomass System Technology Team, Biomass Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
12:00 Enzymatic Technologies for Sustainable Biofuels
Speaker: Carsten Lauridsen, R&D Director, Novozymes (China) Investment Co. Ltd.
12:30 Discussion followed by Lunch
13:50 Advanced Production Technology to Convert Biomass and RDF Waste Material to Diesel Oil
14:20 Developing Algae as a Biomass Feedstock
• Conversion technology
• Cost economics & yields
Speaker: David Liang, Director, Advanced Clean Energy Centre, Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering (IESE), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
14:50 Converting Biomass and EFBs to Liquid Fuels via BTL Route
15:20 Discussion followed by Tea
15:50 Replacing Fossil Fuels Feedstocks with Renewable and Sustainable Alternatives – Woody Biomass
• The economics of woody biomass – lessons from the petrochemical industry
• Current research directions in lignocellulosics
• Hardwoods vs softwoods
• New technologies for processing woody biomass
• A ten point plan for capturing the full value of woody biomass
Speaker: Dr. James Watson, Energy Evangelist, Pure Power Technology Limited
16:20 Using POM Biomass for Integrated Natural Fertiliser
Speaker: Gary Mulligan, Chief Technology Officer, PT Bakrie Plantations
16:50 Global Potential for Second Generation Bio-Fuels
• Status of current technologies – bio-chemical and thermo-chemical
• Processing costs
• Life cycle analyses relating to greenhouse gas emissions and other social and environmental factors
• Future role in the global transport sector
Speaker: Dr. Ralph Sims, Renewable Energy Unit, International Energy Agency
17:20 Final Discussion followed by End of Conference
