Rotterdam 2011

Biomass Trade & Power Americas | 16-18 Mar, 2011 – Rotterdam
Hotel Palomar Atlanta – Midtown

THE EVENT BELOW IS CLOSED

Day 1 – 16 Mar 2011, Wednesday

(Separately Bookable, and Limited Seats Available)

Site Visit to Topell Energy’s 1st commercial
torrefaction plant in Duiven (The Netherlands).
This plant will have a production capacity of
60,000 tons per annum.

(Details: Bus will depart from Inntel Hotels Rotterdam Centre at 13:00, and back at 18:30 after the site visit)

Day 2 – 17 Mar 2011, Thursday

07:30     Registration & Coffee

08:30     Chairman’s Welcome & Opening Remarks

08:45     EU Countries on NREAP & Updates on Incentives/Subsidies Program
a) Netherlands

b) Belgium

c) How does Biomass Fit with UK’s Energy Strategies?
Speaker: Gideon Richards, Chief Executive Officer, Consulting With Purpose

d) Germany

09:55     Biomass Market Dynamics, with Focus on Growth of EU Markets
- Policy updates & demand drivers
- European biomass demand & supply
- Outlook for global biomass supply to 2020 – on major feedstocks (woody biomass, agricultural residues & energy crops) & major supply regions (North America, EU, South America, Asia)
- Cost analysis for biomass supplied to the EU
Speaker: Dr Caroline Midgley, Head of Biofuels & Biomass, LMC International

10:20     Discussion followed by Networking Coffee

10:50     Utilities’ Perspectives & Discussion
- Executing large scale biomass co-firing (with focus on industrial wood pellets requirements and sourcing)
- Evolvement of technical standards for industrial wood pellets & sustainability criterias
- Biomass: Buying, trading & delivering (sourcing & supply chain, trading & indexes)
- Commercial economics for biomass based power generation & CHP
Speakers:
Dr Yves Ryckmans, Chief Technology Officer Biomass, Laborelec-Sustainable Process Technologies
Jeppe Bjerg, Senior Innovation Manager, DONG Energy A/S
Martin de Wolff, Vice President Biofuel Origination, RWE Supply & Trading Switzerland S.A.
Rob Marcus, Biomass Origination and Sourcing, Vattenfall Energy Trading Netherlands NV

12:30     Discussion followed by Networking Lunch

13:45     Perspective on the German Biomass Markets & Impact Arising from the Proposed ENplus Quality Certification System
- Vis Nova’s perspective on connecting the global markets – Europe, US & Asia
Speaker: Yasushi Umemura, Managing Director, Vis Nova Trading GmbH

14:05     Current Biomass Standardization & Certification Developments and Position of the NTA 8080 Sustainability Standard
Speaker: Harmen Willemse, Consultant Energy Resources, NEN (Dutch Standardization Institute)

14:25     Unfolding the New European Pellet Standards – EN14961 Serie
- Raw material of pellets
- Fuel specification & classes for industrial & non-industrial use
- Quality assurance for pellets
Speaker: Ms. Eija Alakangas, Product Manager, VTT International Ltd

14:50     ENplus – A Step towards a Uniform Certification System for Pellets in Europe
Speaker: Christian Rakos, Executive Director, proPellets Austria

15:15     Discussion followed by Networking Tea

15:45     The Biomass Opportunity in Spain: Importance of Forestry Energy Crops for the Feeding Chain of Medium-Large Biomass Power Generation
Speaker: Luis Löpez-van Dam Lorenzo, Director General of Energy, Regulations and New Business, Ence

16:10     Global Wood Chip Trade, an Opportunity for Energy Production
- Wood chips for pulp and/or for energy
- Wood chips versus pellets
- Use of an index for wood chips for energy production
Speaker: Matti Sihvonen, Representative in Bioenergy, FOEX Indexes Ltd

16:30     Progress in Setting Up a Biomass Exchange
Speaker: Sipke Veer, Product Manager, APX-ENDEX

16:55     Biomass to Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Investment Opportunities in Europe – Project Economics, Equity/Debt Financing, Risk Management (& Case Study)
Speaker: Saurabh Anand, Vice President, Denham Capital

17:20     Liquidity of the Carbon Credits & Opportunities in Biomass Markets
Speaker: Jeroen van de Kletersteeg, Director, Corporate Risk & Treasury Advisory Europe, Rabobank

17:50     Discussion followed by End of Day One

18:30     Networking Reception
at the Rotterdam City Hall
Hosted by Ms Alexandra van Huffelen, Alderwoman for Sustainable Development,
Inner City and Public Space, City of Rotterdam

Day 3 – 18 Mar 2011, Friday

08:00     Chairman’s Remarks

08:05     Exclusive Focus: Handling & Testing Standardized Biomass Trade
- Biomass quality aspects & methods to determine correct specification/quality, etc
Speaker: Ms. Mieke Vandewal, Marketing Manager Fuels, Peterson Control Union Nederland BV

09:05     Exporting Port Facilities for International Biomass Trade
- Accessibility of exporting ports on the land side
- Provisions to support settlement of biomass export
- Facilities at the waterfront
Speaker: Kees Weststrate, Port of Rotterdam International

09:25     Arranging Optimized, Secure & Sustainable Maritime Transport of Wood Pellets
- Key considerations in contracting maritime transport capacity
- Stakeholders & parties involved
- Costs & economics: Transport, insurance, and etc
Speaker: Dink Ripmeester, Dink Ripmeester Logistics & Maritime Management

09:50     Discussion followed by Networking Coffee

Perspectives from the Supply Markets

10:20    Supply from the Baltic & Scandinavian Region

10:45     Supply Chain of Wood Pellets from US to Europe
- Demand outlook (industrial vs. retail US and Europe), projections and key drivers
- Supply from the US to Europe, key benefits and challenges
- Sustainability: Ensuring sustainable supply of wood pellets for global demand
- Key considerations of vertical integration in the biomass value chain
Speaker: Thomas Meth, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, Enviva LP

11:05     SwitchAsia: The Ongoing EU-Malaysia Effort to Value-Add Malaysia’s Biomass Industry
- Malaysia’s developments in bioenergy
- Export capacity of wood pellets
- PKS
Speaker: Dato’. Leong Kin Mun, Techincal Advisor, Biomass-SP

11:25     Development of Biomass Utilisation Projects in Ghana & Opportunities for International Co-Operation

11:50     Experts Presentations & Discussion: Torrefaction Technologies & Economics
- Technologies update
- business models and what it takes to set up a plant
- Updates on pilot production
- User experience in power generation
- Towards standardisation
Speakers:
Senior Representative, Topell Energy
Jan Brouwers, CEO, TorrCoal Group
Ing. George van Bommel, BioTorTech BV
Ir. Jaap Koppejan, IEA Bioenergy Task 32: Biomass Combustion and Cofiring

13:15     Final Discussion followed by Closing Lunch

14:45     End of Conference