Shanghai 2009
Action Packed Biomass & WtE 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.
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BIOMASS & WtE 2009
October 28-29 / Shanghai, China
Day 1 – Wednesday, 28 October
08:00 Registration & Coffee
09:00 Chairman’s Welcome & Remarks
09:10 Cleantech Investments in Asia: A Practitioner’s View
- Areas of investment opportunities in RE & clean tech
- Key challenges
- CLP’s experiences in RE & clean tech investments
Speaker: Joseph Jacobelli, Group Director – Carbon Ventures, CLP Group
09:40 WtE Project Financing in Asia
- Key Lending Considerations
- Case Study: Financing a WTE plant in China
Speaker: Chong Wee Yeat, Associate Director, Standard Chartered Bank (China)
10:15 Coffee & Networking Session
10:45 Promoting Bio-Energy from Agricultural Biomass & Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
China
Indonesia
Speaker: Ario Senoaji, Vice President Alternative/Renewable Energy, PT. PLN (Persero)
Philippines
Speaker: Fortunato S. Sibayan, Renewable Energy Management Division, DOE
India
Speaker: Shirish Garud, Fellow & Area Convenor, Renewable Energy Technology Applications & Co-ordinator, REEEP South Asia Secretariat
Vietnam
Speaker: Tran Hong Nguyen, Senior Expert on Energy Planning & Strategy, Department of Energy & Petroleum, Ministry of Industry
12:10 Roundtable Discussion: Accelerating Growth in Asia
- Electricity tariff, pricing & subsidies
- Impact of the economic downturn
- Opportunities & resistance
- What are best practices in Asia?
Speakers of the morning
12:30 Discussion followed by Lunch
13:45 Legal/Regulatory Developments & Issues Affecting Projects in China, SE Asia & India
- Legal & Regulatory Regime
- Project Approval Requirements
- Tariff & Cost Allocation Issues
- Investment Opportunities & Risks
- Concession Agreements
Speaker: Jeffrey A. Blount, Partner-in-Charge, Hong Kong & Beijing, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.
14:40 Investing in Renewable Energy through a Business Trust – A Case Study
- Challenges in the Asian renewable energy market
- What investors are looking for
- Developing an efficient investment solution for small-scale projects
Speaker: Carol Tan, Head of Project Finance, Epuron Pte. Ltd.
15:05 Current Trends in Project Financing Structures
- 6 current trends in biomass & biogas financing
- Electricity pricing discount trends & need for price floors
- Why feedstock owners attract investors
- BOT contract’s attractiveness to hosts for financial & technical risk reduction
- CDM risk management & financial case for VERs over CERs in China
Speaker: Austin Arensberg, Business Development Manager, Prime Energy Investments
15:30 Discussion followed by Tea
16:00 Tapping Bio-Coal from Ample Biomass Feedstock in Tropical China
Speaker: Prof Cheng Xu, Director of Biomass Engineering, Centre China Agricultural University
16:30 Capturing CO2 with Algae Biomass & Harnessing Biofuels: Key Consideration for Project Execution, Economics & Engineering
Speaker: Andrew Lawson, Managing Director, MBD Energy Limited
17:00 Plasma Gasification Technologies for Clean & Efficient Energy Recovery
Speaker: Senior Representative, Alter NRG Corp.
17:30 Discussion followed by Close of Day 1
Day 2 – Thursday, 29 October (Concurrent Tracks)
Track 1 – Agri-Biomass
09:00 Chairman’s Remarks
09:05 Ensuring Stable Biomass Supply & Quality for Allgreen’s Mega Project
- Cost economics & trade of biomass as a commodity
- Feedstock supply, handling & logistics plan/challenges
- Expanding biomass supply business
Speaker: GN Murthy, Deputy General Manager – New Initiatives, ITC Limited – Agri Business Division
09:30 Executing 10 Biomass Power Plants in India
- Feedstock, Technologies option & Environmental Economics
- Project financing & CDM revenue options
- Incentives from Renewable Energy law
Speaker: Anil Lala, Corporate Director, AllGreen Energy
10:00 Rice Husk Power Plant – Operators Experience
- Securing supply of rice husk storage & handling
- Technologies & environmental benefits
- Incentive for SPP to sell electricity to the grid
- Monitoring project for CDM – compliance
Speaker: Natee Sithiprasasana, CEO, A.T. Biopower
10:30 Discussion followed by Coffee
10:50 Potential & Commercializing Lignocellulosic
- Progress from joint development project with COFCO & Sinopec on Corn Stover to Ethanol
Speaker: Ren Haiyu, Senior Manager, Novozymes (China) Investment Co. Ltd.
11:20 Potential of Biomass (Corn Cob) based Biorefinery
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Qu Yinbo, Professor of Microbiology, Director of State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology, Dean of Life Science School, Shandong University
11:50 Biomass for Bioethanol in Malaysia
Speaker: Dato Dr. Abd. Rashid Abd. Malik, Dep Dir-Gen Research, Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM)
12:15 Sweet Sorghum – a Non-Food Sugar Crop for Multi-Products (Ethanol, Animal Feed, Fertilizer, etc)
Speaker: Prof Shi-Zhong Li, Professor of Bioenergy, Institute of New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University
12:45 Final Discussion followed by Closing Lunch
14:00 End of Conference: Or Assemble at Hotel Lobby for Site Visit (optional)
Track 2 - WtE
09:00 Chairman’s Remarks
09:05 MSW as an Alternative Fuel & Renewable Energy Source
- Key drivers & environmental benefits of WtE
- Major challenges for energy & environmental projects
- How to advance clean energy & environmental protection
- Pre-requisites of successful projects, critical success factors & pitfalls to avoid
Allard Nooy, President, Covanta Energy Asia Pacific
09:30 Eco Integrated Waste Management & Energy Recovery
10:00 Development of Large & Middle-Sized Biogas Projects in China
- Current situation of biogas projects in China
- Policy framework on facilitating biogas projects
- Barriers analysis on maintaining operation
- Recommendation for future development
Speaker: Liu Xin, Managing Director, Energy & Environmental Development Research Center
10:30 Discussion followed by Coffee
11:00 RDF WtE Technology for MSW Handling & Separation for Efficient Energy Production
- The design of the RDF-WtE power plant
- Experience on technologies employed
- Legal & environmental considerations
- Cost benefit analysis
Speaker: Bhaskar Kannan, General Manager (Power), Worley Parsons Services Sdn Bhd
11:30 CHP & Liquid Fuels from Livestock Wastes
12:00 WtE through Landfills
12:30 WtE Project Experience in China
Speaker: Senior Representative, Shanghai Pucheng Thermal Power Energy Co., Ltd.
12:45 Final Discussion followed by Closing Lunch
14:00 End of Conference: Or Assemble at Hotel Lobby for Site Visit (optional)
Day 2 Site Visit to Pudong Yuqiao Waste to Energy (WtE) Plant
of Shanghai Pucheng Thermal Power Energy Co., Ltd.
1400 – 1700 hrs. (limited to only 50 visitors)
(Visit includes transport to & fro the plant, guided tour around the facility,
and briefing on plant operation)
THE EVENT BELOW IS CLOSED
