Bioenergy in Switzerland Guest Editorial by Bruno Guggisberg, ExCo Member for Switzerland
Biomass has been used in Switzerland for many centuries. Traditionally, wood was used to heat buildings, and farmers worked with natural biogenic cycles that suited the local conditions. This picture changed dramatically with the industrial revolution and changes in society itself. In more recent times, a number of initiatives by private organizations, and measures taken within the Swiss climate and energy political framework, have resulted in the implementation of several leading-edge projects. These aim to make increasing use of the potential offered by native biogenic resources.
After years of decline and stagnation, positive results in the field of bioenergy are once again being attained in Switzerland. In agriculture, there is increasing interest in the anaerobic digestion of agricultural manure and harvest wastes using compact biogas plants. This means that a farmer can optimise the quality of his farm's manure and benefit from additional earnings made by selling 'green power'. In addition, he can make a profit from the charges made for the disposal of co-substrates. In urban areas, there has been a revival in the practice of collecting garden and kitchen wastes. If fermentation plants are available, the wastes collected are used for the generation of power; if not, the green wastes are composted. Power generation from sewer gas in wastewater treatment plants has been in practice for a long time now.
Agricultural compact biogas plant In Switzerland 17% of final energy demands are met by renewable resources. This corresponds to an annual 147,000 TJ of energy. Hydropower provides the largest portion of this renewable energy with 73%. Wood is the next most important source at 15%. According to the latest estimates made by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), the energy potential of biomass is calculated to be around 121,000 TJ. The SFOE co-ordinates R&D work and is a major supporter of the networks that are involved in research, quality assurance and marketing activities.
In Switzerland, R&D in the area of wood energy has reached a high standard and has influenced improvements in the performance of wood-fired boilers. Wood energy research is
now concerned with NOx and particle emissions. In other biomass areas, research is being done on the production of motor fuels. The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen researches both wood gas methanisation and hydro-thermal biomass gasification processes.
In the R&D area, the Federal Office of Energy is pursuing its target of implementing biomass solutions that provide maximum substitution effects and minimum environmental impact. High efficiency levels and closed materials cycles are important objectives. At Kompogas in Otelfingen, comprehensive biogenic closed cycles can be seen. Kompogas technology was developed in Switzerland, and is today installed in numerous plants all over the world. This demonstrates how a new export product in the bioenergy field has emerged from concepts originally developed with the financial support of the SFOE.
The use of biomass in Switzerland manifests itself in many ways. It is often R&D laboratory at PSI: characterised by the strong personal commitment of those involved and by practical and gasification/methanisation concerted promotion activities. However, the prospects of more restrictive federal budgeting may limit the on-going support of the Federal Office of Energy. In the future, increased industrial commitment will also be required to promote R&D in the biomass area, to ensure that the potential of bioenergy is realised in the long-term. Contents
For more information contact Bruno Guggisberg, Swiss Federal Office FROM THE SECRETARIAT 2,3 of Energy at [email protected] TASK FOCUS 4
Solar drying of sewage sludge at Trocknungshalle waste water treatment plant NOTICE BOARD 5
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CALENDAR OF EVENTS 7
KEY CONTACTS 8
IEA Bioenergy
V OLUME 16 N UMBER 1 J UNE 2004 From the Secretariat
ExCo53 Lucerne, Switzerland
The 53rd meeting of the Executive Committee was held in Lucerne, Switzerland on John Tustin 6-7 May 2004, with Björn Telenius as Chairman and John Tustin as Secretary. The meeting was hosted by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. The Chairman expressed the appreciation of the ExCo to Bruno Guggisberg and his colleagues for the excellent meeting and study tour arrangements. Some of the outcomes of the meeting are detailed below.
Changes in the Executive Committee New faces in the Executive Committee are Members: Brazil - Dr Mauricio Tolmasquim, and Alternate Members: Australia - Dr Caroline Lemerle; Canada - Mr Ed Hogan; Italy - Dr Giacobbe Braccio; UK - Mr Roy Collins and European Commission - Mr Jeroen Schuppers. The new Member for Belgium is still to be announced.
New Contracting Parties South Africa has been formally invited to join the Implementing Agreement in 2004. The formal process of signing the agreement in Paris is in train. They will initially participate in Task 39. The Contracting Party will probably be the Department of Minerals and Energy.
An Observer from Germany, Dr Birger Kerckow, Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR) also attended the meeting and indicated that the current efforts to strengthen the role of biomass in the German energy system were very compatible with IEA Bioenergy membership. The Federal Ministry of Consumer Protection, Food and Agriculture is taking steps at the moment which will hopefully lead to membership of the Implementing Agreement in the near future.
Joint ExCo/Task Leader Strategic Workshop The first day of ExCo53 was dedicated to a joint ExCo/ Task Leader Strategic Workshop. There was an excellent attendance of 32 ExCo Jürg Wellstein, one of the Members, Alternate Members and Task Leaders for this 'in-house' event. Input from planning groups provided Swiss hosts, at the structure for the discussions and a good degree of consensus was achieved after some lively discussion. The main Kompogas hydroponic decisions taken were: facility ● Future ExCo meetings will cover administrative topics in one day and save a second day for thematic/strategic topics.
● From 2005, 10% of Task budgets will be reserved for ExCo-specified work. A taskforce comprised of ExCo Members and Task Leaders will advise the ExCo on strategic outputs from the Tasks.
● A new Task proposal on 'strategy and policy analysis' will be submitted for approval at ExCo54. Austria, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, UK, USA and the European Commission expressed interest in participating.
● There will be at least one joint ExCo/Task Leader meeting in each triennium.
● The Secretary will draft formal guidelines for the role of Task Leader, National Team Leader, Operating Agent and ExCo Member. ExCo Members will be encouraged to participate in Task meetings each year. A template will be provided for reporting on progress with Task deliverables.
● A taskforce will investigate the possibility of an IEA Bioenergy Conference and present this at ExCo54.
Task Participation for 2004-2006 In the previous triennium there were 99 participations in 11 Tasks. So far in the new triennium there are 87 participations in 11 Tasks with a new Task to be proposed at ExCo54 and seven potential participants. With new countries joining the Implementing Agreement, eg. South Africa, the final level of Task participation is expected to be very similar to that of the previous triennium. ExCo53 group photo in Lucerne, Switzerland. Courtesy Jürg Wellstein
2 Julije Domac (left), Croatia and Tatsuo Yagishita, Japan prepared for the tour of Molkerei Biedermann AG
ExCo53 Study Tour
In conjunction with ExCo53, 24 ExCo Members and Task Leaders participated in an excellent study tour organised by the Swiss hosts. The first stop was to see a small-scale biogas plant on a farm at Reidermoos. This provided a nice contrast to the industrial scale operation seen at Kompogas later in the day.
The second stop was at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen. Professor Alexander Wokaun provided a very clear overview of the largest research institute in Switzerland. Energy research at PSI is focused on projects related to safe, economical and sustainable supplies of energy. Dr Samuel Stucki, Head of Energy and Materials Cycles, gave a presentation on the work of his team before showing the group the laboratories. Of particular interest was the work PSI has done to develop a process that uses a catalytic reaction to convert the synthesis gas produced in gasifiers to methane. The research started in 2003. A small methanation system constructed at PSI was shipped to Güssing in Austria, and connected to the industrial wood gasification plant in operation there. The system proved to be exceptionally robust, and generated renewable natural gas from wood for a total of more than 140 hours. As the main component of natural gas, methane can power a vehicle intended for natural gas without any problems, and can be fed into an existing natural gas network.
The third stop was at Kompogas in Otelfingen where Mr Theo Huwiler, Manoel Nogueira (left), Brazil with Dr Managing Director, gave the group a Samuel Stucki on the PSI laboratory tour detailed insight of the Kompogas operation and how the company products are promoted. Biogenous waste has been treated in Kompogas installations for over 12 years. At present, 17 Kompogas facilities are successfully processing biogenous waste. The company has accumulated considerable experience through the extremely varied Theo Huwiler, Managing Director of Kompogas, with members composition of the waste delivered to these plants. The fermentation of the study tour process is based on anaerobic-thermophile dry fermentation at a temperature of about 55oC. The retention time in the fermenter is about 14 days. One metric ton of fermenter input generates an average of 100 Nm3 of biogas. Kompogas systems are built on the basis of compact modular units. This allows a large range of plant sizes to be covered (5,000 to 100,000 metric tons annually) and ensures high operational reliability.
The last stop was in Bischofszell at Molkerei Biedermann AG where the owner Mr P.Biedermann showed the group his milk processing factory and in particular the new Schmid moving-grate furnace based on wood fuel, which had been installed at his plant.
The study tour hosts provided excellent information and hospitality for the participants. The friendliness and genuine interest in IEA Bioenergy from all these people was impressive, and made a very favourable impact with the Executive Committee.
Participants in the study tour examine the new Schmid moving-grate furnace at Molkerei Biedermann AG
Next ExCo Meeting
ExCo54 will be held in Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 October 2004. There will be a study tour on Tuesday 5 October.
The meeting will be held at The Westin Hotel in downtown Ottawa, which is 15 minutes drive from Ottawa International Airport. On this occasion attendees are requested to make their own hotel bookings as a group booking has been difficult to arrange. Hotel reservations can be made through www.ottawahotels.com
The post out deadline for agenda material sent by the Secretary will be Friday 27 August 2004. For more details contact the Secretary at [email protected] or Dr Peter Hall at [email protected]
3 Task Focus
Liquid Biofuels By Warren Mabee - Task 39 The IEA Bioenergy Program has always included Tasks with a liquid biofuels focus (particularly biomass-to-ethanol) since its inception in the late 1970's, where the focus was to displace some of the world's dependence on oil with an alternative or complementary transportation fuel to gasoline or diesel. In the late 1990's, the previous Task 26 focused on the technical process of bioconversion, while Task 27 examined the policy issues involved with biofuel production and commercialization. IEA Bioenergy Task 39, initiated in 2001, combines the complementary technical and policy initiatives into a single framework. Today, Task 39 continues working to promote technology and policy for the economic production and distribution of liquid biofuels from biomass. Switzerland - Energy Statistics Biofuels, including ethanol, biodiesel, and biohydrogen, are derived from biomass generated in agricultural or forest operations, or sourced from urban waste streams. Total final consumption of energy sources in Switzerland Biomass can be viewed as a renewable source of chemical building blocks; as such, they represent a sustainable option to fossil petrochemical resources. The starch and celluloses found in all crops and trees contain carbohydrates that can be utilized for ethanol production. Of particular interest are oilseed plants, which are a source of vegetable oil and therefore a potential feedstock for biodiesel production. Biofuels are created through a bioconversion process, which reduces biomass into chemical building blocks, which can then be utilized for biofuels and other value- added products. For ethanol, the bioconversion process generates hexose sugars, in particular glucose, from starch or lignocellulosic materials. These sugars can be fermented into alcohols, while any remaining material (lignin, other sugars) may be utilized for the generation of co-products. For biodiesel, the process involves the bioconversion of vegetable oils derived from oilseeds to alkyl esters or biodiesel, as well as glycerine as a co- product.
Ethanol and biodiesel are of particular c i interest to IEA Bioenergy Task 39 because h p a r they can be blended with existing g o e transportation fuels and readily used in G
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y used as fuel in 2002 - enough to supply the s e t r annual fuel needs of both British Columbia and u o Alberta in Canada, or Spain in Europe. In the future, it is C expected that biofuel use will grow. The European Union has recommended that, by 2010, 5% of its total fuel needs should be met by renewable fuels. Significantly, ethanol is characterized by a relatively advantageous hydrogen-to-carbon ratio when compared to petrochemicals, which makes ethanol a practical hydrogen carrier for future fuel cell vehicles and generating stations.
Proportion of renewable energies to end energy Ongoing work by the Forest Products Biotechnology group at the University of British consumption in 2001 Columbia is examining methods for the bioconversion of this lignocellulosics from softwoods. The focus is currently on pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis stages that can release sugars from the lignocellulosic material, while optimizing the process to provide maximum value for other potential co- products. Through technical innovation, they seek to make the process of creating fuels and chemicals more efficient.
IEA Bioenergy Task 39 (2004-2006) will build upon the successes of previous IEA Bioenergy work in the area. The goal of this Task is 'to establish coordinated policy and technical networks that will assist participants in their efforts to develop and deploy liquid biofuels'. Policy, legislative/regulative, and market issues used to encourage growth of ethanol and biodiesel in certain IEA Bioenergy countries will be examined to assist participants in building the infrastructure for biofuels. The Task will also catalyze and coordinate technical RD&D efforts to assist participants in the development of advanced, lower cost biofuels technologies. This effort will continue and expand the technical information exchange network developed by IEA Bioenergy over several years. The Task will also conduct a project in the area of biodiesel to deal specifically with the development needs of this alternative. In conducting its work the Task will establish a comprehensive web site to assist information exchange among participants and will prepare and distribute periodic newsletters on the various aspects of biofuels.
For more information on IEA Bioenergy Task 39, please contact: Jack Saddler (Task Leader) at [email protected] Eric van den Heuvel (Associate Task Leader, Policy) at [email protected] Warren Mabee (Associate Task Leader, Policy) at [email protected] Manfred Worgetter (Associate Task Leader, Biodiesel) at Statistics courtesy of Swiss Federal Office of Energy. For more [email protected] energy facts and figures, contact SFOE Information Service at: David Gregg (Webmaster) at [email protected] [email protected] 4 Notice Board
Task 31. Biomass production for energy from Dr Suresh Babu wins award sustainable forestry Dr. Suresh P.Babu, Leader of Task Task 31 has launched a new Task website which can be viewed 33, has been awarded the David at www.//silva.tamu.edu/Links/IEA_Bioenergy_Task_31.htm Hall World Prize for Bioenergy in recognition of his long involvement in biomass conversion technologies and for his leadership in the gasification area of the IEA Bioenergy Agreement. The award was made during the opening session of the recent 2nd World Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, The website includes the Task's workplan, workshop Industry and Climate information, reports, publications and a library of photos from Protection, in Rome, Italy. Task field study tours. "I'm extremely honored to Task 38. Greenhouse gas balances of biomass receive such a prestigious and bioenergy systems award," said Babu. "To Suresh Babu (right) receives his award In cooperation with Force Consulting Ltd., the New Zealand those of us in the from Don Richardson, Member of the Ministry for the Environment and the Climate Change Office, biomass sector, Professor Executive Committee, Second World Task 38 organised a conference on 'The Role of Carbon Hall was a man with Biomass Conference Sequestration and Bioenergy in National and International innovative vision for Greenhouse-Gas Markets'. Held in Rotorua, New Zealand from bioenergy utilisation. GTI (Gas Technology Institute, Illinois) 22-23 March 2004, it provided a forum for discussions on: has for years believed in the potential of advanced biomass gasification as a conversion technology that will become an ● Bioenergy and carbon sequestration projects - policies, important part of the future sustainable energy scenario." accounting and credit trading: overview of climate policy in NZ; domestic projects mechanisms and bioenergy/carbon The award is made in honour of David Hall, a former Professor sequestration in NZ; relationship between emissions trading of Kings College, University of London (now deceased), who systems and the Kyoto Protocol flexible mechanisms and the was considered a leading pioneer in the promotion of bioenergy. EU emissions trading scheme. He is most recognized for analysing the potential of biomass for energy and how it could benefit mankind and positively ● Carbon monitoring and accounting of agriculture, forestry impact the climate. and harvested wood products: accounting for afforestation and reforestation activities - implementation of the LULUCF Suresh is currently the Assistant Vice President, Research & GPG; accounting and reporting of emissions from Deployment at the Gas Technology Institute. During almost 30 harvesting, HWP and bioenergy by an alternative accounting years at GTI, Babu has worked on all aspects of thermal system in New Zealand. conversion of coal and biomass as well as natural gas utilisation, and has particular expertise in high-pressure The day after the conference, a field tour gave participants the conversion operations. Amongst his other achievements, he opportunity to visit the Fonterra dairy ethanol plant in managed a team of GTI professionals to develop and Reporoa; the Kaingaroa /Whaka forests of Kaingaroa demonstrate the high-pressure, RENUGAS biomass gasification Timberlands; the biomass-fired Combined Heat and Power process. Plant at the Waipa Mill on the outskirts of Rotorua and the Lockwood Factory in Rotorua which produces wooden buildings. For more information on the Conference see: www.joanneum.ac.at/iea-bioenergy- task38/workshops/rotorua04/
Second World Biomass Conference The Second World Biomass Conference and Technology Exhibition on Biomass for Energy, Industry and Climate Protection took place on 10-14 May 2004 at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Rome, Italy. IEA Bioenergy was a co- sponsor of the event. Over 1000 delegates from 69 countries participated in this successful conference. Members of the IEA Bioenergy network featured prominently as moderators, chairman, and presenters at various sessions. There were also a number of side event workshops and meetings organised by the IEA Bioenergy Task Leaders.
5 Publications
2003 Annual Report
The 2003 Annual Report has been distributed by the Secretariat. Copies may be obtained from the Secretary or downloaded from the website.
Two new reports on biomass CHP systems - Task 32
Two new reports on biomass combustion based CHP systems have been produced by BIOS Bioenergiesysteme.The titles are: ● Basic information regarding decentralised CHP plants based on biomass combustion in IEA partner countries ● Techno-economic evaluation of selected decentralised CHP plants based on biomass combustion in IEA partner countries Copies can be downloaded at www.ieabcc.nl/publications
Biofuels for Transport - An International Perspective
This book looks at recent trends in biofuel production and considers what the future might hold if such alternatives were to displace petroleum in transport. The report takes a global perspective on the biofuels industry, assessing regional similarities and differences as well as the cost and benefits of the various initiatives being undertaken around the world. To obtain a copy, contact the IEA Online Bookshop at www.iea.org/books
Renewable Energy - Market and Policy Trends in IEA Countries
The experience of IEA countries after the oil crisis in the 1970s initiated a surge of investment in renewables R&D. While use of renewables has grown rapidly, they still account for only a small portion of the IEA energy mix. This publication examines policies and measures that have been introduced in IEA countries to increase the cost effective deployment of renewables; reviews the objectives behind these policies and evaluates the results. To obtain a copy, contact the IEA Online Bookshop at www.iea.org/books
Renewable Energy Projects Handbook
This handbook from the World Energy Council is intended to help with the successful identification of viable renewable energy projects and their subsequent implementation. It provides a brief overview of existing renewable energy resources and technologies and summarises the policy position and operating environment in different countries. The report can be obtained as hard copy or downloaded as a pdf file at www.worldenergy.org
Seeing the Light: Adapting to Climate Change with Decentralised Renewable Energy in Developing Countries
This latest publication from the Climate Change Knowledge Network highlights the positive contribution of decentralized renewable energy to integrated climate policy. Using case studies from Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, Senegal and Zimbabwe, the report examines how such energy projects can help build adaptive capacity. It also contains specific recommendations for supporting such projects through the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism. Copies can be downloaded or ordered at www.iisd.org/publications/publication.asp?pno=612
Renewables for Power Generation: Status and Prospects
This new report from the IEA Headquarters was published in 2003. It assesses the outlook for six leading renewable energy technologies. It considers the current and future costs of each, how their markets are developing, how the technologies complement each other and how they fit within the overall energy sector. Copies can be obtained from Mr Peter Tulej at IEA Headquarters, email: [email protected]
A Clean Energy Future For Australia
The energy sector is Australia's biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions - currently 84% of its electricity comes from coal-fired power stations. This study investigates whether it is possible for Australia to achieve a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions from stationary energy by 2040 by using a mix of existing technologies to produce and use energy more efficiently and more cleanly. Download a copy of the report at //www.wwf.org.au/News_and_information/Publications/
Renewable Energy Scenario to 2040
Ahead of the Bonn Renewables 2004 Conference,The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) recently launched 'Renewable Energy Scenario to 2040', a strategic report that outlines how 50% of the global primary energy consumption can come from renewable energies by 2040. To download the briefing, visit //www.erec-renewables.org/Bonn/fourth.htm
6 Calendar of Events
Science in Thermal and Chemical Biomass International Trade Fair and Congress for IEA Bioenergy Meetings Conversion Renewable Energy and Energy Efficient 30 August - 2 September 2004, Victoria, Building and Reconstructing British Columbia, Canada 21-24 September 2004, Fairground Augsburg Task 29 will hold a workshop, 'Socio- Contact: Emma Wylde, Bio-Energy Research (nr Munich), Germany Economic Drivers in Implementing Bioenergy Group, Aston University Contact: Sanna Takanen Projects: Biomass in Urban Communities' on Tel: +44 121 359 3611 Tel: +49 7121 3016-0 18-22 October 2004 in Tsukuba City, Japan. Fax: +44 121 359 6814 Fax: +49 7121 3016-100 Contact Julije Domac,Task Leader Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.stcbc.com/ Web: www.renexpo.com/ Task 30 will be hosting a Conference, 'Biomass and Bioenergy Production for 19th World Energy Congress and 1st International Conference on Economic and Environmental Benefits' in Exhibition: Delivering Sustainability Renewable Energy conjunction with the Short Rotation Woody 5-9 September 2004, Sydney, Australia 6-8 October 2004, New Delhi, India Crops Operations Working Group. It will be Contact: 19th World Energy Congress Contact: G.N. Mathur, Central Board of in Charleston, South Carolina, USA from 8- Managers Irrigation and Power 11 November 2004. Contact Theo Verwijst, Tel: +61 2 9248 0800 Tel: +91 11 2611 6567 Task Leader Fax: +61 2 9248 0894 Fax: +91 11 2611 6347 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.tourhosts.com.au/ Web: //www.cbip.org/renewal_ Task 31 is holding a workshop, 'Sustainable energy2004 energy_6-8_oct.htm Production Systems for Bioenergy: Forest Energy in Practice' in Norway and Sweden The Seventh International Conference on Industrial Applications of Renewable from 12-18 September 2004. There will be Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies Resources - A Conference on Sustainable an optional post-workshop study tour in 5-9 September 2004, Vancouver, Canada Technologies Norway from 19-22 September. Contact Jim Contact:Ted Morris, GHGT-7 Secretariat 11-14 October 2004, Chicago, USA Richardson,Task Leader Tel: +1 306 337 2290 Contact: AOCS Email: [email protected] Fax: +1 306 337 2301 Tel: +1 217 359 2344 Email: [email protected] Fax: +1 217 351 8091 Task 32 will be meeting in Victoria, Web: www.ghgt7.ca/ Email: [email protected] Vancouver Island, Canada on 3 September Web: www.aocs.org/meetings/ 2004. Contact Sjaak van Loo,Task Leader EMA Eighth Annual Fall Meeting & ia/index.htm Email: [email protected] International Conference 19-22 September 2004,Toronto, Canada European Biogas Workshop 2004: 'Biogas Task 34 will be holding the next PyNe Contact: David Feldner, EMA in Society' meeting on 3 September 2004 in Victoria, Tel: +1 414 276 3819 21-23 October 2004, Enniskillen, N. Ireland Canada alongside the STCBC meeting. Fax: +1 414 276 3349 Contact: Alan Burke Contact Tony Bridgwater,Task Leader Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: //www.emissions.org/conferences Task 36 will hold its next meeting on 18-20 /fallconference04/ EnergiaForum 2004 October 2004 in Montreal, Canada. Contact 27-29 October 2004,Tampere, Finland Grace Gordon 6th Annual Renewable Energy Finance Contact: Jutta Kainua Email: [email protected] Forum Tel: +358 14 339 0390 20-21 September 2004, London, UK Fax: +358 14 339 0350 The next Task 38 meetings will be in Contact:Tanya Mayrhofer Email: [email protected] Vancouver, Canada on 13 September and Tel: +44 20 7779 8103 Web: //www.expomark.fi/energia/ Victoria, Canada on 17 September 2004. Fax: +44 20 7779 8946 These will be combined with workshops and a Email: [email protected] Clean Energy Power 2005 study tour. Contact Susanne Woess-Gallasch Web: www.euromoneyenergy.com/ 26-27 January 2005, Fairground Berlin, Email: [email protected] energy.asp Germany Contact: Sanna Takanen Task 39 will be meeting in Kyoto, Japan from 2nd International Ukrainian Conference Tel: +49 7121 3016-0 13-15 December 2004. This will be held in on Biomass for Energy Fax: +49 7121 3016-100 conjunction with the 21st Century COE 20-22 September 2004, Kyiv, Ukraine Email: [email protected] Program (Bioenergy Research) Symposium. Tel: +380 44 456 9462 Web: //www.energiemessen.de/ Contact Warren Mabee Fax: +380 44 484 8151 Email: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Central European Biomass Conference Objectives of Web: www.biomass.kiev.ua 2005: Bioenergy for Central and Eastern Task 40 will hold a Business Forum followed Europe by a Task Meeting, in Rome, Italy from 26-28 IEA Bioenergy UNEP FI Renewable Energy & Energy 26-28 January 2005, Graz, Austria October 2004. Contact Rob Remmers Efficiency Finance Forum Contact: Austrian Biomass Association Email: [email protected] 27 September 2004, Budapest, Hungary Tel: +43 1 533 0797-0 IEA Bioenergy is an ExCo54 will be held in Ottawa, Canada on Contact: Nadim Chaudhry, Green Power Fax: +43 1 533 0797-90 international Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 October with a Conferences Email: [email protected] collaborative study tour on Tuesday 5 October 2004. Tel: +423 663 029 144 Web: //www.biomasseverband.at agreement set up in Fax: +44 20 7222 3030 ExCo55 will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark Email: nadim.chaudhry@greenpower Environment,Water & Energy 2005 1978 by the from 24-26 May 2005. conferences.com 30 January - 2 February 2005, Abu Dhabi, International Energy Web: www.greenpowerconferences.com/ UAE Agency (IEA) to ExCo56 will be held in Ireland around Contact: General Exhibitions Corporation improve international October 2005. Green Power Central & Eastern Europe Tel: +971 2 444 6900 28-29 September 2004, Budapest, Hungary Fax: +971 2 444 6135 cooperation and ExCo57 will tentatively be held in Paris, Contact: Nadim Chaudhry, Green Power Email: [email protected] information exchange France around May 2006. Conferences between national Tel: +423 663 029 144 Enex - New Energy 2005 bioenergy RD&D Fax: +44 20 7222 3030 21-23 March 2005, Fairground Kielce, Other Events Email: nadim.chaudhry@greenpower Germany programmes. IEA conferences.com Contact: Sanna Takanen Bioenergy aims to Energy, Environment and Economics in a Web: www.greenpowerconferences.com/ Tel: +49 7121 3016-0 accelerate the use of New Era Fax: +49 7121 3016-100 environmentally sound 8-10 August 2004, Washington DC, USA 3rd International Symposium - Energy and Email: [email protected] Contact: USAEE/IAEE Environment 2004 Web: //www.enex-expo.com/ and cost-competitive Tel: +1 216 464 2785 30 September - 2 October 2004, Sorrento, bioenergy on a Fax: +1 216 464 2768 Italy 5th Asia Pacific Conference on sustainable basis, and Email: [email protected] Contact: Megalia Foundation Sustainable Energy and Environmental thereby achieve a Web: //www.usaee.org/energy/ Tel: +39 81 66 58 15 Technologies Fax: +39 81 24 04 219 9-11 May 2005, Wellington, New Zealand substantial World Renewable Energy Congress Email: [email protected] Technical contact: [email protected] contribution to future 28 August - 3 September 2004, Denver, Web: //www.megaliafoundation.it/ Registration: [email protected] energy demands. Colorado, USA Sorrento/index.html Web: www.apcseet.org Contact: Ivilina Thornton Tel: +1 303 275 3781 Email: [email protected] Web: //www.nrel.gov/wrec/ 7 Key IEA Bioenergy Contacts
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AUSTRALIA CROATIA ITALY SWEDEN Dr Stephen Schuck Dr Branka Jelavic Dr Vito Pignatelli Dr Björn Telenius Bioenergy Australia Manager Head Dept for Renewable Resources BIOTEC AGRO Swedish Nat. Energy Administration c/o Stephen Schuck & Associates Pty Ltd Energy Institute ‘Hrvoje Pozar’ ENEA, C.R. Casaccia - Via Anguillarese 301 Box 310 7 Grassmere Road, Killara, Savska 163, PB 141 00060 S.M. di Galeria - ROME ESKILSTUNA, SE 631 04 SYDNEY, NSW 2071 10001 ZAGREB Tel: +39 6 3048 4506 Tel: +46 16 544 2109 Tel: +61 2 9416 9246 Tel: +385 1 632 6117 Fax: +39 6 3048 6514 Fax: +46 16 544 2261 Fax: +61 2 9416 9246 Fax: +385 1 604 0599 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] JAPAN SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA DENMARK Mr Masaki Tajima Mr Bruno Guggisberg Dr Josef Spitzer Mr Jan Bünger Director, NEDO, Muza Kawasaki Central Swiss Federal Office of Energy Joanneum Research Energy R&D and Joint Implementation Tower 18F, 1310 Ohmiyacho, Saiwai-ku, CH - 3003 BERN Elisabethstrasse 5 Danish Energy Authority Kawasaki, KANAGAWA 212-8554 Tel: +41 31 322 56 40 A-8010 GRAZ Amaliegade 44 Tel: +81 44 520 5271 Fax: +41 31 323 25 00 Tel: +43 316 876 1332 DK-1256 COPENHAGEN K Fax: +81 44 520 5275 Email: [email protected] Fax: +43 316 876 1320 Tel: +45 33 927 589 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Fax: +45 33 114 743 UNITED KINGDOM Email: [email protected] NETHERLANDS Mr Gary Shanahan BELGIUM Mr Erik Wissema Technical Director, Bioenergy To be announced FINLAND Ministry of Economic Affairs Sustainable Energy Policy Unit Professor Kai Sipilä Energy Production Department Department of Trade and Industry BRAZIL VTT Processes PO Box 20101 1 Victoria Street, LONDON SW1H OET Dr Mauricio Tiomno Tolmasquim PO Box 1601 2500 EC THE HAGUE Tel: +44 20 7215 6483 Secretário Executivo, Ministério de Minas ESPOO, FIN-02044 VTT Tel: +31 70 379 7718 Fax: +44 20 7215 2674 e Energia, Esplanada do Ministério, Tel: +358 9 456 5440 Fax: +31 70 379 6358 Email: [email protected] Bloco U, Sala 705 Fax: +358 9 460 493 Email: [email protected] BRASILIA, DF, 70065-900 Email: [email protected] UNITED STATES Tel: +55 61 319 5046 or NEW ZEALAND Dr Douglas E. Kaempf +55 61 319 5045 FRANCE Mr John Gifford U.S. Department of Energy, EE-2E Fax: +55 61 319 5088 Dr Jean-Marc Merillot NZ Forest Research Institute Ltd Office of Biomass Program Email: [email protected] ADEME, Centre D’Angers Private Bag 3020, ROTORUA 1000 Independence Ave. S.W. 2 Square Lafayette - BP 406 Tel: +64 7 343 5899 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20585-0121 CANADA 49004 ANGERS Cedex 01 Fax: +64 7 343 5507 Tel: +1 202 586 5264 Dr Peter Hall Tel: +33 2 4120 4288 Email: [email protected] Fax: +1 202 586 5010 Department of Natural Resources Fax: +33 2 4187 2350 Email: [email protected] Canadian Forest Service Email: [email protected] NORWAY 580 Booth Street, 12th floor Dr Olav Gislerud EUROPEAN COMMISSION OTTAWA, Ontario K1A 0E4 IRELAND The Research Council of Norway Dr Kyriakos Maniatis Tel: +1 613 947 8987 Mr Pearse Buckley PO Box 2700, St Hanshaugen DG Energy & Transport Fax: +1 613 947 9035 Sustainable Energy Ireland N-0131 OSLO European Commission Email: [email protected] Glasnevin Tel: +47 22 037 108 Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 200 DUBLIN 9 Fax: +47 22 037 104 B-1049 BRUSSELS Tel: +353 1 808 2540 Email: [email protected] Tel: +32 2 299 0293 Fax: +353 1 808 2330 Fax: +32 2 296 6261 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
Tasks in the new Triennium (2004 - 2006) Task 29: Socio-economic drivers in Task 32: Biomass combustion and Task 36: Energy recovery from municipal Task 39: Liquid biofuels from biomass implementing bioenergy projects co-firing solid waste Jack Saddler Julije Domac Sjaak van Loo Niranjan Patel University of British Columbia, 2nd Floor, Energy Institute ‘Hrvoje Pozar’ TNO - MEP, PO Box 342 Cornwall County Council, 2424 Mail Mall, VANCOUVER, Savska 163, PB 141 NL-7300 AH APELDOORN New Country Hall, TRURO TR1 3AY, BC V6T 1Z4, CANADA 10001 ZAGREB, CROATIA THE NETHERLANDS UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +1 604 822 2467 Tel: +385 1 632 6109 Tel: +31 55 549 3745 Tel: +44 1872 323 180 Fax: +1 604 822 8645 Fax: +385 1 604 0599 Fax: +31 55 549 3740 Fax: +44 1872 323 828 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.forestry.ubc.ca/task39 Web: www.iea-bioenergy-task29.hr/ Web: www.ieabcc.nl Task 37: Energy from biogas and landfill Task 40: Sustainable international Task 30: Short rotation crops for Task 33: Thermal gasification of biomass gas bioenergy trade: securing supply and bioenergy systems Suresh Babu Arthur Wellinger demand Theo Verwijst Gas Technology Institute Nova Energie GmbH Andre Faaij - Technical Department of Short Rotation Forestry, 1700 South Mount Prospect Road Châtelstrasse 21 Copernicus Institute for Sustainable SLU DES PLAINES, Illinois 60018-1804, USA 8355 AADORF Development, Utrecht University, PO Box 7016 Tel: +1 847 768 0509 SWITZERLAND Padualaan 14, 3584 CH, UTRECHT, SE-750 07 UPPSALA, SWEDEN Fax: +1 847 768 0516 Tel: +41 52 368 34 70 THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +46 18 67 25 50 Email: [email protected] Fax: +41 52 365 43 20 Tel: +31 30 253 7643 Fax: +46 18 67 34 40 Web: www.gastechnology.org/iea Email: [email protected] Fax: +31 30 253 7601 Email: [email protected] Web: www.novaenergie.ch/iea-bioenergy- Email: [email protected] Web: www.shortrotationcrops.com task37/index.htm Task 34: Pyrolysis of biomass Rob Remmers - Administrative Task 31: Biomass production for energy Tony Bridgwater Essent Sustainable Energy from sustainable forestry Bio-Energy Research Group Task 38: Greenhouse gas balances of Zutphenseweg 51006 Jim Richardson Aston University, Aston Triangle biomass and bioenergy systems PO Box 2088 1876 Saunderson Drive BIRMINGHAM B4 7ET Bernhard Schlamadinger 7420 AB DEVENTER OTTAWA, Ontario UNITED KINGDOM Joanneum Research THE NETHERLANDS CANADA K1G 2C5 Tel: +44 121 359 3611 Elisabethstrasse 5, A-8010 GRAZ Tel: +31 38 852 1128 Tel: +1 613 521 1995 Fax: +44 121 359 6814 AUSTRIA Fax: +31 38 852 4900 Fax: +1 613 521 1997 Email: [email protected] Tel: +43 316 876 1340 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.pyne.co.uk Fax: +43 316 876 1320 Web: www.//silva.tamu.edu/Links/IEA Email: _Bioenergy_Task_31.htm [email protected] Web: www.joanneum.at/iea-bioenergy- task38
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