Place
Elite Park Avenue
Address
Date
February 1 - 2, 2023
Time
07:00 - 17:00
Time zone: Stockholm, GMT+02:00
Program 1-2 February
Day 1 – 1 February
Registration starts from 11.00
From 12.00 Lunch
13.30 Market situation and policy development
Chair person and moderator: Gustav Melin, Svebio
- Welcome - Pellets market development in Sweden
Magnus Kylberg, Swedish Pellets Association - Latest development on the pellets market from a global, regional and local perspective
Gilles Gauthier, Hawkins Wright - Getting fossil free from different perspectives – two examples
Johanna Lindén, PetroBio - How to efficiently replace fossils with woody biomass in industry and heat and power applications
Marius Hachenberg, Enviva
15.00 Coffee & tea
15.30 Development in production of pellets
Moderator: Kjell Andersson, Svebio
- Sawmill starting new pellets production– Setra Långshyttan
Mikael Engström, Setra - Secrets of successful quality inspection, logistics and certification of (large) pellet shipments
Anna Polakowska Control Union - Belt dryers and energy efficiency
Manfred Lagleder, STELA Laxhuber - Energy saving in a wood pelleting plant
Andreas Schultz, Amandus Kahl - PANEL
Timo Müller, Salmatec • Daniel Andoff, Scandbio • Christian Rakos, World Bioenergy Association
• Johanna Lindén, PetroBio
The conference session ends at 17.15
18.45 Gathering in the lobby for drinks reception and networking
19.30 Dinner
Day 2 – 2 February
09.00 Pellets use in industry
Moderator: Alan Sherrard, Bioenergy international
- Update on the European pellet market: on the crossroads of the energy crisis,
existing & emerging market segments and policy developments
Manolis Karampinis, Bioenergy Europe - How can we meet the need for pellets solutions in small & medium scale industry
Anton Berggren, BKtech Group AB - The importance of pellets and other biomass fuels for heat and power supply in Gothenburg
Fredrik Lind and Karl Sandstedt, Göteborg Energi - Increasing fire safety in pellet plants
Jerry Elmberg, Firefly
10.30 Coffee & tea
11.00 Sourcing, storage and trade
Moderator Dorota Natucka-Persson, Bioenergy International
- Optimized storage solutions for sawdust, wood chips and pellets
Tobias Axelsson Runbjörk and Erik Jansson, C3C Engineering - Meeting sustainability criteria when sourcing pellets
Christian Jürgensen, Preferred By Nature - Innovative new raw material handling in the manufacture of
wood pellets leads to controllable self-heating during storage
Michael Finell, SLU - The 25th anniversary of the Canadian Wood Pellet Invasion on Sweden
John Swaan, FutureMetrics
12.30 Lunch and mingle
13.30 Pellets use in residential sector – boilers and stoves
Moderator: Anders Haaker, Swedish Pellets Association
- Dealing with pellet shortage and price increase - the case of Austria
Christian Rakos, Propellets Austria - Increased interest for pellet stoves in Sweden – a new campaign
Anders Haaker, Swedish Pellets Association - Heating residential property based on pellets and solar heating
– the Eksta Bostads heating concept.
Christer Kilersjö, Eksta Bostads
15.00 Closing remarks Coffee & tea
Please note that the program and study visits are preliminary and subject to change.
