Conference programme
Tuesday, 4 February
09.30 Departure from Elite Hotel Academia by bus to the study visits
10.00 STUDY VISITS
11.30 Departure back to Elite Hotel Academia
12.00 LUNCH AND REGISTRATION
13.30 CONFERENCE: PELLETS CONTRIBUTES TO FOSSIL FREE SWEDEN AND EUROPE
ROOM: Selma Lagerlöf
Chairperson: Gustav Melin, Svebio
- Welcome to Nordic Pellets Conference 2020
Gustav Melin Moderator, Svebio and Peter Granborn, Swedish Pellet Association, Sweden - Investments in Uppsala and Heat Sweden – Why we choose pellets
Ulrika Jardfeldt, Vattenfall, Sweden - Fossil free heat and power with pellets
Tomas Isaksson, Stora Enso Timber, Sweden - New Austrian policies for developing the renewable heat market
Dr. Christian Rakos, ProPellets, Austria - Pellet market overview and the focus of the European Pellet Council
Gilles Gaultier, European Pellet Council, Belgium
15.00 COFFEE, TEA AND EXHIBITION
15.30 ROADMAP BIOMASS – HOW DO WE MEET A FOSSIL FREE NORDIC?
ROOM: Selma Lagerlöf
Chairperson: Gustav Melin, Svebio
- Bioenergy – Forest as a resource or not?
Kjell Andersson, Svebio, Sweden - Will there be raw material enough from wood industry?
Klas Flygare, Setra Group, Sweden - Investing in pellets factory and Norwegian market
Lars Storslett, Moelven, Norway - Panel discussion on biomass as a sufficient source to Nordic demand
- Will there be enough primary biomass for the pellets demand?
17.00 END OF DAY 1
19.00 CONFERENCE DINNER, Restaurant Nobel, Elite Academia Hotel
Wednesday, 5 February
09.00 FUTURE PELLETS TO BALANCE OTHER RENEWABLES
ROOM: Selma Lagerlöf
Chairperson: Dorota Natucka Persson, Bioenergy International/ Svebio
- Trading Pellets like Power: BALTPOOL Biomass Exchange experience
Andrius Smaliukas, Baltpool, Lithuaina - Russian Bioenergy market possibilities
Aleksandr Abramov, Trade representative of Russian Federation in Sweden - Wiks Slott – A castle heated with pellets
Bosse Augustsson, Clean Burn Trading, Sweden
10.30 COFFEE, TEA AND EXHIBITION
11.00 INVESTMENTS IN PELLET PRODUCTION, PELLETS USE AND NEW TECHNOLOGY
ROOM: Selma Lagerlöf
Chairperson: Fredrik Zetterlund, Swedish Pellet Association / Svebio
- Norwegian pellets energy applications
Daniel Persson, Petrobio, Sweden - Biomass plant project Uppsala
Michael Degermann, Valmont, Denmark - BWSC suppliers to Vattenfall plant
Carsten Bo Petersen, Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor, Denmark - Reduce the carbon footprint in pellet manufacturing with new methods
Prem Verma, Swedish Exergy, Sweden
12.30 LUNCH AND EXHIBITION
13.30 FINAL SESSION
ROOM: Selma Lagerlöf
Chairperson: Peter Granborn, Swedish Pellet Association
- Summerazing the year of Pellets 2019
Peter Granborn, Swedish Pellet Association, Sweden - Development within pellets Industry conversion in plant schools
Fredrik Zetterlund, Veosol, Sweden - Klimatklivet (in Swedish)
Felicia Sen och Fredrik Wägander, Naturvårdsverket
15.00 END OF CONFERENCE
Please note that the conference language is English.
The programme is subject to change.