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Bioenergy 2010

Programme (Updated 20th August 2010)


Wednesday 6th October

09:30 Opening Plenary session The Decade of Delivery
 

The Decade of Delivery
- Gaynor Hartnell, Chief Executive, REA
- Adrian Gault, Chief Economist, Committee on Climate Change
- James Smith, Chairman, Shell UK
- Doug Parr, Chief Scientist & Policy Director, Greenpeace


11:15 Plenary session ends - tea & coffee break
   

11:45 -

The renewable heat incentive

- Jo Greasley, Head of Renewable Heat incentive Team, DECC

Technology Specifics:
- Biomethane injection to Grid: Mark Bugler, Energy Technology and Innovation Manager, British Gas
- Solid Biomass: Neil Turner, Business development Manager, RES
- Liquid Biofuels: Paul Day, CEO, Aquafuel Research

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Merchant Plant

- The way ahead for the Renewables Obligation: Ali Lloyd, Principal Consultant, Poyry Energy Consulting

- Combined Heat and Power: Richard Bonsall, Head of Commercial, UK Biomass, RWEnPower Renewables

- Feed-in Tariffs and Anaerobic Digestion: Richard Guterbock, Director, Clearfleau

- Biomethane to Grid: Iain Ward, Project Manager, CNG Services

14:00

Getting Bioenergy into Buildings

How do you get enough trained installers and how do you know who to go to?

- Neil Schofield, Head of Sustainable Development, Worcester Bosch

- Virginia Graham, Chief Executive, REAL Assurance Scheme

- Bruce Allen, Chief Executive, HETAS, Microgeneration
Certification Scheme

Air Quality / Planning

Chris Miles, Managing Director, Econergy

15:30

EBEC Expo Visit

17:30

Networking Drinks and Dinner


Thursday 7th October

09:30

Sustainability - How will it affect you?

- Lessons to be learned from biofuels in Transport: Clare Wenner, Head of Renewable Transport, REA

- Planned UK regulation: Caroline Season, Bioenergy Policy Officer, DECC

- Liquids for Power: Chris Slack, Executive Chairman, W4BUK

- Solid biomass for power: Noel Forrest, Analyst, MGT Power

09:30

Bioenergy Options for Local Authorities and Companies: Whats best for you?

- AD as a Combined Waste Management and Energy Solution: Dr Andy Rees, Head of Welsh Assembly Government Waste Strategy Branch

- British Sugar case study: Richard Stark, Head of Development, British Sugar

Local Authority: Jayne Lomas, Exemplar Projects Manager, Homes and Communities Agency

11:30

Tea & coffee break

12.00

Waste as a Resource

- Biomass & waste, not just fuel for power: Chris Manson-Whitton, Biomass Energy Manager, Progressive Energy

- Demonstrating biomass content case study: Alex Young, Energy Director, New Earth Solutions

- AD from municipal waste: TBC

11:30

Land Based Bioenergy

- Biogas & the Biofertiliser Certification Scheme: Michael Chesshire, Technology Director, Biogengreenfinch

- Energy crops: TBC

- Local woodland: Kirsty Rice, Energy Manager, National Trust

13:00

Lunch

14:00

Closing Plenary - Delivering on the potential

- Learning from achievements elsewhere: Peter Vadasz, Mayor of Gussing, Austria

- Access to finance: Professor Tom Burke, Founding Director, E3G

- The role of Government: Lord Hunt, Energy Minister 2008-2010


15:30 End of conference EBEC Expo visit

We reserve the right to amend this programme as required

 

 

 

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