Bioenergy - Biomass
11.00 Wednesday 21 May
Chair: Professor Paul Mitchell, University of Aberdeen
- Wood Fuel Task Force - Roger Coppock, Policy Adviser, Business Development, Forestry Commission Scotland
- Waste Biomass - An untapped renewable energy resource: Potential and barriers - John Ferguson, Waste and Resources Strategy Manager, SEPA
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Experience from developed biomass markets - and the future - Rainer Romirer-Maierhofer, Technical support & Training Europe, UK Export Manager, Windhager Zentralheizung GmbH, Austria
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The North East Scotland Biomass Cluster - quick fire case histories, led by Iain Todd, Renewables Champion of AREG
- Ian Cowe, Forestry Commission [ presentation ]
- Roddy Matheson, Aberdeenshire Council - Aboyne Academy conversion to wood fuel [ presentation ]
- Keith Arbuthnott, Stovies wood pellets - the first commercial wood pellet plant in Scotland [ presentation ]
14.00 Wednesday 21 May
Chair: Clare Wenner, Head of Renewable Fuels, Renewable Energy Association
- RTFO drivers - Sue McDougall, Acting Chief Executive, Renewable Fuels Agency
- The Carbon Trust – Advanced Bioenergy Accelerator update - Dr Robert Trezona, Head of Research and Development, The Carbon Trust
- Big is beautiful - Dr. ir. Margriet Drouillon, Technology Developer - IOF, Ghent Bio-Energy Valley
- “And small is beautiful too!!” - Tim Evans from Renewable Zukunft
- Bioenergy: policy, progress, and parameters for decision making - Rosie Manise, Principal Specialist on Climate and Energy, Natural
- Sustainable biofuels: prospects and challenges - Dr Jeremy Woods, Porter Alliance & Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London
- Q&A
