Argus Biomass Nordics and Baltics

- Exploring the current biomass trading landscape in the region

- What demand drivers are there to boost biomass consumption?

- Identifying the regions infrastructure which supports trading

- Fostering a deeper co-corporation to aid long-term business strategies

- Assessing the long-term goals to promote biomass within the renewable energy mix

- How is the European biomass landscape changing?

- Understanding the Baltics’ export potential and routes to market

- Exploring the logistics of importing biomass into the Nordics from southern Europe

- Promoting biomass as a significant energy source for heating and electricity

- Assessing the development of forest management projects to increase wood availability

- Gaining licences to cut trees: how is this effectively and sustainably managed?

- Understanding the need for a deeper co-corporation across the supply chain

- Collaborating with key players across the supply chain

- What incentives are there to boost biomass consumption?

- What investments are there to expand district heating?

- How can taxes impact the wood chip and pellet markets?

Michael Persson, Head of Secretariat, Danish Bioenergy Association 

- Where will raw material come from?

- How much new volume will come from the Baltics?

- How can companies become more flexible with volumes and prices?

- How can the industry move towards longer-term contracts?

- What is the future for waste integration in the supply chain, and where will this be sourced?

- What’s important for companies managing their sourcing strategies?

- What future exports from Russia are expected?

- How are utilities and district heating companies adapting the structure of supply?

- How can companies promote dialogue across the entire supply chain to improve trading?

- What volumes from southern Europe will head to the Nordics?

- What role does North America play in the trading landscape?

Panellists:

Michael Christensen, Chief Operating Officer, CM Biomass Partners 

Michael Schytz, Head of Fuel and Logistics, Hofor 

Māris Ziediņš, Managing Director and Board Member, SBE Latvia/ SCANDBIO AB 

Khan Shamsher, Vice President, Asset Optimisation and Energy Trading, Stockholm Exergi 

Søren Alsing, Head of Fuel, Bioenergy & Thermal Power, Ørsted 

- What are the trends from a domestic waste market to an international market?

- Where do we see new demand and supply for recycled wood

- Exploring the trends of increased capacity for recycled wood to energy in biomass and other industries

- Understanding the benefits of waste to energy

- Assessing the current logistics to bring in waste from the UK and Norway and transport methods 

- How have historical biomass consumption trends affected prices?
- What wider factors have driven emerging pricing trends?
- How have rising raw material prices affected the price of woody biomass for energy?
- What is the outlook for raw materials including sawdust in the Nordics?

Moderator:

Freddie Staermose, Business Development, Argus

Panellists:

Khan Shamsher, Vice President, Asset Optimisation and Energy Trading, Stockholm Exergi
Morten Nielsen, Biomass Procurement Officer, Hofor
Tiago Andrade, Director, Wood Pellet Services
Robert Seehawer, Senior Business Developer, EEX

- Reviewing the impacts of current electricity production in Sweden?  

- Competing with oil and natural gas in electricity generation 

- Looking at how current electricity pricing opens competition with heat pumps

- How can the biomass industry fit in with seasonal heating consumption?

- Exploring the benefits of biomass to stable energy prices and regional development
- Creating new energy legislation and policies in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
- Meeting renewable energy targets by 2030
- What local government initiatives are available including investment support?
- What support programmes are helping to establish “bio-plants”?

Speakers:

Vilma Gaubyte, Director, LITBIOMA
Martin Kristensen, Managing Director, Nobio
Tage Fredriksson, Branch Manager, Wood energy, Biofuels, Bioliquids, Biogas and Processed Biomass, Bioenergy Association of Finland

- What does the current shipping landscape look like?

- How is the increase of load for pulp and paper changing the shipping landscape?

- Understanding current freight rates

- How are current freight rates a barrier to wood chip trade?

- The need to improve infrastructure because of an expanding industry

- What new investments are taking place at ports across Denmark?

- How improvements will aid the trade of biomass in and out of the region

- Looking at on-time delivery for ships

- Understanding the current storage landscape across the regions

- Improving supply security through increased storage

- How much biomass can you store and for how long?

- Where do we see future investments for storage?

Speakers: 

Vilma Gaubyte, Director, LITBIOMA 

Martin Kristensen, Managing Director, Norwegian Bioenergy Association

- Reviewing Hofor’s current biomass project and timelines

- Investing in new units to increase production from wood chips

- Looking at sourcing strategies and understanding purchasing decisions

- Identifying challenges and managing an efficient supply chain

- Building a new wood chip CHP to increase the share of renewables

- Current project status

- Exploring the current demand for wood chip in Lithuania

- Financing the project

- Assessing availability of woody material in the Baltics
- Exploring the current supply landscape across the Baltic region
- Where do we see new demand for premium pellets?
- How are companies incorporating waste wood into pellet production?
- Looking at new investment in pellet production

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