23 四月 - 25 四月 2024
London, UK

Argus Biomass Conference

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  • 8:00
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  • Registration
  • 9:20
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  • Producer's opening remarks
  • 9:25
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  • Chairperson opening - Freddie Staermose, VP-Dry Bulk & Generation Fuels, Argus
  • 9:45
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  • 10:45
  • Sustainability beyond the obvious: How will bioenergy become a widely accepted source of renewable power?
  • Is it the failure of policy or failure of industry causing a difference in public perception?
  • Communicating resilience to tackle emissions successfully
  • Increased credibility: will new industrial players help make biomass a credible renewable resource
  • 10:45
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  • 11:15
  • BECCS breakdown : creating a credible methodology for carbon sequestration to trade
  • Understanding the key role of certification to improve carbon traceability
  • What prospects are there to expand BECCS across Europe?
  • How can BECCs carbon be converted into tradeable credits
  • 11:15
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  • 12:00
  • Morning break
  • 12:30
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  • 13:30
  • Dual Streams: CCS & Heat markets Main stage: CCS and Carbon sessions - R&D room: Wood chips & Premium pellets

Stream 1:
R&D Zone: Heat Markets stream

12:00-12:30 Premium Pellets working group

  • Discussing heat generation demand and lack of supply
  • From stoves to boilers, creating flexible technologies
  • Chair: Christian Rakos, President, WBA

    12:30-13:00 Wood chips working group
  •   Outlooks for winter 2024
  • Wood chip availability in Europe
  • Concerns on domestic woodchip supply

Chair: Andy Hill, Deputy Chair, Wood Recyclers Association

 

Stream 2:

Main Stage: Carbon stream

12:00-12:30 CCS Technologies: How will CCS costs affect biomass markets?


12:30-13:00 Understanding the VCM markets: how will today’s biomass players become tomorrow’s carbon traders?

13:00-13:30 Presentation slot


         


  • 13:30
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  • 14:45
  • Lunch
  • 14:45
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  • 15:45
  • Research and Development: How is the UK innovating biomass feedstock availability and crop research


Presenting latest research and development projects across the UK to help study new feedstocks and energy crops. 15min pitches from 4 leading innovators

Innovators to be announced shortly

  • 15:45
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  • 16:15
  • Coffee Break
  • 16:15
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  • 17:00
  • Sustainability standards working group (SBP-SURE)
  • Updated on progresses made in the EU and Asia on agreeing to sustainability standards
  • What are key challenges for EU regulations for biomass categorization
  • Will there be separate standards based on different end-uses?
  • 9:00
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  • Doors open
  • 9:55
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  • 10:00
  • Chairperson's opening remarks
  • 10:00
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  • 10:45
  • Argus Biomass Outlook: How has Europe’s position changed as a key user for biomass?
  • Has the 2023 winter set further unpredictability for 2024 demand?
  • Exploring growing demand centers across the globe: who can we see enter the biomass markets in 2024?
  • Will European demand continue to lead the way for global pellet and woodchip prices?
  • 10:45
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  • 11:30
  • Where does the future lie for biomass? Thermal treatments to produce pellets for thermal energy, biofuels and industrial usage - BTG Bioliquids, IBTC
  • The resurgance of pellet treatment: exploring usage for liquifying and gasification of biomass
  • How can biomass contribute in sustainable biofuel generation?
  • Will industry partnerships help change biomass perception?

Confirmed Speakers:
Michael Wild, President, IBTC

Gerhard Muggen, Managing Director, BTG Bioliquids BV


  • 11:30
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  • 12:15
  • Morning break
  • 12:15
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  • 13:00
  • Powering heavy industry : how have cement and steel players consolidated their positions as long term biomass buyers? - ArcelorMittal, Votorantim Cimentos
  • Highlighting differences in approach: what is the different between steel and cement demand
  • Sustainability as the key cog in pushing further biomass use in the cement industry
  •  How can biomass be the key stepping stone to produce greener steel?

Confirmed Speakers:
Fernando Morencos Jaen, MED Trading Manager,  Votorantim Cement
Steve Sirdey, Category Manager, ArcelorMittal

  • 13:00
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  • 13:30
  • The utility dilemma: Will new demand cause issues with traditional supply?
  •  How will utilities adapt to new market entrants and growing demand
  • How can the biomass industry ensure supply without depletion in natural resources?
  • Discussing forestry limits and possible effects on heating

Moderated by: 

Bill Strauss, President, FutureMetrics

  • 13:45
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  • 14:45
  • Lunch
  • 14:45
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  • 15:30
  • Innovation Zone: Bioenergy policy thinktank
  • 15:30
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  • 16:00
  • Coffee break
  • 16:00
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  • 17:00
  • Networking Roundtables
Roundtable 1: Safety and transparency: minimizing productivity risks in storing, handling and using biomass
Roundtable 2: The Agri-biomass wave: is it here to stay?
Roundtable 3: North American market dynamics
  • 9:00
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  • Doors open
  • 10:00
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  • 11:00
  • Difference in execution: European assessments of utility and heating markets
  • Are more region’s ready to switch to biomass-based heating
  • Expanding biomass usage in South Europe: are weather changes affecting spot-markets?
  • Case study: How has Paris district heating become a key example of expanding biomass usage in Europe
  • 11:00
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  • 11:30
  • Forestry and the case of sustainable local feedstocks in the Nordics, Baltics and East Europe
  • How have Polish markets become key players in creating new local demand
  • Will Baltic supply expand into East Europe?
  • Has Nordic reliance on biomass created domestic shortages?
  • 11:30
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  • 12:00
  • Sleeping giant: Can Asia become the next big biomass market?
  • A peek into new developments in India and China
  • How has favourable policy encouraged Asian end users to switch
  • New supply routes: will there be new biomass producers in Asia in 2024
  • 12:00
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  • 12:30
  • The big debate: Are we headed for a re-brand in the biomass world? Is there a difference: Bioenergy, biomass, biocarbon?
  • 12:30
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  • 13:30
  • Lunch and end of conference