Esbjerg, Denmark from August 25th - 26th, 2016
4th Inter Baltic Biogas Arena and IBBA Workshop on Pretreatment of Cellulosic Feedstocks, Economizing Biogas Production, Sustainable Biomass and Cheap Carbon Sources
August 25th, 2016
9:00
Welcome to the Inter Baltic Biogas Arena Workshop
Prof. Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen, Center for Bioenergy and Green Engineering, Aalborg University, Denmark
Prof. Frank Scholwin, Institute for Biogas, Waste Management and Energy, Germany
9:30
Keynote: Biogas production on the way towards competitiveness – process optimization options and requirements
Dr. Jan Liebetrau, DBFZ, Germany
9:50
Break
10:10
Sustainable biomass substrates: Potentials and perspectives in Europe. Low cost feedstocks – challenges and solutions 1
Ana Katharina P. Meyer Ph.D., post doc, Dept. of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark
10:30
Low cost feedstocks for biogas plants – challenges and solutions 2
Ph.D. ass. Prof. Piotr Oleskowicz-Popiel, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
10:50
Company presentations
Sponsor/Exhibitor companies: 10 min each company oral presentation
– Farmatic
– Landia
– Xergi
– Agraferm Technologies
– Umwelt- und Ingenieurtechnik, Dresden GmbH
11:50
Lunch Break
12:50
Speed Dating – Networking
13:50
Break
14:00
New technology solutions for lignocellulosic materials
– Poldanor
– Xergi
– Cambi
14:30
Changes in the daily substrate mix – effects on process efficiency and opportunities of solid manure etc.
Prof. Jens Born, Flensburg University of Applied Science
15:00
Aquatic biomass for biogas plants – realistic substrate source or an academic idea – including full-scale experience from Solrod Biogas ltd.
Ass. Prof. Rikke Lybaek, Department of Humans and Technology, Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
15:30
Marine Biogas – A commercial concept to recapture marine nutrients and produce biogas
Ph.D. Fredrik Norén, Marine Biogas, Sweden
16:00
Break
16:30
Grass and grass-legume biomass as biogas substrate – envoronmental and economic sustainability at different cultivation intensities
Ph.D. Thomas Prade, SLU Dept. of Biosystems and Technology, Sweden
17:00
Analysis and optimization of energy flows in existing biogas plants for improved economic performance
Thomas Knauer, Ingenieurbüro für Energietechnik Niebüll / Rostock University, Germany
17:30
dinaMETAN: choosing the right substrates and combining it for the optimal digestion output
Michael Niederbacher, CEO of BTS Biogas ltd.
18:00
Concluding Remarks
by Frank Scholwin and Jens Bo Nielsen
18:30
Social Event
At Esbjerg Conference Hotel
Buffet, Bar and fun