Day 1
09:00 - Registration & Refreshments
09:30 - Chair's Welcome
George Stammers, Innovation Manager (Energy UK & Ireland), VEOLIA
09:40 - THE ROLE OF BIOENERGY IN THE FUTURE UK ENERGY SYSTEM
Geraldine Newton-Cross, Bioenergy Strategy Manager, ETI
- Overview of ETI and UK energy system
- Role of bioenergy – potential/challenges etc
- Projects to test potentials/realise objectives
- Next steps
10:00 - MYTH BUSTING LIFE CYCLE CARBON EMISSIONS
Marcelle McManus, Lecturer, University of Bath
- LCA and a whole system approach gives a more reliable approach to determining energy and GHG balances of technologies and systems
- Using LCA includes wide-ranging uncertainties, including those within tight system boundaries and external or more consequential approaches
- Summary of current situation and how we best use the tools and technologies that we have to develop the most effective systems
10:20 - SOCIAL MYTH BUSTING (EMPLOYMENT, FOOD VS FUEL, ETC)
Patricia Thornley, Director, Supergen Bioenergy hub, University of Manchester
- Identify the key socio-economic impacts of bioenergy systems
- Quantitative data on employment, trade and land-use for biorefinery and bioelectricity systems
- Key issues and constraints associated with land-use and related impacts for UK and overseas production
10:40 - Q&A
10:55 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
11:25 - SUSTAINABLE BIOENERGY - A GLOBAL PICTURE
Adam Brown, Senior Energy Analyst, International Energy Agency
- Large shares of bioenergy are a critical component of low carbon energy futures
- Globally, markets for bioenergy are expanding, particularly in the EU and China
- Reaching the shares of bioenergy envisaged in the scenarios will be a challenge logistically and economically. Can enough feedstock be made available sustainably? What role can new technologies play in delivering this future
11:45 - THE RATIONALE FOR IMPORT OR INDIGENOUS
David Sanderson, Senior Biomass Fuel Developer, E.ON
- Economics, investment decision making and regulation determine fuel sourcing strategy
- Imported is not necessarily ‘good’ and ‘bad’
- Strategy needs to be assessed on a project by project basis
12:05 - CLEAN WASTE WOOD AS BIOMASS FUEL FOR HEAT: THE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION AND ITS CHALLENGES
George Stammers, Biofuels Development Director, Dalkia
- Supply chain for waste wood
- Clean or not: how do we achieve it?
- Practicalities of supply: a worked example from feedstock to steam valve
12:20 - Q&A
12:35 - NETWORKING LUNCH
13:35 - THE RWE MARKINCH CHP BIOMASS PROJECT
John Farrell, Biomass Procurement Manager, RWE npower
- Introduction to the project
- Feedstock supply
- Issues
13:55 - BIOMASS SUSTAINABILITY IN PRACTICE
Nigel Burdett, Head of Environment, Drax Group
- Why sustainability is important
- Drax programmes and biomass procurement
- Sustainability in legislation
- Drax policy and strategy
14:15 - Q&A
14:30 - NETWORKING REFRESHMENT BREAK
15:00 - OVERVIEW OF PELLET PRODUCTION IN THE US SOUTHEAST
Todd Bush, Senior Biomass Fuel Developer, Green Circle Bio Energy
- Overview of pellet production in the US Southeast
- Supply of fibre
- Sustainability benefits of pellets
15:20 - THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY POLICY
Frank Aaskov, Policy Analyst, REA
15:40 - Q&A
15:55 - Panel Discussion: Are we heading in the right direction, and what is needed to help us 'do the right thing'?
16:25 - CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARKS
George Stammers, Innovation Manager (Energy UK & Ireland), VEOLIA
16:30 - CLOSE OF SEMINAR