Program
Monday, September 7
13.00 - 18.00
Plenary session 1 - Biomethane on a European Level
Welcome
Anneli Hulthén, Mayor, City of Göteborg
Biofuels and its role for business development
Claes Västerteg, Swedish Parliament Dep chairman of the committee of Environment and Agriculture
Biomethane and it's possibilities on an EU-level
Anne Houtman, Director of the D4 of the DG TREN, EU Commission
EU contribution to the biomethane development
EU Parliament (tbc)
Short highlights from the BiogasMax project, incl. film 10 min
Interview Lille (Gildas Le Saux), Stockholm (Björn Hugosson), Lombardy (Paolo Mora), Rome (Daniela Fravolini), Berne (Arthur Wellinger), Zielona Gora (Wladyslaw Papacz), Göteborg (Bernt Svensén), Torun (Michal Jarski, tbc)
Biomethane - State of the art and potential in an international perspective
Anders Mathiasson, Swedish Gas Association
Panel discussion - Further actions on an European level
Anne Houtman, repr Swedish Government, repr EU-parliament, Anders Mathiasson, Pierre Hirtzberger
Summary of session, presentation of the remaining programme & invitation to social get-together
Moderator
18.00
Social get-together
Tuesday, September 8
9.00 - 12.30
Plenary session 2 - Results of the Biogasmax Project
Welcome & introduction
Kattis Ahlström
Best practises in Europe
Pierre Hirtzberger, Biogasmax Project coordinator
Bio-methane use in heavy-duty trucks
Trevor Fletcher, Hardstaff Group, UK
Environmental Impacts of Biomethane Provision
Jan Paul Lindner, University of Stuttgart
Discussion with the audience
Pierre Hirtzberger, Trevor Fletcher, Jan Paul Lindner
How to incentivate supply and demand through effective and targeted policy-making: the case of Lombardy Region
Paolo Mora, Deputy Director General of DG Trade, Fairs and Markets, Lombardy Region
The regional project Biogas Väst - Experiences from the first regional biogas cluster project in the world
Bernt Svensén, Business Region Göteborg
Discussion with the audience
Bernt Svensén, Paolo Mora, Peter Thulin (Läckeby Water) and Manuel Lage (NGVA Europe)
12.30
Lunch
14h00 - 17h00
Training session 1
Production issues
Moderator: Eric Zinn, Göteborg Energi
Demonstration of the potential to optimize the techniques to enhance the efficiency and meet the specifications for using biogas in the transport sector.
Beyond the more technical aspects, the spatial integration of production and use and institutional aspects will be covered, as well as issues such security of supply.
Welcome & introduction
Eric Zinn, Göteborg Energi
Presentation from Zielona Gora University
Vehicle fuel and Biofertilizer from waste and agricultural crops
Carl-Magnus Pettersson, Växtkraft
Biogas Computer Model
Robert Olsson and Fredrik Brynolf, Falkoping
Ludwig Dinkloh,
UTS Biogastechnik
Panel discussion
Training session 2
Infrastructure issues
Moderator: Peter Boisen, NGVA
Solutions for grid injection and for filling stations in different countries will be demonstrated. The economic and environmental aspects of different solutions will be assessed and compared.
Welcome & introduction
Peter Boisen, NGVA
How to build regional infrastructure for biogas
Tula Ekengren, FordonsGas
Experience from injection of biomethane in the natural
gas grid
Emma Jacobsson, Göteborg Energi
Infrastructure building
Martino Palermo, Executive, Department on Fuels Network of DG Trade, Fairs and Markets, Lombardy Region
Grid injection in France
Claire Brecq, GRDF
Panel discussion
Wednesday, September 9
9.00 - 12.00
Training session 3
Upgrading issues
Moderator: Arthur Wellinger Nova Energie
The workshop will investigate and demonstrate a variety of upgrading systems, optimise the processes and perform cost-benefit analyses.
Furthermore the fiscal and taxation conditions for the use of biogas in European countries will be investigated.
Welcome & introduction
Arthur Wellinger, Nova Energie
Wastewater Treatment Plant: 1-Year Experience with the Pressure Swing Absorbtion System PSA
Beat Amman, Arabern
Overview on upgrading technologies
Michael Beil and Uwe Hoffstede, Institut für Solare Energieversorgungstechnik
Commercial experiences, COOAB
Peter Thulin, Läckeby Water
Panel discussion
Training session 4
End-use issues
Moderator: Björn Hugosson, Stockholm
In this workshop will be showed a series of policy measures and schemes aiming at increasing captive and innovative fleet using biogas (environmental requirements into public procurement contracts, incentives and subventions...).
The impact on engine performance, fuel consumption and emissions will be investigated.
Welcome & introduction - Results from the vehicle demonstrations in Biogasmax
Björn Hugosson, Stockholm
Passenger cars
Alberto Bonetti, Region Lombardia
Refuse collection vehicles
Daniela Fravolini, AMA
10% of all buses in the swedish busfleet are biofuel driven
Leif Magnusson, Environmental Strategist, Västtrafik
Bio-Natural Gas for cleaner urban transport
Manuel Lage, NGVA Europe
Panel discussion
Three destinations with the choice !
7.45 - 13.00 - Study tour 1
Göteborg (Göteborg Energi) - The number of participants are limited. Please register as soon as possible in order to assure your participation.
Göteborg Energi upgrades biogas from the Rya Regional WWTP and injects the biomethane into the natural gas grid. The biomethane fuels approximately 5,000 cars and busses at a large number of local CNG filling stations connected to the natural gas grid
Learn more about Gryaab, Ryaverket one of the facilities visited during this tour.
Biogas study tour - Göteborg
Studietur Göteborg
Registration to the Study Tours is binding. Non-appearance will be charged 100 Euros
8.30 - 17.15 - Study tour 2
Falköping
Biogas from sewage sludge and household organic waste is upgraded and sold locally at a designated CNG filling station. Göteborg Energi is planning to connect local farms to the existing upgrading facility to enable for biomethane production that reduces CO2-emissions by 180%.
Learn more about the biogas plant in Falköping
Biogas study tour - falköping
Studietur Falköping
Registration to the Study Tours is binding. Non-appearance will be charged 100 Euros
9.00 - 14.00 - Study tour 3
Borås (Sobacken, waste treatment plant and Biogas production)
The inhabitants of Borås sort their food waste into black sacks and incinerable waste into white sacks. Discover how food waste and waste that comes from the industry is produced into biogas that today supplies buses, garbage trucks and private cars that run on biogas.
Learn more about Sobacken waste treatment plant
Biogas study tour - Borås
Studietur Borås
Registration to the Study Tours is binding. Non-appearance will be charged 100 Euros
Study Tours are organised in cooperation with Ecoex
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