FRONT PAGE www.bioenergyinternational.com the CONNECTION SEARCH No 11 Dec 2004 Local news spread world wide Frontpage SEARCH Connection directly from writer through editor Editorial the Fuels Prod. & Tecnology Housing Heat & Power Transportation Market Politics Environment Other SPECIAL SECTION Country Reports Photo Archive Facts AEBIOM Letters & Releases Reports & Litterature Calendarium Links People and Companies Other Discussion Language INFONAVIGATOR www. bioenergy international.com Above You can see the Info - Navigator that is used in the internet ver- sion of the Bioenergy International. Articles there are dis- tributed in two ways. Either through the Edi- torial where all articles are produced or judged by an editor or through the Connection section, where professional can publish information con- cerning bioenergy. It is also possible to publish information in many ma- jor languages. Welcome to participate in the Bioenergy International W elcome to another issue of the Bio- energy International, paper version. As You probably know, we do also have an internet based magazine which you will find at www.bioenergyinternational.com We are proud to present to you our updated pel- let map. We have talked with lots of producers. Now we have listed 195 production plants. But there are more. But even though now when the big users are starting to buy the need will be even more. And at the same time the home heating market grows very fast. We project a fast growing dynamic market with a lots of trade. We look forward to discuss this and other matters with our readers and advertisers. Please share with us Your ideas and views. Just contact me on my e-mail or phone. Lennart Ljungblom Editor and Publisher lennart.ljungblom @novator.se • • • • • • • • • 7 10 11 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 5 • 3 • 2 • 9 • 4 • 1 • 8 • 6 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 13 • 12 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 15 • 14 • 16 • 21 • 18 • 17 • 20 • 19 • 15 • 14 • 1 • 9 • 11 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 8 • 10 • 12 • 4 • 3 • 1 • 5 • 2 • 6 • 7 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 1 • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 1 • 5 • 1 • 5 • 3 • 6 • 2 • 1 ll i h • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 8 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 14 • 16 • 15 • 17 • 13 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 27 • 36 • 35 • 34 • 33 • 32 • 31 • 30 • 29 • 28 • 1 • 1 ort from AIEL is we have relied on formation is think this is the some countries for other not. ate. jungblom Pellets are booming I nside you will find a and a map with 195 pellet fuel plants listed. This is first update of our popular pellet map. In the next issue of the Bioener- gy international we will give you the next part in our series. The ambition is that our read- ers shall be the most informed regarding the important bioen- ergy market, not only pellet but also the other areas like forest- ry fuels, recycle fuels, agrifuels as well as the different ways of taking care of the energy in small and large scale heating, power generating etc. 195 plants listed In this issue also lots of other stuff e. g. • Nice two page story from the Italian forestry exhibition Boscoe Territorio. • Wärtsila presents one of their projects the CHP plant of Wärtrenko located beside a sawmill for maximum efficiency. Photo from VAPO
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FRONT PAGEwww.bioenergyinternational.com the CONNECTION SEARCH No 11 Dec 2004
Local news spread world wide
FrontpageSEARCH
Connectiondirectly from writer
througheditorEditorial
the
FuelsProd. & Tecnology
Housing Heat & Power Transportation
MarketPolitics
EnvironmentOther
SPECIAL SECTIONCountry ReportsPhoto Archive
FactsAEBIOM
Letters & ReleasesReports & Litterature
CalendariumLinks
People and CompaniesOther
DiscussionLanguage
INFONAVIGATORwww. bioenergy
international.com
Above You can see theInfo - Navigator that is
used in the internet ver-sion of the Bioenergy
International.Articles there are dis-tributed in two ways.
Either through the Edi-torial where all articlesare produced or judgedby an editor or throughthe Connection section,where professional canpublish information con-cerning bioenergy. It isalso possible to publishinformation in many ma-
jor languages.
Welcome to participate inthe Bioenergy International
Welcome to another issue of the Bio-energy International, paper version.As You probably know, we do also have
an internet based magazine which you will find atwww.bioenergyinternational.com
We are proud to present to you our updated pel-let map. We have talked with lots of producers.
Now we have listed 195 production plants. Butthere are more. But even though now when the bigusers are starting to buy the need will be even more.
And at the same time the home heating market grows veryfast. We project a fast growing dynamic market with a lotsof trade.
We look forward to discuss this and other matters withour readers and advertisers. Please share with us Your ideasand views. Just contact me on my e-mail or phone.
Enormous development in biopellet produc-tion is now taking place. There are three paral-lell trends. 1. In the established markets some
big actors are growing and will be dominating.2) In the new markets the plants are getting bigger3) An impressive amount of small plants for localmarket are established everywhere.
The conclusion is that the production businessis very dynamic.
On the other hand the market is also develo-ping. The producers are waiting for the big market forlarge scale energy generation. So far big buyeres onlyexists in a few countries but the utilities are preparing.It does not need to be so many to clean out the pro-duction - depending of course of the price payed.
This unique map are our own product.The sources are quite different. In Germany and
Sweden for example we have talked with most of theproducers. For Italy a brand new report from AIEL isthe source.
We do not guarantee that the information isabsolutely correct or updated, but we think, this isthe best market overwiev ever done. For somecountries quite small units are also presented - forother not. This will be changed in the next update.
We appriciate all comments.Lennart Ljungblom
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Seminar for techni-cians of small boi-lers in Slovenia 16
Better efficiency 16
Holz Energie 17
EuropeanBiomass Days 17
Cent a meter 17
Pellet Expo 18
Central EuropeanBiomass Conf 18
Poleko Fair, Poznan18
Energy Expo-London18
Calendar 19
Content Content
Next issue, No 12
Material latest:
Feb 10
Distribution:
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Americanupdate
Canada in 2004p r o d u c e d
about 700,000 tonof pellets 375,000ton on the WestCoast and 325,000on the East Coast.USA produced550,000 ton in2004. The total NorthAmerican produc-tion was about1,250,000 ton.
ExpectationsExpected pelletproduction for 2005Canada:West Coast525,000 and EastCoast 325,000 ma-king a total of900,000. USA aro-und 600,000 ton.
Total North Ameri-can production1,500,000 ton, ofwhich about1,025,000 ton is ex-pected to go intothe residential bag-ged market andabout 475,000 tonsto be shipped over-sas, 110 000 fromEast Coast Canadaand about 365,000from West CoastCanada.
Italy1 Sitta srl (San Giovanni al Natisone) -2 Biocalor (Romans d’Isonzo) -3 Kaminella srl (Martignacco) -4 Segatifriuli srl (Percoto) -5 PST la pedemontana di pizzato pierantonio (Lusiana) -6 La Tiesse srl (S. Michele di Piave di Cimadolmo) -7 Il truciolo s.r.l (Michele di Piave di Cimadolmo) -8 Legno vivo (Cassola) -9 Nordpan spa (Valdaora) -10 Lanz s.r.l. (Rio di Pusteria) -11 Sartorilegno snc (Fondo) -12 Valpellet srl (Ponte in Valtellina) -
The constructionwork for a newpellet plant is
being performed at theS6 in Leoben-Göss, inAustria. This will be themost modern and big-gest pellet productionplant of Obersteier-mark.
The plant is needed tosupply the boomingmarket of pellet fuel.
Constructor is Holz-industrie Leitinger, acompany that has been
producing biopellets sin-ce 1996.
From the beginning ofMarch 2005 the sawdust that comes fromMayr Meinhof Holz willbe used in pellets pro-duction.
50 per cent in-crease
The production of woodpellets is among the corecompetence of Leitinger,and the company pro-duces about 55 000
tonnes annually in thetwo existing plants inWernersdorf and Pred-ing (both in the region ofWeststeiermark).
At the moment costsfor heating with pelletsare 40% lower thanheating with oil in Aus-tria.
The two managing di-rectors Wolfgang Leit-inger and Heinz Gachunderline the importan-ce of the regional utiliza-tion of raw material and
they are counting oncompany-overlappingsynergies. In the futurethey will produce withinan industrial network.
CapacityThe pellet productionplant as well as the dry-ing plant will be cons-tructed and run by Leit-inger.
Each of the two CPM-presses will have a presscapacity of 8 t/h. Loa-ding capacity will be at
80 t/h, which cor-responds to a filling capacity of 3 tank vehicles.
Pellets for central hea-ting are available loose,and will be delivered ina bulk truck or for sto-ves in a practical stable15-kg sack.
by Nadine Grossmore information also
available inwww.leitinger.com
”Booming market needs more fuel”
Pellets
Leitinger builds new plant in Obersteiermark, Austria
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13 M.a.b.e.f. Srl (Cardano al Campo) -14 Braga spa (Casalmaggiore) -15 Bs bollareto impianti industriali (Darfo Boario terme) -16 Boffi s.r.l. (Cinisello balsamo) -17 C & b Calor s.r.l. (Limbiate) 3000018 Cortinovis geremia e f.lli s.n.c (Lenna) -19 Del curto s.r.l (Verderio inferiore) -20 S.i.e.r. Snc (Chiusa di Pesio) -21 Ligna tech italia srl (Pinerolo) -22 Amga energia (San Mauro Pascoli) -23 O.m. legno snc (Bordalone) -24 Agripellet srl (San Miniato Basso) -25 Legnopress (Mossumano terme) -26 Thermopellet srl (Pistoia) -27 Ecopellet srl (Ellera di Corciano) -28 Mancini f.lli snc (Matigge) -29 Tagliaboschi (Frosinone) -30 Sozio snc (Sambuceto) -31 Effesystem (Avezzano) -32 Ditta donadei (Pratola peligna) -33 Rossikol srl (Sambuceto) -34 Eco calor snc (Pietracatella) -35 Comunità terapeutica Molise soc coop. (Toro) -36 F.lli Ragosa (Mercato san severino) -
Estimated total production in 2004: 200 000 tonnes.Latvia
1 SBE Svensk BrikettEnergi/Lauciena 60 0002 Latvall, SIA /Iecava 15 0003 Latgranula/Incukalns, Riga 12 0004 CED /Drabesi, Cesu 8 0005 Sia Marama/Talloil/Liepaja 35 000
Lithuania1 UAB Baltic Wood/Mazeikiai 15 0002 UAB GaireLita/Radviliskis 15 0003 UAB Granulta/Kursenai 1 5004 UAB Nemora group/Radviliskis 6 0005 UAB Utenos gelz betonis/Utena 4 2006 Vizerana /Tytuvenai/Siauliai 14 000
UNDERSTANDYOUR MARKET
TIME FOR ANINTERVIEWWITH BUSI-
NESS PEOPLE
This is a start ofa new section.From now on
we will publish eachtime few interviewswith important peopleinside the bioenergybusiness.
This time we willpresent opinions re-garding pellet sectors.In total we interviewed26 persons whichhave given us a goodunderstanding of thesituation.
You can check allthe material inwww.bioenergy-
international .com
Six questionsasked
Q1. The pellet marketthis year and nextyear. In your opinionwill it be very good(VG), good (G) or bad(B)?
Q2. What products/market are you refer-ring to?
Q3. Aspects regardingcountries/regions?
Q4 Investments/num-ber of employees willit increase or decrea-se in 2005?
Q5 Policy wish and/orcomments?
Q6 Comments andsuggestions for artic-les in BioInt?
The interview part wasdone by Nadine Grossand edited by LennartLjungblom andDorota Natucka.
List of pellet plants cont. from page 5
PelletsNetherlands
1 Labee Group Moerdijk 100 000Norway
1 Cambi Bioenergi Vestmarka AS /Vestmarka 30 0002 Statoil Norsk Träpellets /Brumunddal 20 0003 Vaksdal Biobrensel AS /Dalekvam 12 0004 Frya Bioenergi AS /Sor-fron 15 0005 Vi-Tre AS /Roros 3 0006 Statoil/Sykkylven på Sunnmøre -
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www.bioenergyinternational.comPellets
Denmark takescare of thewood remain-
ders - from the produc-tion of furniture, paper,and especially parquetflooring and utilizedthem to generate energy.
In the world’s biggestpelleting plant in Kögenear Köpenhamn, Den-mark, pellets are madesimultaneous from woodby products and straw.
OperationThe operator of this lar-ge-scale installation isthe Danish energy groupEnergi E2.
Buhler(Swiss) has de-veloped two different li-nes on the basis of thecustomer’s specifications.
World largestthe Köge
update
Gaujas Granulasin Latvia hasrecently instal-
led a complete woodpelleting plant consis-
Heavy invstments in Latvian plant
ting of drying, grindingand 6 pelleting linesSprout-Matador PM30pellet mills.
The plant produces
120.000 tonnes pelletsper year. The raw mate-rial is sawdust. The pel-let mill PM30 ensureshigh output and efficientmonitoring of the pelletquality.
Process controlEfficient process controlgives large flexibility andoptimum energy utiliza-tion. The energy con-sumption for operationof the pellet mill and the
steam requirements areequivalent to 2.5-3% ofthe energy content ofwood.
Moisture contentTo achieve efficient pelle-ting the moisture contentof the raw material mustbe reduced to approx.10%. If the moisturecontent is higher thanthis, the material under-goes a drying process.
Proper drying and
grinding of the raw ma-terial is of great impor-tance to the quality ofthe finished pellets. Theincreased surface andopen fibres of the gro-und promotes absorp-tion of steam in the cas-cade mixer. Steam andincreased temperature inthe cascade mixer soft-ens the lignin of thewood, which allows pel-leting without additionof binders.
Lars Block
Transforming straw and wood into energyEnergi E2 does that with its Buhler pelleting system in Köge.For more specific information please check BI no 6 /October 2003 orcontact [email protected]
”Wants moredistributors”
Q1. The tendency ofgrow for the pelletsmarket is increasing.
However, a conti-nuous growth is betterthan an fast increase,because it is quite dif-ficult for the companyto grow so fast either.
Q2. We have a salesorganisation of the la-bel firestixx. We arealso selling firings forone-family-housesand for apartmenthouses.
Q3. Our main mar-kets are Germany,Austria, Switzerland(the eastern part) andItaly.
Q4 .We have hiredadditional employeesespecially for externalwork.
We have invested inan internet for dealersand producers for dis-patching, an info-fo-rum and a sector todownload documents.
We are still lookingfor distributors andfranchisers to repre-sent firestix in foreigncountries.
Q5. On the whole Iam satisfied with poli-tics. Some detailscould be changed.
However, the mostimportant thing is thattax on sales/purcha-ses will not be in-creased.
Slovakia1 Drevomax/Rajecke Teplice -2 Holz-Produkt/Ruska Nova Ves -3 FERT/Branska Stiavnica -4 AVS Plus/Bratislava -5 Pelletia Heso/Bratislava -6 Pellets Zipser/Spiska Nova Ves -
Estimated total production in 2004: 15 000Slovenia
Franz Blieninger,Managing directorBlieninger HolzspäneGmbH, FireStixxregional dealer
From pelleting lineto electrical systemLarge straw- and wood-fired cogeneration plantssupply the larger Copen-hagen area with electricaland thermal energy.
Energi E2 transportsthe straw and wood pel-lets by ship to two largepower plants.
The large-scale plantin Köge comprises threestorage bins with levelprobes and dischargescrews, twelve purpose-designed pellet mills, th-ree coolers with filtersystems, three sievingmachines, and two pelletstorage bins.
Buhler supplied thepelleting system on aturnkey basis.
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XL users of pellets
Rudolf Huber, SalesManager for the sectorof bio fuels, UmdaschAG Vertrieb Bio-Brennstoffe
Q1. In 2004 the pel-lets market increasedabout 10-15 % andfor 2005 we foreseean increase of 20 %.
Q2 We are pelletsproducer and whole-saler.
Q3. The Austrian,German, Swiss andItalian market (biggestmarket for baggedcargo) are the mostimportant for us .
Q4. Investments arebeing done in Europe;wood fuels are availa-ble everywhere here.
Q5. Biomass shouldobtain more populari-ty, especially in Ger-many. Biomass couldalso support the Kyo-to agreement and allthe conditions mustbe fulfilled until 2008.
If we do not startnow to use more re-newables, we willhave to pay a lot ofmoney later on.
Gerhard Seling-er, Sales mana-
ger, RIKAQ1.The develop-
ment of the pellet mar-ket is very positiveand there will be ahigh growth rate bet-ween 30 and 50% in2005
Q2.We produce boi-lers and stoves up to12 kW.
Q3. The most im-portant markets for usare Germany, Austria,
Amager plant in Copenhagen - This is theconveyor to intermediate storage ofpellets. The plant was originally coalfired. The owner E2 produces pellets inKöge. The consumption are 130 000tonnes per year.
Amager plant in Copen-hagen showing theharbour with recievingunit, handling systemand dust cleaning.
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Rya district heating plant was originally gasfired. It is located in Göteborg, Sweden. It
uses pellets made of wood and the fuelconsumption is 60 000 tonnes/y. Thermalcapacity: 2 x 50 MW Start up: Dec 2003
Drax, UKElectrobell, BelgiumEssent Amercentrale, the Netherlands
WOODPELLETIZINGMÜNCH Presses for successful Production
• Reduction of wear of sparepartsby a specially developed system
• Quality based on internationalnorms
• Pelletizing of Hard- and Softwood
• Profitable and ecologicallyvaluable production
• Volume reduction 1:6 – 1:10Please ask for more details of our program
The use of pellets in large and verylarge CHP and heat plants is getting more and more common.
Big boilers originally made for usingcoal, gas or oil have been converted topellet. Future pellet users can benefitfrom experiences made in various plantswith various pellets fuels.
New actors will enter the pellet mar-ket to meet the growing need of tranpor-tation of pellets across the seas. New
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sources of raw material for pellets are be-ing used in all parts of the world to supplythe converted plants. Today pellets fromsawdust and bark is traded from Canada,Russia, the Baltic states and South Afri-ca, palm kernel is traded from Malaysia.Other types of usefull biomass is citruspellets, olive pit pulp, sunflower pit pulpand ground cacao pods. Bioenergy Inter-national will continue to monitore the fastdeveloping global pellets market.
Hässelby plant, Stockholm, SwedenHelsingborg, Sweden
Other big pellet buyers in Europe
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Pellets from Peat
Råsjö Torv on the up and up!The Råsjö Torv Group produces and sells bio-fuels such as sod and milled peat and peatbriquettes, and wood-based fuels like chips,sawdust, wood pellets and wood briquettes.
Råsjö Torv AB is Sweden’s leading supplierof energy peat.
We supply customers by deliveryon road, sea or railway.
Switzerland, Belgium,the Netherlands, Fran-ce, Ireland, Italy, andScandinavia. We cansay that we are activein whole Europe andwe want to expand.
Q4. Our investmentsare staying at thesame level. Howeverwe are hiring more pe-ople for the technicaldivision as we are de-veloping new models.
Q5. I think that fra-me conditions are ba-sically all right. It is im-portant to inspirecustomers, so theywant to use renewa-ble energies. The Ky-oto protocol has to berealised.
Thomas Ries,Sales Manager,
WodtkeQ1. We count on
further increase in2005, especially in thenorth of Germany.
Q2.We first inventedpellet primary stovetechnique for livingspace, other productsare pellets - and chim-ney stoves, water pel-lets- and air pellet sto-ves.
Q3,The most impor-tant markets for us areGermany, Austria,Switzerland, Europe,all Scandinaviancountries, whereasFrance and Italy arestill being built-up.
Q4. Constant deve-loping, especially theinvention of a differen-tial pressure switch(this is to control chim-ney and the roomwhere the stove hasbeen placed). Inves-ting carefully becau-se of the economic si-tuation in the whole ofGermany.
Q5. Todays politici-an has created goodconditions.
Renewable FuelsLtd promotes avariety of bio-
mass fuels, such as refi-ned wood, and suppliedwood pellets for co-fi-ring applications atDrax Power Station inYorkshire, in December.Early in 2005, Renewa-
ble Fuels Ltd will also besupplying Short Rota-tion Coppice Willow - inits processed form ofwood chips - for trials ofco-firing with coal atDrax. As Europe’s lar-gest power station, Draxwill need 0.5 milliontonnes of dry biomass
by 2009 to comply withthe UK’s renewable ener-gy targets that demandsthat by 2010, 10% ofUK’s electricity shouldbe supplied from rene-wable sources.
In addition, the com-pany will be shipping upto 30,000 tonnes of oli-
Renewable fuels gaining momentum in UK
The first production of pellets byBalcas will begin
shortly. The potentialsupply will be 50,000tonnes per annum. In re-ality this supply will bedivided most likely bet-
ween the commercialusers and the domesticmarket. Balcas has cho-sen a distributor for itspellets in bagged formwhich will then findtheir way to pellet stoveusers through all of Ire-
In addition to wood
pellets, Vapo started
production of peat
pellets in early 2004.
Production hasbeen in full swingat Vapo’s new
Haukineva pellet plantsince March 2004.– We’ve been working inthree shifts, except forthe summer holiday inJuly. Everything hasgone to plan,” says Mik-ko Pentinmäki, theplant’s Production Ma-nager. The plant has anannual production capa-city of 66 000 tonnes ofpeat pellets.
A versatile fuelThe Haukineva plant islocated near Seinäjoki inwestern Finland. Pelletsproduced at the plantare mainly used in po-wer and heating plantsaround Finland and Eu-rope. According to Tom-mi Ruha, Director ofVapo’s Refined FuelsBusiness Unit, there willbe plenty of demand forpeat pellets in the future.
– Consumption of pel-lets is increasing incountries like Sweden,Denmark, Finland, theBenelux countries, UK,Germany and Austria.In many countries pel-lets are used to replacecoal.
Peat pellets - like
wood pellets - have alow moisture content,making them similar tocoal in their calorificproperties and combus-tion characteristics.Coal can therefore bereplaced with peat orwood pellets without amajor loss of power.Peat pellets are particu-
larly in demand in Swe-den, where peat is classi-fied as a renewable bio-fuel in the production ofelectricity.
In addition to coal-fi-red power stations, the-re is also potential forusing peat pellets in di-strict heating plants andspace heating boilers.
New plant underconstruction
In addition to the Hau-kineva plant, Vapo isalso investing in a newpellet plant in Haapave-si. Construction beganat the end of October2004. This plant willhave an annual produc-tion capacity of 70 000tonnes, and it will alsoproduce pellets frompeat. At the same timeVapo is also upgradingand expanding its Ilo-mantsi pellet plant,which started up in2001.– All three plants have adryer so that pellets canbe produced from peatas well as wet sawdust,Tommi Ruha explains.
ve residue into the UKduring 2005 for co-fi-ring purposes.
The proposition ofgrowing energy crops,such as SRC willow, isgaining momentum ra-pidly in the UK andfarmers are beginning toview this crop as a viable
land. Boilers are nowbeginning to be installedand the need for auto-matic pellet deliveryinto the burning cham-ber is there. The distri-bution of bagged andloose pellets, by way of
a pressurized bulk truck,will commence in thenew year, the truck sizewill be approx 10 tonsand the minimum deli-very will be 2 tonneswith a cost of 150-190Euro/ton.
Largest UK wood pellet plant
alternative to foodcrops.
Renewable Fuels Ltdhas the advantage of be-nefiting from its Swedishparent company SBESvensk BrikettEnergi ABwho is Europe’s largestwood pellet manufactu-rer.
Pellets
Pellets produced from peat
Peter Kernohan Balcas,bio fuel market deve-lopment manager be-side one of the newCPM pellet mills.
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Bosco e Territorio
Imagine if you will, the delight of young Han-
nah shaking the branch of the new Christmas
tree draped with decorative figures and tinsel
… everything moves and shines, to her, the
tree truly comes to life.
Boscoe TerritorioItailan field exhibition
And so it was atBosco e Territorio in Usseaux
in the Italian Alps inSeptember last yearwhere not only did thetrees really shake andthe sun shine, but thewhole mountainsidecame to life in resplen-dent colour and move-ment. Oranges, greens,yellows, blues, reds, not
decorative figures butreal life equipment sup-pliers all demonstratingtheir part in the woodprocessing value chain,from forest managementto harvesting, to hand-ling and moving, to fuelconversion and produc-tion and in the indoortent, a range of domesticto industrial combustionequipment. Here you
had it all on show - andin full swing too.
Leisure or expertguide
You could choose towander at leisure or beaccompanied by an ex-pert guide, who escortedcrowds of people in a ti-med rhythm throughoutthe day through the for-est and around the
Q1: The pellet marketthis year and nextyear?
I think that the deve-lopment of the pelletmarket is ideal at themoment, there are notmany suppliers in thesector of 100-1000kW.
We are producingboilers in the range of100-1 000 kW and inthe range of 30-150kW firewood, woodchips and pellet fi-rings.
Q3. In which marketsare you active?
Our export quotawas about 68% lastyear. Main countriesare Germany, Switzer-land, the Netherlands,Canada, France, Italy,Great Britain, Sweden,Belgium, Norway,Czech Republique,Slovakia.
Q4 Next year for Köb?We are increasing
investments and num-ber of employees.
The fact, that the oilprice is rising con-stantly is positive forthe pellet market.
Q6: Wishes of futureBioenergy Internatio-nal articles?
I am very interestedin reading about thedevelopments andchanges in Europe,projects and articlesabout companies.
Fr Dorothee GlöckleMarketing managerKöb & Schäfer KG
ForestryNew
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mountainside and asthey went, offered clearand concise explana-tions as to the role eachpiece of equipment play-ed one to the other,whilst the operators ranthe equipment in tan-dem. To complete thepicture, the guides fiel-ded questions on theimpact of wood proces-sing and wood energy
for forest managementand the environment aswell as the economic va-lue of sustainably utilis-ing this valuable resour-ce.
Many visitorsPaulownia Italia, the or-ganisers, reported thatin the region of 9,000visitors attended Bosco eTerritorio and more
than 100 exhibitors gra-ced the slopes to show-off their skills over thecourse of this lively 4day event
On the spotAs for Hannah’s bea-ming little face, you maynot have to imaginemuch longer - butshould she shake toohard then sadly it’ll all
come tumbling down.Naturally, Paulowniahad that well coveredtoo, the whole event wasfully stewarded by welltrained staff, protocol’swere predefined, no-goareas clearly marked outand well marshelled, sothe whole event went toplan and was deemed agreat success by all - es-pecially those exhibitors
New CentralHeating unitfrom RIKA
R ika, a pioneerin pellet techno-
logy in Europe, is offe-ring, as of recently, thenew, 12 kW centralheating pellet firedoven, EVO AQUA.
Special features: ful-ly- automatic vacuumcleaning system, 85 %dispersion in the watercycles, automatic oxi-dation bag, and a rear-firing inhibitory cellwheel sluice.
Applicable as all-over home heating andfurthermore ideal as asupplement to current-ly used heating sys-tems.
who went home thatmuch lighter than whenthey had arrived, havingsold their equipment di-rectly on the spot.By Paul Stewart, Itebe
For more informationvisit : www.bosco-territorio.it
Strong salesand result forJohn Deere,Timberjack
included
Timberjack perfor-mance is part of
John Deere Construc-tion & Forestry Divi-sion.
The Division salesrose 65 per cent forthe 4th quarter and 54per cent for the year2004 reflecting strongactivity at the retail le-vel.
Operating profit im-proved to $194 millionfor the quarter and$587 million for theyear, compared with$41 million and $152million last year.
Full-year results in-cluded a $30 millionpretax gain from thesale of an equipment-rental company.
Markets are expec-ted to be supported in2005 by moderateeconomic growth andrelatively low interestrates.
Forestry
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Since EEG was putinto force MVVEnergie AG has
been preparing itself forthe possibility to supplythe general electricitynetwork with bioelectri-city.
Together with part-ners from the waste ma-nagement sector, MVVEnergie AG is preparingthree biomass powerplants where utilisedwood is used for electri-city production.
New CHPAnother biomass powerplant for combined elec-tricity- and heat produc-tion in an industrialcompany was started up
during the first term of2002. Investment vol-ume of project amountsabout 160 million Euro.MVV Energie AG caninvest all of it for em-bracing know-how con-cerning the directionand operation of burn-ing plants.
ExpansionProject partners are pow-erful suppliers of usedwood with cooperation-and supply contract dur-ing the whole project pe-riod of 20 years.
Further projects willfollow. Until 2005 in-vestments of 255 millionEuro on the whole havebeen planned for bio-
mass power plants.MVV Energie AG is al-ready pioneer in realiz-ing its expansion plans.
ImplementationBioenergy projects thatare being developed andbuilt up at the moment:- Königs Wusterhausen20 MW- Mannheim 20 MW- Flörsheim-Wicker 15MW- Gengenbach 2,7 MW
Already in 2000 thefirst biomass heatingplant of MVV EnergieAG for local heatingsupply in the bavarianRuhpolding has beenstarted up. The modern4-MW-biomass heating
During a second ex-tension stage the cityhall complex and thecentre will be connected.Hackled weak wood ofthe regional forest indu-stry as well as rest woodthat has not been treatedfrom saw mills and oflandscape conservationin form of wood chipswill serve as fire wood.
Lowering theemission
High-efficient, modernflue gas cleaning facili-ties equipped biomassheating plants and com-
bine active environmentprotection through dra-stic reduction of harm-ful emissions with im-mense cost savings.
Moreover furtherbiomass heating plantson the basis of contrac-ting are being develo-ped, and these conceptscan be improved conse-quently. For realisationof their biomass pro-jects MVV Energie AGis using successfullytheir experiences deve-loped during decadeswith district-and localheating systems as wellas burning plants to ex-pand their strong mar-ket position.
Biomass plant inMannheim
• Filter systems• Dust control / aspiration systems• Pneumatic conveying• Central vacuum cleaning systems
SIMATEK is one of the market leaders within air pollution control, including dust collection,flue gas cleaning, sorption of acid gases, heavy metals, and dioxins. SIMATEK also suppliespneumatic conveying and vacuum cleaning systems. SIMATEK employs about 110 persons.
With the new law for renewable energies (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz (EEG)) and the biomass regulation, the legis-
lator has opened the market for electricity production from biomass since the middle of 2000.
Text Narine Gross
Heat & Power
Kvaerner Power, amember of the
Aker Kvaerner Group,has won a contract forthe first phase of themodernisation of aSwedish cogenerationplant in Ängelholm inthe south of Sweden.
The contract isworth more than EUR10 million, should becompleted in Novem-ber 2006. It also inclu-des an option for thesecond phase, provi-ding a fully rebuiltplant.
20 years oldboilers
The two, more than20-year old districtheating boilers, are tobe rebuilt without in-terrupting production.
The second phase isincluded in the cont-ract as an option andis to reach completionin December 2006.
60 percent capa-city increase
Once fully completed,the capacity of theboilers will be 50%higher than today.
There will be exten-ded possibilities whenit comes to choosingvarious types of fuel,such as demolitionwood.
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The new Biopo-wer conceptfrom Wärtsilä
Bio-power Oy is a wayof using biofuels insmall-scale heat and po-wer co-generation. Thefirst reference plants, inFinnish sawmills, haveyielded good results interms of both perfor-mance and environmen-tal conservation.
The largest sawmillIn 2003 Wärtsilä Biopo-wer delivered a BioPo-wer 5 HW plant to Finn-forest Corporation’sVilppula sawmill in cen-
tral Finland. (see alsoBioInt No 6 October2003). With annual pro-duction of 600,000 cu-bic metres, Vilppula isone of the world’s lar-gest sawmills. The newplant, with an electricaloutput of 2.9 MW and aheat output of 13.5MW, also includes anintegrated 9.0 MWthheat boiler.
Self-sufficientIn operation since early2004, the plant has pro-duced over 70% of theelectricity needed by thesawmill as well as all the
heat needed for wooddrying. The plant alsoproduces most of the di-strict heat required forthe town of Vilppulawith its two thousand in-habitants and local indu-strial enterprises.
Wärtsilä Biopowerhas also delivered a Bio-Power 2 HW plant withan electrical output of1.3 MW and a heat out-put of 8.0 MW toFinnforest’s 280,000m3/y sawmill in Renko insouthern Finland. Thisplant, too, was broughtinto commercial opera-tion in 2004.
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ning wet biofuels. Using byproducts such as very wet bark and saw-
dust for fuel, the sawmills are now almost self-sufficient in energy as
well as environmentally and financially competitive.
InvestmentConstruction costs and interest EUR 8.5 millionState subsidies EUR 2.1 millionTotal investment EUR 6.4 million
ProfitabilityPayback time 4.2 yearsInternal rate of return (IRR) 26.7 %Net present value EUR 15.1 million
The plant at Renko in southern Finland.
Economical data for the plant in Vilppula
Large structuralbio-merge inFinland bet-ween private
forestry ownersand the state
Metsäliitto to raiseits shareholding
in Vapo Oy.Finnforest’s powerplants and Biowatti’spellets business to besold to Vapo Oy
The result is thatVapo Oy will jointlycontrolled bythe Fin-nish state and the pri-vate forestry ownersMetsäliitto Cooperati-ve.
Metsäliitto will alsosell seven biofueledheat and power plantsoperated by its subsi-diary Finnforest Cor-poration to a newcompany in whichVapo Oy will have acontrolling interest.
Metsäliitto willfurthermore sell itswood-based fuels bu-siness to Biowatti Oy’spresent management.
Under its new ow-ners the company willemploy 30 people.
All pellet plantsdirectly to Vapo
Biowatti’s wood pel-lets plants, which willbe sold to Vapo Oy,are located at Turenki,Kaskinen and Vöyri,while the briquetteplant is in Pihlava.
The transactions re-quire the approval ofthe competition aut-hority and a decisionby the Council of Sta-te.
The transactions willbring the Finnish stateEUR 46.9 million andwill have a positive im-pact on the cash flowsof both the MetsäliittoGroup and FinnforestCorporation.
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When a treehas been cutfor the pur-
pose of providing woodproducts or paper, onlyhalf of the biomass endsup as the desired pro-duct.
The other half is avai-lable as co-products forenergy purposes. Andlater, as the wood hasserved its purpose asbuilding materials or thefibers have been recycledas paper a few times,most of the energy maystill be recovered.
Utilisation of by-pro-ducts has provided newincome to the forestrysector. Today, the bioen-ergy market is vital tothe economic competiti-veness of the forest indu-stry in general and saw-mills in particular.
Previous to the expan-sion, environmentalconcerns were voiced re-garding several risks ofbioenergy: Local air pol-lution, issues on in-creased local transportsof fuel, forestry practicesthreatening biodiversityand, in addition, newrisks to labour weresome of the more impor-tant.
The early environme-ntal concerns have beenresolved. Local air pol-lution has been mana-ged by using raw biofu-els preferably in efficienthigh-power boilers.While refined wood pel-lets are increasingly usedfor the more difficult
small-scale applications.Transport in relation tolarge district heatingplants in cities is oftenmade using railroad orship.
The increased use ofbioenergy has been ac-hieved during a periodwhen forestry has beco-me more respectful toecological values andmechanisation has redu-ced labour risks.
Now, attention is onmulti-functional energyforestry, such as whensalix plantations areused to develop gamehavens or treating sewa-ge water or sewage slud-ge. More than otherparts of forestry andagriculture the bioener-gy sector is developingsystems for recycling ofnutrients.
Significant increasein bioenergy
In Sweden, the bioener-gy sector has respondedreadily. As shown in fi-gure 1, bioenergy supp-ly has increased from 40TWh in 1970 to 105TWh in 2003.
If disregarding the useof oil for transport, bio-energy even overtook oiland became the largestsource of energy for sta-tionary uses in Sweden.
Increased industrialuse
Most of the biomassused for energy purposesin 1970 was residues inthe pulp industry.
Black liquor, bark andother residues were bur-ned substituting oil toprovide heat to the indu-stry itself, while avoi-ding the problem ofwaste production.
In the 1980s residuesin the sawmills andwood industry were in-creasingly utilised forenergy purposes and inthe 1990s foresters star-ted to collect branchesand tops while logging.
EU legislation has alsoincreased the supply ofbiomass waste thatshould be combustedwith energy utilisationrather than sent to land-fills.
There was also an ear-ly market among farm-ers using wood fromtheir own forests, andsawmills using their ownresidues.
District heatingexpanded
Despite being weak, atax incentive created toencourage bioenergy usemade district heatingplants turn to bioenergyopening a market for theexcess residues thatcould not be utilised inthe forest industries. Di-strict heating-networkswere built in Sweden,mainly by municipal en-
ergy companies, fromthe late 1960s.
Low electricity prices,due to over capacity af-ter nuclear expansion,resulted in only minorinterest in electricityproduction from bio-mass.
The priority was tomaximise total energyefficiency. As a resulttechnologies like smoke-stack condensation weredeveloped making itpossible to utilise theenergy otherwise lost asmoisture in the fuel wasreleased as water vapourthrough the chimneys.
From 1990 the car-bon tax on fossil fuelswas sufficient to encou-rage substitution of coalin existing district hea-ting plants and, someti-mes, even substitution ofoil with wood powderor oils from biomass.
Small scale expan-sion during recent
years.Small-scale wood pelletuse has acceleratedduring recent years.
While only a fewhundred existed pelletstoves substituting orsupplementing directelectric heating existedin the mid 1990s, morethan 3500 were installed
in 2003. A similar in-crease has occurred forinstallations of pelletburners substituting oil-burners in conventionalcentral heating systems.
The resulting increasein pellet use for small-scale applications isshown in figure 2. Inaddition larger quanti-ties are used in districtheating plants.
New developmentsAn ethanol market hasbeen developed initiallybased on ethanol from aforest industry. Oneplant producing ethanolfrom grain has addedsignificant capacity, whi-le most of the ethanolused as automotive fuelis imported.
Ethanol as a fuel hasbeen favoured with ex-emptions from the gene-ral fuel tax.
Large import is justi-fied as sugarcane basedethanol is produced atlow economic cost inBrazil and show goodenvironmental life-cycleperformance despitelong distance transport.
The number of etha-nol vehicles has in-creased dramaticallyduring the last two years
Increased use and envi-ronmental concernsIn Sweden bioenergy has grown into the second
largest source of energy., reducing emissions
of carbon dioxide and improving energy securi-
ty of supply. The use in 2003 was 378 PJ (105
TWh), or 42 GJ/capita. Dr. Tomas Kåberger,
chairman of the Swedish Bioenergy Associa-
tion explaines how this was achived.
Cont. on page 16
Use of pellets in single family houses (TWh) Total use of bioenergy in Sweden.
New Bioenergycenter in Veliky
Novgorod
T h e R u s s i a n -Swedish Bio
energy Informationand Training Center’sBranch was openedon 9th of August, 2004in the city of VelikyNovgorod.
Its full name is Nov-gorod Branch of theN o n - C o m m e rc i a lPartnership ”Russian-Swedish Bioenergy In-formation and TrainingCenter”.
The aim is- promotion of sci-
entific and technicalprogress developmentin forestry and forestproducts industry,
- promotion of safe,effective and ecologi-cally clean biofuel pro-duction
- utilization met-hods,
- dissemination ofbioenergy informationand more, as well asnot the least impor-tant, joining togetherworking in this direc-tion scientists andspecialists from Rus-sia, Sweden and oth-er countries.
Dr. Tatjana Stern, Swe-dish Forest and Agri-cultural Academy, exp-laines how the Bioener-gy centers are develo-ped in co-operation inthe North - Westregion of Russia.
Biomass in Sweden
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as more than 10 000Ford Focus with flexiblefuel engines have beensold. During autumn2004, SAAB and Volvoannounced they will in-troduce FFV-models in2005.
Local environmentaland health effects
Incomplete combustionof fuels leads to emis-sions of hydrocarbonsand particles associatedwith health risks andenvironmental regula-tion. The continued useof old types of wood
burning practices maystill be a considerableproblem in villages andtowns.
With modern large-scale combustion theemissions are understrict control with negli-gible external effects.
There are still thous-ands of old-type wood-burning systems in ope-ration. However, as themodern equipment isnot only environmental-ly superior but alsomore convenient anduses fuel more efficient-ly, modernisation is ta-king place. Heat accu-
mulating tanks and mo-dern pellet equipment,are reducing local pollu-tion. The relation bet-ween the best and worstis in the order of a factor1 000 in emissions of hy-drocarbons. However,there is new evidencethat the risks of old-typeequipment may be lowprovided good birchwood is used. The che-mical composition ofsmoke particles is suchthat the health effectsmay be expected to beless severe than effects ofparticles from othersources.
Sustainabilityissues
There are some sustaina-bility issues related tobioenergy systems thatdeserve attention.
A fundamental condi-tion is that the forestryor agriculture deliveringthe biomass should besustainable under mate-rial flow- as well as bio-diversity criteria.
ConclusionIn Sweden bioenergy usehas increased rapidlyand it is a major sourceof energy. The develop-ment has occurred in
symbiosis with forest in-dustry. Bioenergy sys-tems may be utilised toreach other objectivesthan increasing renewa-ble energy supply. Mo-dern technologies havereduced local air-pollu-tion while long-termsustainability can be ac-hieved provided forestryand agricultural practi-ces by well management.
A soot-blowing unit
can increase the effi-
ciency of a boiler
using biomass as
fuel. One of 400 in-
stalled Aerovit soot-
blowing units is wor-
king in a 2 MW boiler
owned by the com-
pany DLG in Has-
selager, Denmark.
A new boiler wasinstalled in2001. The fuel
used is a mixture of seedand grain as well asfeedstuff residue, dust,chaff, whole grain and
EfficiencyBetter efficiency withsoot blowing
pressed grain.The boiler is a Dans-
toker Multimiser No.19, which is a 5-passhot-water boiler with a2 MW output.
The problematic fuelmeant that the boilerneeded to be cleanedmanually for every 14days of operation becau-se of heavy deposits inthe tube passes.
The decision was con-sequently made to retro-fit with a soot-blowingsystem.
After the installation528 operating hours peryear was gained. Also202 working hours wassaved.
Overall savings is cal-culated to 251 600
DKK. Further to this isthe improved efficiencyof the boiler. The annu-al efficiency increasedby approx. 8 per cent.
The investment costfor the system was170.000 DKK to installthe system. The payback time on the invest-ment is approximatelysix months.
Tubes before installa-tion of Aerovit
After installation ofAerovit
Bo Vernegren, Opera-ting Manager at DLG,says, The AEROVITsoot-blowing systemhas providedDLG with definiteimprovements.
For a fraction of a se-cond the release of 400litres of air compressedto 8 bar produces ashockwave and removesthe soot.
The Danish companyOKR Cleaning has re-ceived the Poleko GoldMedal for outstandingtechnology at PolekoFair in November 2005.
Reduced boiler capacity due to soot build up.
By Tomas Kåberger,Ass. prof. InternationalInstitute for IndustrialEnvironmental Econo-mics, Lund University,Sweden.
Cont. from page 15
First seminar for technicianof small biomass boiler
First seminarfor technicianof small bio-mass boiler
installations inSlovenia
The seminar tookplace on 18th
and 19th November2004 in Lukovica andwas organised by Slo-biom together withCupertino of AURE,GEF and Austrian bio-mass organisation inthe frame of Alpener-gywood.
It was very interes-ting and useful eventduring which Austrianand Slovenian expe-rience was discussed.
Slobiom try to stressthe importance of themodern heating underthe slogan ”logs, chipsand pellets for heatingour houses”.
Slovenia will go veryprogressive on in2005, and will organi-se many more semi-nars, also regardingchimney, architecture,planning, building, aswell as schools, may-ors and other re-sponsible authorities.
More than 30 expertsattended the seminar.
At the end togetherwith organisers,
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EventsEuropean Bio-mass days of
the region 2004in Jarenina-
Slovenia
T he 9th of October the exhibi-
tion for the local com-munity was organisedin the primary schoolin Jarenina.
A presentation ofthe feasibility study forthe small scale heatingsystem at the school(new biomass boiler)was made.
The organic farms,and the older pupils -in co-ordination ofSlobiom discover thebioenergy. The activi-ties ”future with natu-re” were very interes-ting for the childrenand the teachers.
The official opening was effectedby a ceremony where the fuel buswas given the symbolic nickna-me Ele-phant in honour to thehigh represented delegation fromThailand including DeputyPrime Minister PhinijJarusombat.
In the evening; Dr. PaulWengert, the Mayor ofAugsburg together withDan Asplund, Presidentof AEBIOM and Marti-na Sumenjak, Presidentof SLOBIOM
The local communityday - children togetherwith oldest Slobiommember, 95 years oldMartin Sumenjak playwith European BiomassDays balloons.
let´s you take controlof the costs, more infoat www.centameter.com.au
Exhibitors presented technology for small scale electricity production (seed oil) lots of pellet stoves, pellet boilers and
pellet burners, a pellets based barbeque and biogas. Outside production of wood fuel was demonstrated.
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For the 16th timethe InternationalEcological Fair
POLEKO was held inPoznan, Poland between16th -19th of November.Poleko is considered asone of the largest ecolo-gical fair in Poland andin Central and EasternEurope with many inter-national companies pre-
Clean Energy Exhibition - PolekoFair in Poznan
senting ecological focusand experience.Moreover renewable en-ergy aspects had theirown, special place in socalled clean energy exhi-bition including very lar-ge biomass part. Manyseminars were heldduring four days ofevent - many speakerspresented their opinion
and reflection. Bioener-gy International wasalso present there andapart from regular Eng-lish version magazinefirst Polish edition wasintroduced to the Polishreaders and was verypopular. Next year wewill meet there again!
Many larger and smaller representative of bioenergy sector were showing their technology and experience during Poleko 2004 inPoznan.From the left Polish pellet boiler produced by company Falenczyk, next Italian pellet stove from Cs Thermos. German Fishertogether with representatives of Swedish companies Agrobränsle and Iwabo were on the same stand. Pellets are becoming more andmore popular in Poland...
Company Synergia uses CPM pellet mills whendesigning the new pellet production lines.
Text and photosDorota Natucka
PELLETS-EXPOBydgoszcz,
Poland
From 15th to 17th
June 2005, the3rd edition of PEL-LETS-EXPO will beheld in Bydgoszcz,Poland.
Last time, morethan 42 companieswere presenting them-selves during threedays of the event. The-re were exhibitorsfrom Poland, Germa-ny, the Czech Repu-blic, Italy, Sweden,Austria and theNetherlands. Compa-red to the past year,the fair in 2004 resul-ted in over triple asmany exhibitors.
www.eva.ac.at/(en)/s e r v i c e / v e r a n s t /ceeconf.htm
Sustainable Energy Expo and Energy Efficiency Expo 2004held in London between 19th and 21st of October opened itsdoor for many delegates, speakers, exhibitors and visitors from
different parts of the World. Few companies represented however notvery large but very popular in UK bioenergy sector. Event was a com-bination of exhibition, conferences, workshops and on-floor seminars.
Text and photos Dorota Natucka
Swedish stand Bioenergy Internationalwas presented on almosteach stand
Dr Heinz Kopetzinvites you to Graz
Sustainable Energy Expoand Energy EfficiencyExpo 2004 in London
WWW.BAXI.DK
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www.bioenergyinternational.comCalendar2005
January26 - 27Clean Energy Power 2005Berlin, Germanywww.energiemessen.de
26 - 29Central European BiomassConference Graz, Austriawww.eva.ac.at/(en)/ser-vice/veranst/ceeconf.htm
30 - 2 FebruaryEnvironment 2005 -Exhibition&ConferenceAbu Dhabi, United [email protected]
February1 - 3PowerGen India andCentral Asia 2005New Delhi, Indiainfo @interadsindia.comwww.power-genindia. com
2 - 3GreenTech 2005-with9th Symposium on Re-newable ResourcesPotsdam, [email protected];www.europoint-bv.com/greentech2005
7 - 85th International SlovakBiomass ForumBratislava, Slovak Republicwww.ecbratislava.sk/
16 - 18ENEX - New Energy2005 - International Fairand Congress for Rene-wable Energy and Ener-gy-Efficient Construc-tion and RehabilitationKilece, Polandwww.enex-expo.com
April11- 15International PulpwoodResources and TradeConferenceMontevideo, [email protected]
14 -15
Emissions TradingDeveloping EffectiveRisk and Trading Strate-gies for 2005 and BeyondLondon, UKwww.mefinance.com
23- 25Rise International Ener-gy Conference 2004 -Technologies for Sustai-nable Energy Develop-ment in the Long TermRoskilde, Denmarkh e i d i . a n d e r s e [email protected]/conferen-ce/energyconf05
22 - 25IHE - WoodEnergy2005 - InternationalTrade Fair and Confe-rence for Wood EnergyAugsburg, Gemanywww.ihe-woodenergy.com
22 - 25RENEXPO 2005International Trade Fairand Congress for Rene-wable Energy and Ener-gy-Efficient Buildingand ReconstructionAugsburg, Germanywww.renexpo.com
October17 - 2114th European Confe-rence&Exhibition onBiomass for EnergyIndustry&Climate Pro-tection Paris des Con-gress, Paris, Francew w w . b i o m a s s -conference.com
10 - 12International Fair andCongress for RenewableEnergy and Energy Effi-cient Building and Re-constructionBöblingen, Germanywww.erneuerbareenergien.com
30 May - 1 JuneWorld Bioenergy 2006Conference&Exhibitionon Biomass for EnergyJönköping, Swedenwww.worldbioenergy.se
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