BioEnergy 2009 - Banking on Biomass

Conference & Study Tour

Presented jointly by Teagasc, Sustainable Energy Ireland and COFORD, the Bioenergy 2009 – Banking on Biomass conference takes place on

Wednesday 17 June 2009, at the Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny.

Home to Europe’s best growing climate and the highest climatic potential for biomass in Europe, the development of Ireland’s vast bioenergy resource will contribute to our overall security of energy supply and fuel diversity objectives. The continued development of these resources will contribute significantly to meeting national and international renewable energy and climate change mitigation targets. At a time when Ireland's dependency on imported energy has grown to around 90%,compared with the EU average of 50%,and with imported oil the dominant energy source, bioenergy and wood based fuels have a key role to play in finding workable and cost effective solutions to our fossil fuel dependency.

There are already many success stories here in Ireland with thousands of households, commercial, public and community buildings across Ireland converting to wood energy. This trend is set to continue, with Ireland plc benefiting from years of future growth as wood fuel for energy generation develops into a new, exciting and growing sustainable industry.

The conference is supported by a comprehensive technology exhibition with Ireland’s leading service and product suppliers showcasing the very latest in bioenergy innovation. At the same time the event will provide visitors with the perfect opportunity to get advice first hand from the experts actively involved in the wood energy and bioenergy sectors.

The Bioenergy 2009 – Banking on Biomass Conference will showcase the use and deployment of solid biomass and raise awareness across all sectors – from the landowner to the end user - on the many uses and benefits to growing, harvesting and using wood fuels to generate heat, electricity and fuel for our homes and businesses.

Leading technology experts from Ireland and Europe will share their experiences and expertise with sessions dedicated to the policy drivers, market potential and development, impacts of increasing the use of wood energy on a regional and national scale, boosting local economies through increased use of wood energy and its end use. There will also be an opportunity to visit a forest, see wood being processed for energy and visit wood chip boilers.

Wood energy is for the present, the future and it is renewable forever!

To book your place:

Fee €75 per person for the full day (this includes all refreshments and lunch on the day together with a proceedings CD after the event and coach transfers etc.).
Send your registration form (0.24 MB) with cheque made payable to Teagasc to: Teagasc, Kells Road, Kilkenny, 056-7721153
Or register with SEI: www.sei.ie/resourcecentre

Further information:

Teagasc: Frances McHugh, Forestry Development Officer, Carlow, 087-6222111
SEI REIO: Paul Dykes, 023 8842193, www.sei.ie.
Download the Conference Programme (0.27 MB)
Travel directions to the event (enter your starting point at "A" and click return).

Time

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

08.45 – 09.30

Delegate Registration

Tea and Coffee

View the Bioenergy 2009 exhibition

Time	OPENING SESSION - WOOD ENERGY IN IRELAND, CHAIR : PROF. GERRY BOYLE, TEAGASC
09.30	Welcome Address – Minister Tony Killeen T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (tbc)
09.45	Ireland’s Crude Awakening – Peak Oil and the Implications for Ireland - Colin Campbell, ASPO Ireland
10.15	Wood Energy Ireland's Oil for 21st Century - A Supply Forecast for Wood Energy - Henry Phillips
10.30	Banking on Biomass - Financing Bioenergy Projects - Hans van den Boom, Rabobank / ACC Bank
10.45	Efficient Forest Fuel Systems – Antti Asikainen, Metla, Finland
11.00	Panel Q & A followed by Break

Time	WOOD ENERGY STIMULATING IRELAND’S RURAL ECONOMIES, CHAIR : EUGENE HENDRICK, COFORD
11.30	A Cluster Based Approach for Identifying Private Forest Resources - Brian Clifford,Teagasc.
11.45	Wood Fuel Quality, Made in Ireland, Opportunities for Ireland plc - John O'Brien, EcoWood
12.00	Ireland's Sustainable Communities - Biomass District Heating, the Callan Case Study – Patrick Lydon

Time	WOOD ENERGY MARKETS, OPPORTUNITIES AND SOLUTIONS FOR IRELAND, CHAIR : PAUL DYKES, SEI REIO
12.15	Wood Heating - Economic Sense for Irish Hotels –Mark Nolan, Dromoland Castle
12.30	Wood Energy Solutions for Ireland’s HSE – Donal Deering, HSE Ireland
12.45	Biomass Combined Heat & Power for Ireland - Tom Bruton, IrBEA
13.00	Final Panel Q & A Session followed by Lunch

Time	AFTERNOON SITE VISITS AND STUDY TOUR
14.00 – 16.30	Site Visits Visit to local forest and willow plantation with wood chipping demonstration followed by visit to wood chip boiler and district heating system.