BIOENERGY Annual Conference 2017: 'Bioenergy – the reliable renewable'
Bioenergy Australia is keen to see commercial growth in the industry that takes advantage of bioenergy’s unique potential – from reliable, dispatchable electricity through to advanced biofuels and new regional industries. Our 18th Annual Conference aimed to enhance commercial outcomes for industry and for research.
Read the event wrap and media release here.
Media Coverage
- 'Bioenergy Australia Conference 2017', Eco-Business
- 'Forestry alliance calls bioenergy scheme 'sheer madness', Northern Star
- 'Biofuels ramps up cause', Energy News Bulletin
- 'Bioenergy Australia calls on COAG to consider a bio-powered future', Sustainability Matters
- 'EarthPower, the biogas plant that bubbled back from the brink', EcoGeneration
- 'North Coast forests offer untapped regional bioenergy opportunity', Inside Waste
Program
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Presentations
Day 1
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Session 1: Getting the Right Policy Victoria's Food Waste - Fuelling our Future, Christopher Lane, Sustainability Victoria Queensland: A Climate of Investment and Collaboration, Jackson Gerard, Department of State Development Industry-Lead Bioenergy Policy, Now There’s a Thing, Brian Cox, Bioenergy Association of New Zealand |
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Session 2: Bringing a Project to Financial Close Arena's Bioenergy Investment Priorities, Matt Walden, ARENA Positioning for Long Term Equity Capital, Gary Sofarelli, Foresight Group Generating Value Through Financial Close, Brad Hopkins, KPMG Bench to Bucks - Crafting an Australian Bioenergy Deal, Chris J Case, Allens-Linklaters Unlocking Australia’s Bioenergy Potential, Henry Anning, Clean Energy Finance Corporation |
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Session 3: Delivering Successful Projects – AUS Implementing Anaerobic Co-Digestion at Wastewater Treatment Plants: Challenges and Opportunities, Philip Woods & Sihuang Xie, Sydney Water & Wollongong University Piggery Biogas Case Study, Michael Romer, Calix The Anaerobic Digestion Business Case, Marc R Stammbach, Hitachi Zosen Inova Australia |
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Session 3: Delivering Successful Projects – EUR The Successful Shift from Fossils Fuels to Biomass Sweden, Gustaf Egnell, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Woody Crops for Bioenergy & Wastewater Management, Ioannis Dimitriou, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
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Session 4: Stream A: Innovation 1 The Role of Biogas in Decarbonising The Gas Sector, Dr Dennis Van Puyvelde, Energy Networks Australia CHP - Moderate Scale Gasification: A UK Case Study, Giles Perryman, John Reilly Refgas AUS Low Cost Production of Biofuels & Bioproducts, Darryn Rackemann, QUT Carinata – A New Bio-Energy Crop for AUS, Hank Krakowski, Agrisoma Biosciences INC. |
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Session 4: Stream B: Innovation 2 Comparison of Dispatchable Renewable Energy Options, Keith Lovegrove , ITP Thermal Exploring our Natural Resources Gippsland Biomanufacturing, Stephen Parkinson, Australian Paper A Novel IGCC Approach to Combined Base Load & Peaking Plant, R J Thomas, Environmental Energy Australia |
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Session 5: Stream B Knowledge Sharing 2 Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment in Action, Julie Bird, AgriFutures Australia |