Energy Crops - Creating Markets for Heat and Electricity -seminar 21.-22.9.2009 in Pulawy, Poland

On the first day the conference focused on the implementation aspects of growing and utilisation of energy crops and how it is best organised in energy production with respect to ecological, technical, economic, logistic and administrative aspects. The scope of the conference was on the utilisation of annual and perennial energy crops grown in Europe with a potential to become significant in the short-medium term (grasses, maize, hemp, Miscanthus, salix, poplar, etc.). The presentations are in alphabetical order by the lecturer's surname.

On the second day the group visited the Kozienice power plant (co-firing of coal and energy crops) and two energy crop trial sites.

Seminar programme

Cocchi_Small scale district heating using short rotation poplar coppice in Italy

Curt_Dedicated crops for energy production in Spain

Gabauer_Key factors for successful small and medium scale bioenergy projects

Jossart_ Overview of energy crops and their uses in Europe

Köttner_Biogas from energy crops in Germany

Reinikainen_Logistic chains of Reed anary Grass

Rossi_Turboden ORC units: A well proven solution for small scale biomass CHP plants

Weitz_Supply of short rotation forestry for large scale Biomass-to-Liquid production

Xiong_Upgrading energy crops to fuel pellets

Åhlund_Producing electricity and distrcit heating with salix


Photos: Peter Rechberger, AEBIOM 

 

 

 

 

 


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