18-19 May 2010
CBI Conference Centre, London
Agenda - Tuesday 18 May
Chair’s Opening Remarks
Gideon Richards
Consulting With Purpose
BSI PTI/20 and PTI/17 Committee Chairman
Keynote: Developing the bioenergy market
- The Renewable Energy Directive (RED)
- Bioenergy in the UK Renewable Energy Strategy
- Market developments
- Incentives – the Renewables Obligation (RO)
- Feed-In Tariffs (FITs) and Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)
- Addressing constraints – planning and connections.
Caroline Season
Senior Policy Adviser, Bioenergy
Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC)
The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) one year on
- Overview of the first year
- Initial outcomes and lessons learnt
- Adapting to the RED.
Aaron Berry
Head of Carbon and Sustainability
Renewable Fuels Agency
Understanding and utilising standards
- Linking standards to legislation
- How can standards help?
- Currently available standards
- Standards under development.
Gideon Richards
Consulting With Purpose
BSI PTI/20 and PTI/17 Committee Chairman
Discussion Session: What guidance do you need?
- What are the areas causing confusion?
- What guidance? Formal standards or other something else?
Environmental, economic and social impacts of bioenergy
- Sustainability impacts of bioenergy systems
- Sustainability criteria
- What are the issues?
- What are the benefits?
- What can be done?
Dr Patricia Thornley
Research Fellow, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
University of Manchester
Opportunities in the UK biomass supply chain
- Types and forms of biomass fuel
- Biomass fuel supply models
- Buying and using biomass fuels.
Dr Geoff Hogan
Information Officer
BIOMASS Energy Centre
Case Study: Ensuring the quality of biofuels
- HETAS context and background
- Scheme outline
- The assessment process
- Office audit and on-site audit.
Bill Massey
Registration and Development Manager
HETAS
Case Study: Development of the UK’s Largest Dedicated Biomass Power Plant (Steven's Croft)
- Planning process
- Contracting strategies
- Construction issues.
Nick Escott
Biomass Sector Leader
Mott MacDonald Ltd
Andrew Burns
Site Manager, Steven’s Croft
Mott MacDonald Ltd
Drinks Reception
Delegates are cordially invited to attend a drinks reception at the close of the seminar.
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