Argus Biomass

- Stimulating growth in the market for the supply of pellets to meet demand
- Understanding how companies can utilise biomass to meet emission targets
- How is the fossil fuel landscape impacting the biomass industry?
- New investments in the industry and new innovative solutions
- Where do we see the market beyond 2027?

- Exploring the globalisation of the biomass market and emerging future trading routes
- Looking at differences between Europe and Asia customer demand
- Analysing how global consumption is impacted by government incentives and subsidies
- Examining the supply landscape from the US and Canada and future investments
- Understanding the impact of current price levels on supply routes

- How do we see the trading landscape between the US and Europe evolving?
- What new trading companies are on the market because of the coal-biomass switch?
- How will Europe overcome its main challenges of a lack of available material?
- How are companies looking to create arbitrage in the market to lower price risk?
- Are companies allocating certain long-haul tonnage to consumers or delaying supply?
- Securing long-term contracts with partners in Asia

Moderator:

Brodie Govan, Biomass Broker, Voyage Power

Panellists:

Vaughan Bassett, SVP Sales & Logistics, Pinnacle Renewable Energy

Nigel Hildyard, Business Development Director, EP Invest

Alfons van Weereld, Head of Biomass Sourcing & Trading, Uniper

Thomas Meth, Co-Founder and Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Enviva

- Exploring resources for biomass production in Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia
- Assessing the current competition for raw materials in Sweden
- Expanding the availability of raw materials to new wood sources
- How much availability of saw dust is there in the region?
- Competition for saw dust - what will we do with recedes in the future?

- What developments are there with government incentives that will boost consumption?
- Addressing demand in Japan, South Korea and China
- How is the industry overcoming the challenge of a lack of material in Asia?
- What new supply trade flows are we witnessing into Asia?
- How much supply can we expect from Asia as a share of the global total?
- Assessing the movement towards palm kernel shell (PKS) and coconut husks
- Understanding current price levels for pellets

- Exploring the demand for waste wood across Europe including; Sweden, Germany, UK
- Looking at new trading trends emerging and new supply outlets
- How are regulations driving the recycling wood industry forward?
- How companies can set up new value chains to incorporate different feedstocks
- Assessing past and current pricing levels

- Exploring the past volatility of the market and price levels
- How have weather conditions and harvesting impacted the cost of biomass?
- What are the costs for industrial pellets?
- How is the price in Asia impacting global trade flows?

- Exploring the options of exporting products while hedging risk
- How has the issue of US exchange rates becoming challenging for the industry?
- What are the opportunities for trade and pellet absorption in Europe?
- How to get people to trade around the index of financial
- Looking at different trading efficiencies in the market, including OTC and on screen

Moderator:

Freddie Staermose, Vice President - Generation Fuels & Dry Bulks, Argus 

Panellists:

Robert Seehawer, Senior Business Developer, EEX 

Ralf Dickgreber, Head of Bulk and Freight Trading, Engie

Søren Alsing, Head of Fuel, Bioenergy & Thermal Power, Ørsted

François Megret, Biomass Derivatives Broker, Tradition

- Understanding government-set sustainability guidelines and new thresholds
- Reviewing carbon capture storage projects and how scale can be deployed
- Looking at new GHG targets for pellets in the UK – how can industry comply?
- Addressing biomass technologies and changes over time to meet industry needs

- Understanding the government’s incentives to drive renewable energy
- Reviewing updates on the FIT scheme in Japan – what can the market expect?
- What are the updates on the FIT scheme?
- How companies can meet government requirements

- Exploring the €19 million project co-funded under the EU Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
- Understanding project timelines and the positive impact in Rotterdam
- Assessing the benefits of the steam treated biomass technology
- Making use of heat generation

- What are the main challenges within the biomass trading landscape?
- How is Rotterdam strategically positioned to aid biomass supply?
- What are the different pathways to go through the energy and industry transition?
- How can ports assist with the movement of global industrial pellets?
- How can the Port create a distribution hub to aid and enhance the overall supply chain?

- Examining the role of utilities in reducing GHG emissions
- How can large industrial plants continue to support a sustainable business?
- Identifying sustainability measures across the supply chain, including sustainable sourcing
- Sustainable sourcing of around 2.5 million tons of pellets and chips

- Understanding sustainability developments in Asia – where to next?
- What will the future look like for quality standards?
- How can harmonising sustainability standards with global partners improve the industry?
- How are large industrial players playing a part in sustainability?

- SBP overview
- Facts and figures on certificates, geographies and volumes
- Multi-stakeholder governance transition
- Strategy review
- Kick-off standards revision

- Producing 1.8mn t/yr of biomass to meet energy demand
- The benefits of being strategically located to favour high productivity of forests
- Investing in logistics including railways to support transport to ports
- Understanding certification standards

- Converting to a power plant fuelled entirely by biomass
- Results from recent coal-to-biomass unit 1 conversion
- Exploring fuel handling upgrades to convert a combination of pellets, wood chips and PKS
- Working closely with construction companies to improve operational efficiency

- How should the biomass industry exploit CCS technologies to meet targets?
- Capturing carbon from biomass processing
- Delivering negative thermal emissions and the benefits to the environment
- Securing investments for new projects

- Identifying the movement towards renewable energy storage and its benefits
- Balancing out production from unstable sources including wind and solar
- Storing energy based on lithium-ion batteries charged by biomass cogeneration
- Increasing flexibility of the energy markets and ensuring security of supply