Biogaz Europe 2010 - a new event, a new intent !
Biogaz Europe 2010 comes at a timely moment in the development of the French biogas market. Whilst its European neighbours are forging ahead, France is today beginning to realise the potential of this highly versatible and renewable energy form. WIth its vast and well structured agriculture and agro-alimentary sector, France in reality has an outstanding potential to become a leading European player in biogas.
The objective of Biogaz Europe 2010 is to provide a ground-up boost to the nascent biogas industry in France and to create a new, meaningful place of exchange between those with the « know-how » and those wanting to « know-how ».
The event is programmed as a high-level, two-day international conference drawing on illuminating experiences from across Europe and Asia and is expected to attract 250 international delegates.
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The Programme Themes
The conference will assemble key international, national and regional stakeholders to debate the opportunities and challenges for the French biogas sector with a particular focus on determining how to move the market forward towards wider implementation.
The themes and speakers will therefore be selected to enable a constructive debate of the key policy issues set against a background of on the ground, practical experience from France and the wider European perspective.
The conference will target policy makers, régional and local authorities, the biogas industry and industry associations, the agriculture and agro-alimentary industries, the waste to energy sector, financiers and investors.
Wednesday, 29th September 2010
Session 1 (morning): European and French Experiences
The morning of the first day of the conference programme is structured to provide a panoramic view of the European context and perspectives for biogas, drawing on examples of three major European biogas markets. These three country experiences will draw out lessons learned and the relevance of each experience to the current French context. The morning will close with a presentation of the French market's current status and a round-table debate on « if and how » France can integrate these experiences in shaping its own biogas sector.
Session 2 (afternoon) : What Context and how to conceive and develop a biogas project in France ?
The afternoon session follows on from the morning session, going into greater detail of the on the ground reality and experiences of developing biogas projects in France today and will integrate view points and perspectives from leading national policy experts from both industry and public institutions.
This session is designed to identify progress made and challenges for the future.
Session 2 (afternoon) contd. : Round Table - Charting a way forward for the French biogas market - practical experiences
Continuing the logic of and concluding the first day's debate, three presentations will provide an insight into practical and recent experiences of three Austrian/German turnkey biogas system providers to develop projects in France and will provide parallels with experiences in other European countries.
To conclude the day, a round table debate will open the floor to adress the topic « Charting a way forward for the French biogas market »
Thursday, 30th September 2010
Day 2 will focus on the potential utilisation of biogas drawing on conventional as well as innovative practical experience.
Session 3 (morning) : The sectors to develop in France ? - biomethane and direct injection, mini biogaz and direct utilisation.
The morning session will provide an overview of :
- the highly topical theme of biomethane for transport and direct injection into the gas grid.
- mini-biogas with innovative experiences from both a regional and an Italian perspective and will open the debate on the relevance and applicability of mini-biogas in France.
The Rhône-Alpes Region - embracing biogas and fostering innovation
The final session will present the Region Rhône-Alpes strategy to develop biogas in the region, illustrated with case studies.
The second part of this final session will provide insights into innovative uses for reisdual heat and their impact on the economics and environmental ratings as well as new concepts for integrated agriculture and energy production from biogas.
The session will close with a round-table debate «what platform for the future ?» followed by Conclusions and wrap-up.
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