For the first time, the waste treatment and recycling technology association of VDMA in cooperation with Koelnmesse are offering a one-day congress with a focus on wood pellets and are thus creating a platform for the large consumers of industry and local authorities who are the target group of the International Pellet Forum Cologne 2006.

In addition to the main topics such as production and trade with wood pellets, the forum will offer a wide-range survey of the pellet market world wide by the contributions of international speakers.

The participants of the International Pellet Forum will have the opportunity to also visit Entsorga-Enteco on another day with their entry ticket.

Download here the brochure "Pellet Forum Cologne"

PROGRAM

• 10.00 a.m. Welcome

Session 1: The significance of wood pellets for the energy market

• 10.30 a.m. The significance of biomass for the energy market
  Dr. Michael Böl - dena - Deutsche Energie Agentur, Berlin
• 11.00 a.m. Economic aspects of biomass
  Prof. Dr. Stefan Pelz — FH Rottenburg, University for forestry
• 11.30 a.m. Coffee Break

Sesssion 2: International markets and trade

• 11.45 a.m. Scandinavia - pellet-industry and market development in the nordic countries
  Tommi Ruha - Vapo Oy Pellet Business, Jyväskylä/Finland
• 12.15 p.m. Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay - raw material potential - current situation
  Marcelo Diez - Nexen Consulting, Buenos Aires/Argentina
• 12.45 p.m. Canada - wood pellets in Western Canada - supply and demand
  Peter Brand - Pinnacle Pellet - Quesnel/Kanada
• 1.15 p.m. Lunch Break

Session 3: Industrial pellet production

• 2.30 p.m. Production of wood pellets® according to the sample plant in Schwedt
  Wolfgang Schlaug - Mann Engineering, Leutesdorf/Rhein
• 3.00 p.m. Wood pellets - quality related aspects on raw material, production and transportation
  Norbert Müller - DIN CERTCO, Berlin

Session 4: Commercial and industrial use of pellets

• 3.30 p.m. Industrial boiler plants with an output rating of 0,1 - 3 MW
  Markus Mann, Westerwälder Holzpellets GmbH, Langenbach
  4.00 p.m. Synergy effect of cocombustion of biomass and sewage sludge in a carbon-fired combined-heat power plant
  Norbert Heidenhof, Stadtwerke Duisburg
• 4.30 p.m. Mono-combustion of biomass-pellets in large-scale power plants
  Peter-Paul Schouwenberg - Essent Energy Trading, Hertogenbosch/Netherlands

Moderation and closing remark

• 5.00 p.m. Martin Lohmann