Programme

The current programme of the BIOGAS Convention Digital 2022 in German can be found HERE. 

 

Tuesday, 08.11.2022

10:00 - 12:00 pm (CET)

10:00 Welcome & Introduction Prof. Dr. Dörte Fouquet, EREF - European Renewable Energies Federation
10:05 Fit for 55 – RePower EU - What it means for European Climate Policy – Overview Giulia Cancian, European Biogas Association
10:35 Q & A  
10:40 Zoomed in: Activate European’s biogas potential: How to reach the 35 bcm of biomethane goal till 2030 Gemma Toop, Guidehouse
11:05 Q & A  
11:10 Zoomed in: Sustainability: What positive externalities biogas production can bring Sacha Alberici, Guidehouse
11:35 Q & A  
11:40 Final Discussion  

02:00 - 04:00 pm (CET)

14:00 Welcome & Introduction Claudius da Costa Gomez, German Biogas Association
14:05 The first biomethane plant with CO2 recovery in France Thomas Dreisbach, agrikomp GmbH
14:35 Q & A  
14:40 Regional Bio-LNG production including CO2 usage with the CM Fluids concept in Germany Lena Friedmann, CM Fluids
15:10 Q & A  
15:15 Biogas in Italy (using CO2) - Case studies in Trentino Alto Adige, Piemonte and Emilia Romagna regions Lorenzo Maggioni, CIB Consorzio Italiano Biogas / Italian Biogas Association
15:45 Q & A  
15:50 Finale Discussion  

Wednesday, 09.11.2022

10:00 - 12:00 pm (CET)

10:00 Welcome & Introduction Verena Pfahler, German Biogas Association
10:05 The current situation of the digestate market in India Abhijeet Mukherjee, Indian Biogas Association
10:30 Q & A  
10:35 The EU Fertilising Products Regulation: Challenges and perspektives for digestate Stefanie Siebert, ECN - European Compost Network
11:00 Q & A  
11:05 Routes for valorising nutrients in digestates Robert Van Spingelen & co-speaker Chris Thornton, European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform
11:30 Q & A  
11:35 Final Discussion  

02:00 - 04:00 pm (CET)

14:00 Welcome & Introduction Marc Reinhard, German Biogas Association
14:10 Biogas and biomethane projects in Brazil (working title) Athaydes Leite – PlanET Biogastechnik GmbH
14:35 Q & A  
14:40 MR Biogas Energy , El Salvador. biogas plant: The key component of the circular economy in the poultry industry Camillo Wilches, ABT Advanced Biogas Technologies GmbH
15:00 Q & A  
15:10 Villa Avocado, Mexico – Biogas from avocado oil-production waste Tom Ferencevic, Fitec Environmental Technologies Inc and Tobias Finsterwalder, Finsterwalder Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KG
15:35 Q & A  
15:40 Final Discussion  

Thursday, 10.11.2022

10:00 - 12:00 pm (CET)

10:00 Key figures an biomethane with focus on fuel Anna Venturini / Marina Pasteris, European Biogas Association
10:15 Biomethane as an alternative transport fuel Jay Morrod, STX Commodities BV
10:40 The role of biomethane for bioLNG Lennart Locher, Shell
11:05 Biomethane in Finland - Status and perspectives Anna Virolainen-Hynna, Finnish Biocycle & Biogas Association
11:30 Local biomethane fuel stations Alexey Mozgovoy, PlanET Biogastechnik GmbH
11:50 Final Discussion  

02:00 - 04:00 pm (CET)

14:00 Welcome & Introduction Frank Hofmann, German Biogas Association
14:05 Software for calculating the optimal biomethane greenhouse gas reduction according to Renewable Energies Directive II in the fuel sector in Germany and neighboring countries Helena Karatassios, agriportance GmbH, Germany
14:25 Q & A  
14:30 Reversible fuel cell systems - double electricity production through electrical efficiencies of 80% Felix Fischer, Reverion GmbH
14:50 Q & A  
14:55 Small-scale Bio-LNG production in Germany – Showcase projects - Supporting the decarbonization of the transport sector Lukas Heer, Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (HZI)
15:15 Q & A  
15:20 Highly flexible biogas plant with satellite CHP and full utilisation of thermal energy Christian Quirrenbach, NQ Anlagentechnik
15:40 Q & A  
15:45 Final Discussion