Building a Sustainable European Biofuel Industry Conference
4-6 November 2019, Gothenburg, Sweden
Registration is now open for ‘Building a Sustainable European Biofuel Industry’, a joint conference organised by Supergen Bioenergy Hub (UK), Bio4Fuels (Norway) and Renewable Transportation and Fuels (Sweden), taking place from 4 to 6 November in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The conference programme includes:
- Early career researcher forum
- Site visit to Volvo Trucks
- Introductions to the research hubs
- Plenary sessions on:
- Policy, industry and sustainability
- End use
- Parallel sessions on:
- Sustainable biomass resources
- Conversion technologies from biomass to sustainable biofuels
- Potential for biochemical and biomaterial by-products/alternatives
- Environmental and social impacts of European biofuel deployment
The conference will be supported by a special issue of the journal Biomass and Bioenergy.
Conference programme [PDF]
Visit Eventbrite to register.
Hotel bookings can be made at the conference venue, Gothia Towers.
Programme and presentations
The slides from each of the speaker presentations are available to download in each section of the programme.
| Monday 4 November | |
| 10.00-13.00 | Early Career Researcher Forum |
| 13.00-16.30 | Site visit to Volvo Trucks |
| Tuesday 5 November. Location: Gothia Towers
Moderator, plenary sessions Anders Ådahl, Co-director Energy Area of Advance, Chalmers University of Technology |
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| 09.00 | WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Ingrid Nohlgren, director f3 Swedish Knowledge Centre for Renewable Transportation Fuels and office director for the collaborative research programme Renewable transportation fuels and systems Duncan Akporiaye, director Bio4Fuels Patricia Thornley, director Supergen Bioenergy Hub Opening speaker Robert Andrén, Director General of the Swedish Energy Agency |
| 09.50 | PLENARY SESSIONS (ROOM: F1) |
| FOCUS: POLICY
UK transport policy and the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation Aysha Ahmed, Head of Advanced Biofuels Programme, Department for Transport Biofuel policy in Norway Mats Nordum, Senior Advisor, Climate Department, Norwegian Environment Agency |
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| 10.40 | Coffee break |
| 11.10 | FOCUS: INDUSTRY
Sustainable advanced biofuels and more – St1 Biorefinery Patrick Pitkänen, Director Advanced fuels, St1 Oy Biogas futures in transport Keith Simons, Principal Scientist, SHV Energy The quest for green profitability Håvard Wollan, CEO, Biokraft AS |
| 12.30 | Lunch break (Seasons Restaurant, Gothia Towers) |
| 13.30 | FOCUS: SUSTAINABILITY
Biofuels in the future fossil-free energy system: The Nordic perspective Torjus Bolkesjø, Professor, Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Torjus Folsland Bolkesjø slides Sustainability challenges for biofuels from a UK perspective Patricia Thornley, Professor, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University Patricia Thornley – sustainability slides Land, climate and global development pathways: implications for biofuels and the bioeconomy Francis X. Johnson, Senior Research Fellow, Stockholm Environment Institute |
| 14.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.00 | PARALLEL SESSIONS |
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SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS RESOURCES
ROOM: F1 Session chair Pål Börjesson, Professor, Environmental and Energy Systems Studies, Lund university Industry speaker Forest-based biofuels – potentials for a new business to grow Henrik Brodin, Business Development Manager, SÖDRA Academic speakers Drop-in fuels from black liquor – combining increased pulp capacity with production of sustainable biofuels Elisabeth Wetterlund, Associate Professor, Dept. of Engineering Sciences and Mathematics, Luleå University of Technology The impact of bioenergy systems on soil carbon Rebecca Rowe, Ecologist, The Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Potential for HVO production from Swedish raw materials Hanna E. Karlsson, Postdoctor, Dept. of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
CONVERSION TECHNOLOGIES FROM BIOMASS TO SUSTAINABLE BIOFUELS
ROOM: F2 Session chair Judit Sandquist, Research Scientist, SINTEF Energy Research Industry speaker Roll-out of pyrolysis technology in Europe Gerhard Muggen, Managing Director, BTG Bioliquids Academic speakers Sustainable transportation fuels – A techno- economic well-to-wheel analysis Karin Pettersson, Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden Hybrid process of distillation and gas permeation for production of dehydrated ethanol Olaf Trygve Berghlin, Research Scientist, Process Technology Dept., SINTEF Model-based fast screening of electrochemical reaction pathways for the integrated biofuels synthesis and CO2 reduction Jin Xuan, Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University) Fast pyrolysis lignin with catalytic vapor upgrading for the production of alkyl-phenols and aromatics Dumitrita Spinu, PhD candidate, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) |
| 16.50 | RECEPTION BREAK
DROP-IN SESSION FOR BIOMASS AND BIOENERGY JOURNAL SUBMISSIONS Hallway area outside F1 and F2 |
| 17.15 | POSTER SESSION COMBINED WITH BUFFET DINNER AND NETWORKING
Hallway area outside F1 and F2 Poster presentations |
| 19.30 | CLOSE |
| Wednesday 6 November. Location: Gothia Towers
Moderator, Plenary sessions |
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| 09.00 | Welcome!
PLENARY SESSION (ROOM F1) |
| 09.05 | FOCUS: INDUSTRY AND END USE
Fossil free domestic aviation in Sweden Net zero emissions by 2050 – a maritime approach to renewable energy transition Anne Sophie Vinther Hanson slides Driving the shift to a sustainable transport system – here and now! |
| 10.15 | Coffee break |
| 10.45 | PARALLEL SESSIONS |
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POTENTIAL FOR BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOMATERIAL BYPRODUCTS/ALTERNATIVES ROOM F1 Session chair Aniko Varnai, Researcher, Faculty of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Industry speaker Potentials for biochemical and biomaterial products in a sugar platform biorefinery setting Gudbrand Rødsrud, Technology Director, Business Development, Borregaard Academic speakers How can alcohols contribute to a fossil- independent non-road machinery fleet? Gunnar Larsson, Researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Co-production of lipids and biopolymers in a single fermentation process – a way to improve sustainability of microbial lipid-based biofuels Volha Shapaval, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Understanding sustainability within a net zero emission target. Synergies between environment, economy and society Mirjam Roeder, Senior Research Fellow, Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute, Aston University |
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL IMPACTS OF EUROPEAN BIOFUEL DEPLOYMENT ROOM F2 Session chair Robert Holland, Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton Industry speaker The role of the European technology and innovation platform for bioenergy Patrik Klintbom, Senior Researcher, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Chair of ETIP Bioenergy Academic speakers Biogas development – public procurement, networks, and policy instruments Julia Hansson, Senior Scientist, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute Forecasting Impact: A case study of bioenergy systems Samuel Cooper, Research Associate, University of Bath Can the Nordics become CO2 negative by 2040? The role of biomass Kenneth Karlsson, Senior Project Manager, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute |
| 12.00 | CLOSING REMARKS (PLENARY)
ROOM F1 Anders Ådahl, Co-director Energy Area of Advance, Chalmers University of Technology, with research hub directors, Ingrid Nohlgren, Duncan Akporiaye and Patricia Thornley |
| 12.30 | Lunch and networking |
| ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP: BIOFUELS STRATEGY FOR THE COMING DECADE – THE NORDIC REGION AT THE FOREFRONT OF TECHNOLOGY AND SUSTAINABILITY!
ROOM F1 The workshop is arranged in cooperation with NER, Nordic Energy Research, an intergovernmental organization within the framework of the Nordic Council of Ministers. Come join us in a strategic discussion spanning over the coming decade. We identify some hot spots and discuss solutions. |
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INTRODUCTION: Nordic Energy Research |
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| PANEL DEBATE
Moderator Jakob Lagercrantz, founder of the 2030 Secretariat Panelists: · Patrick Pitkänen, St1 Oy, biofuel producing industry perspective · Anne Sophie Vinther Hansen, A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, transport industry perspective · Mirjam Röder, Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute, sustainable biomass research perspective · Julia Hansson or Kenneth Karlsson, IVL: transport research perspective GROUP DISCUSSION: The way forward |
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| CLOSE | |
