Bioenergy Australia April 2016 Newsletter - Bioenergy Australia 2016 Conference comes to BRISBANE - all you need to know! |
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| | Welcome to the April 2016 Issue of the Bioenergy Australia Newsletter. In this issue we note all the details of Bioenergy Australia 2016, provide resources from our two April events and present a round up of national and international news. |
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| What's in this Issue? April 2016 |
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Australia’s premier bioenergy conference, Bioenergy Australia 2016, will be held at the Mercure Brisbane, Queensland from Monday, 14 - Tuesday, 15 November 2016, with a technical tour on Wednesday, 16 November.
Secure your place! - Experience all that Queensland has to offer to the
bioenergy sector at the 2016 Bioenergy Australia Conference
The program will cover policies and programs, projects and project development case studies and emerging opportunities. The conference will consider the many facets of bioenergy, including an anticipated 100+ presentations on:
- Biomass resources, feedstock preparation and supply chain aspects
- Algae and other future feedstocks
- Conventional and advanced liquid biofuels
- Pyrolysis, hydrothermal processing and gasification
- Biogas production and utilisation
- Energy-from-waste
- Heat and power
- Biochar, biorefining and biochemicals
- Overarching aspects of bioenergy, such as policies, finance and investment, markets, life cycle emissions and sustainability
In past years this conference has been attended by 200-300 delegates and we expect a similar good attendance this year. This year IEA Bioenergy Tasks will be holding sessions within the conference program. The conference includes a trade exhibition and technical posters and a tour to bioenergy facilities in the region.
Presentations/Posters/Exhibition Space and Sponsorship Opportunities
Expressions of Interest to give presentations, posters, exhibit or sponsor are now being sought. Details at: http://www.bioenergyaustralia.org/pages/bioenergy-australia-conference-2016.html
For further information please contact:
Bioenergy Australia 2016 Conference Secretariat
C/- The Association Specialists
PO Box 576 Crows Nest, NSW, 1585
Tel : +61 2 9431 8600 Email : bioene...@theassociationspecialists.com.au
Stephen Schuck – Conference Convenor
Tel: +612 9416 9246 Email: c...@bioenergyaustralia.org
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| Resources from Recent Bioenergy Australia Events |
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Brisbane Business Breakfast, 26th April at QUT (biofuels focus) Task 37 Webinar - Energy from Biogas (biogas focus)
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| Reminder - ARENA Bioenergy Projects |
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Bioenergy Australia has commented several times recently that the sector is seeing somewhat of a boost in interest and the availability of project funding.
A quick reminder therefore of the investment that ARENA is making in Australia's bioenergy future......http://arena.gov.au/projects/bioenergy/
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| Forthcoming Bioenergy Australia Events |
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- Bioenergy Business Breakfast Melbourne - June - more details soon
- Task 38 Webinar - May - more details soon
- Task 42 Webinar - May - more details soon
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29 April 2016, Bioenergy Australia welcomes latest bioenergy investment
Bioenergy Australia welcomes the news today that an $800 million multi-faceted biofuel-biopower and pellet fuel production project is one step closer to going ahead.
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is providing $3 million support to Renewable Developments Australia (RDA) to help build the business case for a bioethanol and co-generation power plant in Queensland.
This is the latest in a growing list of bioenergy projects getting the early support they need.
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Our National Team Leaders have been attending Task Progress Meetings overseas and this heralds the start of a number of our Task Participation Group Meetings and Webinars back in Australia.
Task 37 - Energy from Biogas
NTL A/Prof Bernadette McCabe has just returned from a UK meeting. The recent Task 37 Webinar outlines recent and forward activities in the Task.
Task 37 Newsletter - available via the IEA Bioenergy Task 37 website.
Latest Technical Report - Methods to determine parameters for analysis purposes and parameters that describe processes in the biogas sector, March 2016.
List of Useful Topic Specific Technical Reports on Biogas
Task 38 - Bioenergy and Climate Change
NTL for Task 38, Annette Cowie has been at the Task 38 Progress Meeting in the US and will report on progress in a May webinar.
Annette recently presented as part of the IEA Bioenergy Webinar Series . Her presentation, “Bioenergy - is it good for the climate? - was part of the April 21st webinar. The recordings from the IEA Bioenergy Webinar Series can be access here.
Task 39 - Advanced Biofuels
The Recent Task 39 Progress Meeting in Delft in the Netherlands was attended by Steve Rogers from Licella acting as Bioenergy Australia's representative. A progress report from this meeting will be available via the Task webpage on the Bioenergy website.
Task 39 Webinar - this is scheduled for June 2016.
Task 39 Newsletter - April 2016 issue now available
Task 42 - Biorefining
NTL Geoff Bell has just returned from the recent Task 42 progress meeting in Dublin (with a stop off at the Sugarcase Conference in Mackay) on the way home. A meeting report from the Dublin trip will soon be available via the Task 42 webpage on the Bioenergy website.
Task 42 Webinar - this is scheduled for May - more details soon.
Task 43 - Biomass
NTL Prof Mark Brown has been on a US Study Tour and will report back on the tour activities in a Task 43 Webinar currently scheduled for June - more details to follow.
The Progress Meeting Report will be available from the Task 43 webpage on the Bioenergy Australia website.
The February 2016 Webinar by Tat Smith (Associate Leader of Task 43) entitled, 'Mobilising Sustainable Biomass Chains' summarises the results of an IEA Bioenergy inter-Task project analyzing prospects for large-scale mobilization of major bioenergy resources. It shows that significant biomass can be mobilized, although challenges identified in the report need to be addressed. The recordings from the IEA Bioenergy Webinar Series can be access here.
Other Tasks (no Australian Involvement)
Task 32 - Combustion and Cofiring
IEA Bioenergy have released a biomass firing report entitled, The status of large scale biomass firing: The milling and combustion of biomass materials in large pulverised coal boilers.
The 88-page report discusses the biomass fuels available for large-scale utilization in power plants, the principal biomass firing and co-firing options, the impacts on plant operation, co-firing case studies and more. To view the report, click here.
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IEA Bioenergy Conference 2015 - Proceedings |
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More than 300 experts from 37 countries participated in the conference organized by IEA Bioenergy, the Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme of the International Energy Agency, in Berlin at the end of last year. They discussed the latest developments of bioenergy in the context of the climate change conference in Paris, but also the multiple competing demands for biomass such as food, animal feed, or bio-based products.
The German Federal Minister of Agriculture, Christian Schmidt, described bioenergy as one of the main global pillars of the energy transition: “We consider bioenergy as very important for global climate protection, but also for business and growth in the regions”, the Minister stated in his opening speech. The contributions of the two-day conference have now been published by the FNR in the series "Gülzower Fachgespräche". The conference proceedings cover almost 100 presentations and posters. They are available for download at mediathek.fnr.de. Contact:
Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V.
Dr. Torsten Gabriel
Tel.: +49 3843 6930-117
Mail: t.ga...@fnr.de |
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What's Bioenergy Australia's involvement in IEA Bioenergy?
Find out more on the dedicated IEA Bioenergy Task webpages on the Bioenergy Australia website.
Bioenergy Australia acknowledges funding from ARENA's Emerging Renewables Program which enables Australia to participate in IEA Bioenergy Tasks. |
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Market study: Global biofuels market to grow to $246bn by 2024 - The global biofuels market was valued at $168.18 billion (€149.05bn) in 2016 and is projected to reach US$246.52 billion by 2024 at a CAGR of 4.92%, a new market study finds.
According to Transparency Market Research’s new study biofuels and bioenergy are a critical part of the renewable energy mix, being the only renewable energy that can be used across all three energy sectors (electricity, heat, and transportation).
Biofuels are projected to be another growing segment within the renewable energy market after wind energy segment, and it offers numerous opportunities for both new start-up companies and traditional companies, from the point of view to transfer their capabilities into this new growth market. It is also a broad and varied sector, covering a range of technologies at different stages of development.
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, energy security, and waste treatment are some of the primary growth drivers for the global biofuel market. More.
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Industrial heat credits and the renewable energy target - A report commissioned by Forest and Wood Products Australia looks at the role that renewable heat credits could play in both the current RET of 33 TWh in 2020 and modelled scenario of 66 TWh of renewable electricity in 2030. Note that the Australian Government has no current proposal to expand the RET. Stakeholders in the forest products industries believe that the inclusion of heat credits in the Renewable Energy Target (RET) can contribute to the cost effective decarbonisation of energy in Australia, promote the use of sustainable forest resources and support Australian forest industries.
The inclusion of industrial heat within the RET is consistent with the stated aims of the RET “to encourage the additional generation of electricity from renewable sources” and “to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in the electricity sector”. It will do this by encouraging cogeneration at the source of the wood waste. A policy gap is identified with no adequate measures to support heat generation from biomass in Australia. Clearly there is international precedence for the inclusion of large scale heat credits from biomass across numerous jurisdictions including US, UK, Sweden, Norway, Finland, France and Italy. Full Report.
Muradel uses car tyres to make fuel - A biofuel producer from the South Australian town of Whyalla is aiming to use old car tyres as a feedstock to produce fuel at a scaled up demonstration plant. Muradel is being supported by the Federal and State Governments as it commercialises its process to made biocrude oil from micro algae and now from car tyres. The company has been producing algal oil at a plant in WA since 2011 and began a facility at Whyalla in 2013. More.
RDA receives ARENA funding to develop an Ethanol Business Case - A $800 million multi-faceted biofuel-biopower and pellet fuel production project in Queensland is one step closer to going ahead. Renewable Developments Australia (RDA) aims to develop the Pentland plant into the lowest cost ethanol production facility in the world. It would be a landmark project for Queensland and the bioenergy industry as a whole. This ARENA funded project will verify and validate key technical and commercial parameters critical to project development and financing. More.
Carbon Capture and Storage Trial in Victoria - A crucial trial of carbon capture and storage technology in Western Victoria has seen more than 15,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide injected deep into the earth. CO2CRC has embarked on a four year trial at Nirranda South on Western Victoria to test the safety and viability of carbon capture and storage. The $23 million trial takes carbon from power generation plants and other combustion sites and stores the waste 1.5 kilometres underground. More.
QUT receive $2 million from ARENA for Sugar Cane Biogas Project - The project involves the utilisation of two biomass conversion technologies to improve the efficiency and economics of biomass conversion for the production of biogas and liquid transport fuels. Sugarcane trash and bagasse will be converted to biogas and upgraded to biomethane for use in sugarcane farming and transportation. Solids from biogas production will be converted via hydrothermal liquefaction to biofuels and chemicals. The integrated project plan includes the development of biomass separation and pretreatment technology through to the production of usable energy products. More.
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European Roadmap for Algae-Based Industry - The Conference “European Roadmap for an Algae-Based Industry” was held in April in Portugal. Co-organised by the European Algae Biomass Association (EABA) in a partnership with the EU projects Miracles, FUEL4ME, Splash and the Algae Cluster (InteSusAl, BIOFAT and All-gas), the event brought together over 100 leading European microalgae researchers from academia and industry. After three days of discussions, the experts worked together and identified the essential needs of the sector, pointing-out the direction of the European algae strategic research agenda for the upcoming years, which will soon be published as a White Paper. More.
Cheddar Cheese for Home Heating - Hundreds of homes in Cumbria in the UK will be heated using ‘cheese’, as a new government-backed green energy plant starts producing gas from cheddar manufacturing waste. The anaerobic digestion plant at the Lake District Creamery in Aspatria will receive millions of pounds in subsidies for turning whey and other residues from the cheese production process into “biogas”. More.
Effects of the German Renewable Energy Act on structural change in Agriculture – The case of biogas – This publication notes that strong political support for biogas production in Germany over the past decade greatly affected agricultural production, farms and land markets. The paper analyzes the effects of Germany's biogas policies on agricultural development by using the agent-based simulation model AgriPoliS. Particular focus is placed on the effects of the previous German Renewable Energy Act (REA, German “EEG”) of 2012, as well as the latest amendments, which were added in 2014. Results suggest that under the previous REA and its predecessors, biogas production provided an attractive investment opportunity, especially for large farms, which led to a boost in biogas production. However, this policy also caused distortions within the agricultural sector, including increasing land rental prices. More.
US DOE to offer funding for biorefinery projects - The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has announced plans to issue a funding opportunity on behalf of the Bioenergy Technologies Office to support technology development plans for the manufacture of drop-in biofuels, bioproducts, or biopower in a pilot- or demonstration-scale integrated biorefinery. Plans for facilities that use cellulosic biomass, algal biomass, or biosolids as feedstock will be considered. More.
Data firm backs wood as best choice for biofuels - Wood is the best feedstock choice to be converted into biofuels because it is the oldest energy source on the planet, according to a US-based data firm. In a statement, North Carolina-based Forset2Market said wood works as a logical choice for biofuels because “the number of trees growing in the US has increased by more than 50% in the past 60 years” and “the wood supply chain is mature and stable”. For project developers and investors pursuing greener replacements for petroleum-based fuels and chemicals, the choice of feedstock is a critical early decision point, the organisation said. More.
Five bio-based jet fuels approved for air travel - The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said it has played an integral role in development of new alternative, environmentally-friendly, bio-based jet fuel, bringing the total number of these approved products for use in air travel to five. In a statement, the agency said that the newest fuel is known as ‘Alcohol to Jet Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene’ (ATJ-SPK). It is created from an alcohol called isobutanol, produced from renewable feed stocks such as sugar, corn, or forest wastes. “In contrast to traditional petroleum-based fuels, these new alternative fuels can reduce air quality emissions and are renewable,” the FAA said. The agency collaborates with the aviation industry to approve alternative aviation fuels through the standards-setting organization ASTM International. More.
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| Biogas Opportunity BA Advertisement |
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Italian Biogas Engineers Seeking Business Partners
Two Italian engineers working as business developers of Italian biogas plants are looking for new markets and customers in Australia and Pacific/Far East area. Their current business partners are using quality European suppliers for different components of plants and they have expertise in matching biological and chemical testing for the best combinations of output products (electricity, fertilizer and bio-methane). Solutions experience in Europe relate to the management of farm, livestock, abattoir waste and municipal organic waste.
They are looking to an agreement with an Australian business partner, supporting them in Australia and Far East markets with their top quality equipment and the attention paid by several Governments to waste management issues.
They are seeking Australian business operators that could be interested in a business agreement to provide biogas technology to Australian private customers (farms, abattoirs, food companies, etc.) and councils.
The contacts are: Franco Amisano and Mauro Luigi Rogna, email: franco....@gmail.com, mobile: +39 339 2261073
email: mauro...@gmail.com, mobile: +39 393 4083128.
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International BIOGAS Event 2017Fourth International Conference Progress in Biogas 2017 - Call for Papers |
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A/Prof Bernadette McCabe, Australia's National Team Leader for IEA Bioenergy Task 37, has been invited to be a member of the Scientific Committee of the Fourth International Conference Progress in Biogas. The conference is organized by the International Biogas and Bioenergy Centre of Expertise (http://www.biogas-zentrum.de/) and the Hohenheim University.
The venue of the conference will be at the University campus. The conference will take place on March 8th and 9th 2017 and on March 10th four Workshops will be organized. More details and Call for Papers (closing May 2016).
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Building the Billion Ton Bioeconomy - US Webinar
(note - this will be 4am Australian time) |
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Join the Biomass Research and Development (R&D) Board Operations Committee at a bioeconomy listening session on Thursday, May 5, 2 p.m.–4 p.m. Eastern Time.
During the listening session, titled “Building a Billion Ton Bioeconomy in the United States,” attendees are encouraged to provide their thoughts and comments and to ask questions about the potential to grow the national bioeconomy. |
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