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Programme
Background:
Residues to Revenues 2009 was one of the best attended wood technology series that ran in Australasia in many years. Bioenergy and options for forest products companies to diversify their current operations, to learn about new and developing markets and some of the technologies that had been developed to turn wood wastes into a revenue stream obviously struck a chord with a wide cross section of the forestry sector. Over 350 persons from the industry in New Zealand and Australia participated in the 2009 series. Check out the Post Event Details for more information.
Bio-energy attracting keen interest:
Bioenergy using wood as an alternative energy source is getting a huge amount of attention - internationally and much closer to home. It's being called "fibre-fever". Driven by rising fuel prices, climate change concerns and ambitious Government targets to increase the use of forestry-derived biomass for energy, the role of forests is rapidly changing - from principally supplying logs to being an energy source.
Australia and New Zealand both have a substantial biomass resource in the form of post-harvest residues from the forest and wastes from wood processing and manufacturing operations. Forest products companies worldwide are investigating the economics and feasibility of procuring, harvesting, handling transporting and integrating mixed residue streams from harvesting operations. Poor decisions relating to transport and processing equipment, or matching the various components of the fuel supply chain, can lead to unacceptably high costs and poor quality of the delivered fuel.
Those involved in utilising wood wastes to generate on-site energy will tell you about the difficulties associated with the fuel size, shape and handling characteristics of wood wastes. The fuel resource is generally heterogeneous in nature, which results in problems in handling, segregating and storage of the fuels.
Selection of boiler and combustion equipment suited to the local wood resource, designing proper fuel sizing, treatment and handling systems along with the site layout of storage systems and the transfer of the various fuel streams to the storage facilities and to the energy plant are all critical decisions being made by wood processing operations.
What is Residues to Revenues 2011?
Residues to Revenues 2011, incorporating the new GREENERGY EXPO, will build on the keen interest being shown in this topic by forestry and wood products companies, both in New Zealand and Australia. The focus of this new technology series will be to provide practical updates on:
- Developments in internationally significant markets;
- Topical issues of harvesting and transporting biomass resources, quantities/measurements, methods and properties for forestry feedstock – including traditional and non-traditional forest supplies;
- Potential for Government Policy initiatives to accelerate industry development;
- Solid and liquid bio-fuel processing technologies, procurement, treatment, transport and logistics;
- Market developments in energy production – new ways to make heat/power.
Who will be attending Residues to Revenues 2011?
- Bioenergy users and producers
- Forest fuel producers
- Fuel and heating entrepreneurs
- Traders of forest fuels
- Scientists
- Technology developers
- Machine developers
- Wood, pulp and paper companies
- Heat and power producers
- Power plant and heating companies
- National and local Authorities
- Forest owners/managers
- Logging contractors
- Government policy analysts
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