19th May 2010: markets & developments

Christian Rakos

From 8.00         Welcome of participants

09.00             Opening by Michel GRÉGOIRE, Vice-President of the Rhône-Alpes region in charge of agriculture and rural development.

Chairman Christian RAKOS, Director, proPellets Austria

09.30 – 10.00      Pellets, solution for sustainable development
Arthur RIEDACKER, Co-Nobel prize of peace for IPCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, France

Jean-Pascal Archimbaud

10.00 – 10.30      Production and use of pellets in France
Jean-Pascal ARCHIMBAUD, President, SNPGB, French syndicate of wood pellet producers

10.30 – 11.00    Pellet heating appliances sales in France
Noël LE MAUFF, SER, French syndicate for renewable energies

11.00 – 11.30      Coffee Break

11.30 – 12.00      Raw material, finding a balance between the markets
Yves COSTREL, General Secretary, FnBOIS, French organization of wood industry companies

Averill Cook

12.00 – 12.30      The real stake of hardwood pellets in Europe
Averill COOK, Biomass Commodities Corporation, USA

12.30 – 13.00     Agripellets: stakes for the agricultural territories
André LE BRAS, ARVALIS – COOP de France, France

13.00 – 14.30      Lunch

Chairman        Hugues de CHERISEY, General Secretary, SNPGB, France

14.30 – 15.00         International and European markets, figures & trends
Christian RAKOS, Director, proPellets Austria

Annalisa Paniz

15.00 – 15.30         Italy, first European domestic pellet market
Annalisa PANIZ, AIEL, Italian association for agriforest energies

15.30 – 16.00         Germany, regulating a fast development
Martin BENTELE, Director, DEPV, German energy pellets association

16.30 – 17.00      Exporting overseas
Loys de TARRAGON, SICA ATLANTIQUE, France

17.00 – 17.30      Organizing the promotion of the French pellet sector
Thomas PERRISSIN, President, PROPELLET- France

Thomas Perrissin

17h30 – 18h00      Structuring the European pellet market
Jean-Marc JOSSART, AEBIOM, European biomass association, Belgium

20th May 2010, workshops 1: production and supply of pellets

Chairman Martin BENTELE, Director, DEPV, Germany

Jean-Marc Jossart

09.00 – 09.30        Quality: a question of raw material or production process?
Jean-Marie BELIERES, BOIS SUP, pellets producer, France et Philippe GOUPIL, ONF, French forest agency, France

09.30 – 10.00        Agripellets: solutions for the market
Matthieu CAMPARGUE, RAGT Energie, France

10.00 – 10.30    Cogeneration and pellet production
Michel COCHET, ALPES ENERGIE BOIS, France

10.30 – 11.00        Pellets delivery: the steps for organising the market
François FLANDRE, FF3C, French federation of fuels and heating companies et Christophe SAINT CYR, Vert Deshy, pellets producer, France

11.00 – 11.30      Coffee Break

11.30 – 12.00        Pellet storage regulations in Austria
Martin ENGLISCH, OFI, Austrian certification and research institute

12.00 – 12.30        The European pellets standard

Martin Bentele

Gilles NEGRIE, FCBA, French certification and research centre for forests, cellulose, wood and furniture

12.30 – 13.00      EN Plus, a European quality certification
Martin BENTELE, Director, DEPV, German energy pellets association

20th May 2010, workshops 2: the energy production

Chairman    Jacques PESSIAU, General secretary, UECF-FFB, French Union of building and energy companies, France

Alain Bromm

09.00 – 09.30        Dust emissions from a Swiss point of view
Alain BROMM, Energie Bois Suisse, Switzerland

09.30 – 10.00    Environnemental report of wood heating
Yannick Le GUERN, Bio Intelligence Service, France

10.00 – 10.30        Air-tight requirements in the French thermal regulation 2012
Bernard PRADET, POUJOULAT, France

10.30 – 11.00    Selling and installing a pellet stove: compulsory requirements
Hervé MICONI, PALAZZETTI, France

Hervé Miconi

11.00 – 11.30      Coffee Break

11.30 – 12.00        Qualibois, a certification for installers
Nadia BECKERICH, General Delegate, QUALIT’EnR, France

12.00 – 12.30 Pellets in medium-scale installations: feasibility criteria
Pierre ESCHBACH, Energie Concept, France

12.30 – 13.00 Maintain a sustainable development of the pellet sector
Philippe GONDRY, Manager, HARGASSNER France

Philippe Gondry

13.00 – 14.30      Lunch

Thursday 20th May 2010: Synthesis of the discussions

Chairman    Roger LERON, President, Rhônalpénergie-Environnement, Rhône-Alpes region energy agency

14.30 – 15.00      Synthesis on pellet production and distribution
Stéphane JOSSEAUME, President, Alternative énergies Syndicate, France

Frédéric Douard

15.00 – 15.30 Synthesis on energy production
Martin BENTELE, Director, DEPV, German energy pellets association

15.30 – 16.00          Conclusions and perspectives
Frédéric DOUARD, Chief editor of the Bioénergie International magazine, France

16.00 Thanks and end of the forum
Michel DESCOMBES, General Director, INSAVALOR, France

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