5TH INTERNATIONAL WOOD ENERGY CONFERENCE

Can Biomass Replace Fossil Fuels?

December 3rd 2014 Zagreb Hotel Westin www.wood-‐energy.info  

PROGRAM

 ORGANISER'S                                                                                                                                              PATRON'S                                                                                            SPONSOR'S  

09.00-10.00 Registration 10.00-10.40 OPENING / WELCOME SPEECHES Organizer: Association of Croatian Pellet, Briquette and Wood Biomass Producers - Raoul Cvecic Bole, president 3'

Host: City of Zagreb - Marijan Maras, Principal of City Office for Energetics, Environment Protection and Sustainable Development 3' Guests from the Region:  Ministry of Agriculture, Water Management and Forestry, BiH - Danica Cigelj,  Assistant Minister 3' Forestry: Croatian Forests Ltd. - Zoran Pavlovic, Commercial Director 3' Relevant institutions: Ministry of Economy 3' Patron: Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development 3’ Patron: Croatian Parliament - Ivo Jelusic, Delegate of the President of Croatian Parliament and Chairperson of the Committee on the Economy 3’ Opening: Government of Republic of Croatia, Ministry of Agriculture - Domagoj Krizaj, Assistant Minister 5'

10.40-11.00 BLITZ- QUESTIONS; 1. Technological and Personnel Constraints in the Pellet Production - prof. Stjepan Risovic, PhD, Faculty of Forestry, Zagreb 5' 2. Comments on the national energetic policy and RES position - Nikola Čupin, PhD, Association for Croatia Development 5' 3. State in Forests and Additional Options for Raw Material Supply - mr.sc. Vladimir Novotny, Croatian Forestry Institute Jastrebarsko 5'

11.00-11.45 UVODNA PANEL RASPRAVA (moderator Mladen Iličković, novinar): MOŽE LI BIOMASA ZAMIJENITI FOSILNA GORIVA? 45' / Sudjeluju: Raoul Cvečić Bole - Energy Pellets, mr. sc. Velimir Šegon - REGEA, Zoran Pavlović - Hrvatske šume, Vjeran Piršić - Eko Kvarner, Silva Celebrini Tevšić - Hrvatski radio

11.45-12.15 INTRODUCTORY PANEL DISCUSSION: BIOMASS AND PELLET MARKET - CHALLENGES IN THE SEE REGION AND EU 1. Overview of Regional Capacities, Production, Consumption and Foreign Trade Trends of Wood Pellets and Green Energy Export from SEE - prof.

Branko Glavonjic, PhD, Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade 10’ 2. The State of the European Pellet Market - mag. Christian Schlagitweit, Propellets Austria 10' 3. Analysis of Pellets Quality from Croatia - Nike Krajnc, PhD, Slovenian Forestry Institute 10'

12.15-12.30 BLITZ- QUESTIONS; The Role of Local Governments in the Planning of Power Plants - Dario Ban, City of Nova Gradiska 5' Case study: Installation of Pellet  Boiler in Karlovac - Karlo Rajic, REGEA 5' Solid Fossil Fuels Examination Analysis - Antonija Beslic, HEP Production Ltd.

12.30-12.50 MAIN LECTURES TECHNOLOGIES AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES 1. District Heating and Production of Electricity from Biomass – Burkhard Luedke, Agroforst Austria 10’ 2. Cogenerations and Kohlbach System - Eduard Vitkovic, KBE Bioenergie 10’

12.55-13.30 LUNCH BREAK

13.30-15.00 WORKSHOPS Session A: Moderator prof. Darko Motik, Secretary, Croatian Wood Cluster Session B: Moderator Marijan Kavran, Director, CWC

13.30-14.30 THE ENERGY STRATEGY, RAW MATERIAL ISSUES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

CHARACTERISTICS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES: CO-GENERATION CONSTRUCTION AND BIOMASS PROCESSING

1. Basic Features of Market Forms of Solid Biofuels - prof. Zeljko Zecic, PhD, Faculty of Forestry, Zagreb 10’

2. The Sale of of Wood Assortments in Croatia - Darko Biscan, Croatian Forests Ltd.

3. Biomass Policies - Duska Sasa, Energy Institute Hrvoje Pozar 10’ 4. Using Biomass for Heating Facilities and Settlements / Examples in

Primorsko-goranska County - Viktor Dragicevic, PhD, Faculty of Engineering Rijeka 10’

5. Cultivation and Systematic Use of Biomass - Katarina Kozina, Eko Slavonija / Aleksandar Kovacevic OIES / Vjeran Pirsic, Eko Kvarner 10’

1. Glina / Biomass Heating Project - Vjekoslav Ribarevic, Ston-Ing Ltd. 10’

2. Biomass Energy Evolution - CHP Systems Uniconfort - Stefano Tura, Uniconfort 10’

3. Basic Characteristics of Boilers and Pellet Stoves - Sasa Sencar, Senko Ltd. 10’

4. Turboden ORC:  A Proven Technology for Biomass Cogeneration - Ante Ivisic, Exportdrvo d.d. 10’

5. Boiler Technology for Biomass and Cogeneration - Robert Sajfert, Djuro Djaković Kotlovi d.d. 10’

14.30-15.00 PANEL-DISCUSSION (30') PANEL-DISCUSSION (30') BIOMASS IN THE EU PROJECTS / Participate: Sasa Bardak - REGEA,

Azis Klisura - Ministry of Agriculture BiH, Josip Dundovic - Croatian Forestry Society, Janez Lipec - Energetika Ljubljana

TECHNOLOGICAL PROJECTS / Participate: Zeljko Lovrak - Lika Energo Eko, Domagoj Miljkovic - CTR, Zoran Zekic - Ivikom, Srdjan Ivkovic - Primostroj Ltd.

15.00-15.30 PLENARY PART Report of workshop moderators 15' / Discussion / Conclusions and recommendations of the participants 15’ / Conference ending

15.30 DEPARTURE