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The BIOFIT Industry Platform is set-up to involve a broad spectrum of industry representatives into the project activities.
The objective of this platform is to support the networking between industries to foster market uptake of retrofitting technologies, to gather feedback and recommendations from the industry, NGOs, and policy makers, and to exchange knowledge and experiences among the different industries. In this context, regular working group meetings will be hold as side events of conferences, workshops and industrial meetings. Open to public, relevant drivers, opportunities and barriers of retrofitting will be discussed and possible solutions will be presented and evaluated.
Stakeholders interested to join the BIOFIT Industry Platform are kindly asked to get in contact with Arne Gröngröft, DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH via [email protected]
BIOFIT Industry Forum - H2020 Project on Bioenergy Retrofits for Europe’s Industry
When: 9 July 2020, 13:00 - 15:00 pm
Where: E-EUBCE 2020, Online Conference
The BIOFIT EU project aims to facilitate the introduction of bioenergy retrofitting in Europe’s industry, focussing on bioenergy retrofitting in the five chosen specific industries, namely first-generation biofuels, pulp and paper, fossil refineries, fossil firing power and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plants. The E-EUBCE 2020 workshop will present and discuss the projects interim results.
13:00 | Short introduction to webinar procedure | Patrick Reumermann, Arne Gröngröft | BTG Biomass Technology Group BV DBFZ |
13:05 - 13:10 | BIOFIT: Bioenergy Retrofits for Europe’s Industry | Patrick Reumerman | BTG Biomass Technology Group BV |
13:10 - 13:20 | Retrofitting in pulp and paper industry facilities: towards a more efficient usage of bioenergy | Kristian Melin | VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland LTD |
13:20 - 13:30 | 1G biofuel facilities: how can they play a role in producing advanced biofuels? | Arne Gröngröft | DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH |
13:30 - 13:45 | Discussion/ Questions of participants | All, chaired by Patrick Reumermann | |
13:45 - 13:55 | Repowering coal power and CHP plants with biomass | Michalis-Alexandros Kougioumtzis | Centre for Research & Technology Hellas |
13:55 - 14:05 | Possibilities for transition of fossil refineries into biorefineries | Claude Mirodatos | IRCELYON - Institut de recherches sur la catalyse et l’environnement de Lyon |
14:05 - 14:15 | Policy recommendations for bioenergy retrofitting | Dominik Rutz | WIP |
14:15 | Questions of attendees & Open Panel Discussion with all speakers | All, Chaired by Patrick Reumermann | BTG Biomass Technology Group BV |
Industry Forum on biofuels
26 February 2020, Madrid, Spain
Industry Forum on repowering coal power plants with biomass
19 November 2019, Brussels, Belgium
Industry Forum on retrofitting measures for biofuel plants
11 September 2019, Leipzig
The was created at the beginning of the project in order to provide feedback to the methodology, recommendations, policy paper, surveys, etc.
Name | Organisation | Industrial Sector | Position |
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Dr. Edgar Ahn | BDI Holding GmbH | 1G biofuels | Chief Innovation Officer |
Dr. Karoline Seefeldt | TOTAL Deutschland GmbH | fossil refineries | Expert in sustainable development |
Luc Pelkmans | International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy | European and national energy / environmental authorities and policy makers | Technical Coordinator |
Nicola Rega | Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) | pulp and paper | Climate Change & Energy Director |