14.09.2010 - 15.09.2010 | Kyiv, Ukraine

Sixth International Conference on Biomass for Energy

The 6th International Conference on Biomass for Energy will take place in Kyiv on 14-15 September 2010. Conferences held in 2002 - 2009 generated great interest in Ukraine and abroad. About 200 participants including 50 attendees from Europe and the USA took part in each forum.

For more information on this event, please download the conference flyer.

Organized by:

  • Institute of Engineering Thermophysics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
  • Scientific Engineering Centre "BIOMASS"

Topics

  • Biomass resources: Availability and cost of resources; technical and logistical issues; environmental impact. Production, pretreatment, supply and logistics of feedstock from conventional agriculture, forestry, animal residues, processing industry and biodegradable fraction of MSW streams. Research on energy crops.
  • Research and development of bioenergy technologies: Combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion, extraction and utilization of landfill gas, co-combustion of biomass with traditional fuels. Production of liquid biofuels (biodiesel, bioethanol).
  • Demonstration and market implementation of biomass-to-energy technologies.
  • Strategy and policy issues: International, national, regional and local policies and strategies. Sustainability criteria and certification issues.
  • Economic and environmental issues of bioenergy technologies: Financing of bioenergy projects, socio-economic impact, reduction of CO2 emission. 

Deadline

for receipt of abstracts: 31 July 2010

Contact:

Scientific Secretary - Tetyana Zhelyezna
Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, NAS of Ukraine 2a, Zhelyabov St., Kyiv 03057 Ukraine
Tel./Fax: +(38 044) 453 28 56, 456 94 62
Fax: +(38 044) 456 60 91
0-mail: conference@biomass.kiev.ua
More details: http://www.biomass.kiev.ua/conf2009/eng/index.html

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