15.15 Coffee and exhibition

15.45 LARGE SCALE LOGISTICS & CURRENT INVESTMENTS IN THE PELLET SECTORWood pellets storage and handlingBengt Nilsson and Jonas Andersson, Bruks Siwertell (Sweden)

Vattenfall’s HVC bioconversion project Sara Hugestam, Vattenfall (Sweden)

News from Svebio and the Swedish Pellet Association Gustav Melin, Svebio (Sweden)

Canadian production and market development Gordon Murray, WPAC, Wood Pellet Association of Canada

Panel discusson on current market situation and future development:• Kjell Levihn, Stockholm Exergi (Sweden) • Gordon Murray, WPAC (Canada) • Justin Tait, Enviva (UK) • Gilles Gautier, European Pellet Council (Belgium) • Peter Granborn, Scandbio (Sweden) • Johan Granath, Ekman & Co (Sweden)

17.30 End of day 1

19.00 Conference dinner at Kusthotellet

09.30 STUDY VISIT TO SÖDRA WOOD’S SAWMILL AND PELLET FACTORY08.50 Transfer bus from Kusthotellet to the study visit

09.30 We meet in the reception at Södra, Värö. If you arrive by car, please register in the reception. Address: Södra, Virkesvägen 1, 432 65 Väröbacka

11.30 Lunch at Södra

11.30 Lunch at Kusthotellet from 11.30, if you don’t participate in the study visit. Address: Nils Kreugers väg 5, 432 53 Varberg

13.30 MARKET, POLICY AND NORDIC FUEL SOURCING ROOM: VILLA APELVIKEN

Chairperson: Gustav Melin, Svebio

Varberg Energi a modern local and renewable heat and power company Björn Sjöström, Varberg Energi (Sweden)

Forest-based liquid biofuels – The end of pellets? Henrik Brodin, Södra (Sweden)

Pellet market overview and the focus of the European Pellet Council Gilles Gautier, European Pellet Council (Belgium)

Towards a fossil free future: Possibilities and challenges Emelie Zakrisson, Orkla (Sweden)

US Supply and Sustainability, market outlook and opportunities Justin Tait, Enviva (UK)

DAY 1, WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY

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The sawdust from the sawmill is dried with a Stela belt dryer. The heat for the dryer is residual heat from the pulp mill. Photo: Thomas Carlén

Gilles GautierBjörn Sjöström

Gustav Melin

Henrik Brodin

Justin Tait Sara Hugestam

Emelie Zakrisson

Kusthotellet, Varberg, SwedenConference, study visit and exhibition 6-7 February 2019 www.svebio.se

NORDIC PELLETS CONFERENCE 2019

Kjell Levihn Peter Granborn Johan Granath

Photo: Scandbio

Bengt Nilsson Bengt Nilsson

DAY 2, THURSDAY FEBRUARY

09.00 GETTING TO ZERO – ADDRESSING WORKPLACE HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS ROOM: VILLA APELVIKEN

Safety – How Canadian pellet industry drastically reduced incidents in some few years Gordon Murray, WPCA, Wood Pellet Association of Canada

Safe handling and storage of pellets – Self-heating, fires and explosions Anders Lönnermark, RISE (Sweden)

Reducing risk with solid maintenance plans, Dr. Holger Streetz, Bathan (Switzerland)

The session is followed by a panel discussion with speakers and:• Frank Heilen, Fagus-GreCon (Germany) • Kristoffer Tannerfeldt, Firefly (Sweden)

10.30 Coffee and exhibition

11.00 BIOMASS CONVERSIONS IN INDUSTRYInternational Bioenergy Development Platform – New project run Rise, Svebio Pelletsförbundet and Skogforsk Susanne Paulrud, RISE (Sweden)

Examples of successful industry conversions to pellets and powder we pursued the last years Thomas Magnusson, Mared (Sweden)

Using wood pellets in large heat plants Timo Valkeinen, KPA Unicon (Finland)

Financing the first commercial plant for black pellets with Bioendev-technology Lars-Åke Svensson, Bioendev (Sweden)

12.30 Lunch and exhibition

13.30 RESIDENTIAL HEATING AND STOVESChairperson: Karolina Norbeck, Svebio

Pellet Stove – A key factor in sustainable domestic heating Ulf Wikström, KMP Pellet Heating, (Sweden)

Could small pellet stoves help Swedish home owners get detached from the power grid? Anna Werner, Villaägarna (Swedish Homeowners Association)

ISO standards for solid biofuel Niklas Jungerth, SIS - Swedish Standards Institute

Pellet and process additive – A Future Challenge Bo Jönsson, Comasa (Sweden)

15.00 Thank you – end of conference

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ROLL-UP EXHIBITIONAs a participant you have the possibility to take part in the mini-expo roll-up exhibition. The fee includes conference participation 2 days for 1 person. Meet these companies in the exhibition: S-E-G, Göteborg Energi, Instrutech, RaniPlast, FAGUS-GRECON, CPM Europe, Amandus Kahl, KPA Unicon, Andritz, Uddevalla Energi, Scandbio, Södra, Enviva, PelletsFörbundet, Firefly, Simatek AS, CM Biomass, Silokonsult Processteknik and Jönköping Energi. More companies will follow. READ MORE

Kusthotellet, Varberg, SwedenConference, study visit and exhibition 6-7 February 2019

Photo: Scandbio

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NORDIC PELLETS CONFERENCE 2019

Anders LönnermarkGordon Murray Holger Streetz Susanne Paulrud

Niklas JungerthKarolina Norbeck Anna Werner

Lars-Åke Svensson Bo JönssonThomas Magnusson Timo Valkeinen

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