Bioenergy Australia 2009 - From Opportunity to Implementation
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Australia’s premier bioenergy conference, Bioenergy Australia 2009, will be
held at the Radisson Gold Coast, Queensland on 9 - 10 December, with a
technical tour on 8 December.
The conference program will have over 90 presentations, covering policies
and programs, bioenergy projects and project development case studies, and
will cover
· Biomass sources and supply aspects
· First and second generation liquid biofuels
· Algae and other future feedstocks
· Pyrolysis bio-oil and bio-char
· Anaerobic digestion
· Energy-from-waste
· Heat and power
· Overarching aspects of bioenergy, such as life cycle emissions and
sustainability.
Our keynote speakers are Dr Göran Berndes, Department of Energy and
Environment, Chalmers University, Sweden and Task Leader of IEA Bioenergy
Task 30 Short Rotation Crops for Bioenergy Systems, Professor Michael
Borowitzka, Algae R&D Centre, Murdoch University, Western Australia and well
known bioenergy figure, Professor Ralph Sims who has been working at the IEA
in Paris .
The program will include a trade exhibition and technical posters and a tour
to bioenergy facilities in the region. The tour will visit the 30 MWe Rocky
Point sugar mill cogeneration power plant, two different anaerobic digester
plants – one using ultrasonics to stimulate gas production, the other using
a floating cover at a piggery, a bioreactor facility producing biogas for
electricity generation, a Pongamia (tree legume for biomass oil) research
plot and a small scale gasification test rig.
Early Bird Registration is now open. Please visit
<http://www.bioenergyaustralia.org> www.bioenergyaustralia.org to view the
program and to register. Online registration is also available at :
https://secure.conferenceaction.com.au/ei/getdemo.ei?id=530
<https://secure.conferenceaction.com.au/ei/getdemo.ei?id=530&s=_4HW0NDIXA>
&s=_4HW0NDIXA
Stephen Schuck
Dr Stephen Schuck
Bioenergy Australia Manager
c/o Stephen Schuck and Associates Pty Ltd
7 Grassmere Road
Killara NSW 2071
Tel/Fax: (02) 9416 9246
www.bioenergyaustralia.org