Workshop: Gasification – Overcoming technology deployment challenges
Draft agenda
9:00-9:15 Welcome and introduction. Background to the workshop and aim of the day
9:15-10:00 Keynote presentation – Berend Vreugdenhil, TNO. Current technology status for advanced applications
10:00- 12:00 Session 1. Technical learnings
This session focuses on learnings from technical operations, successes, failures and remaining challenges like upscaling, fuel feeding etc. Three presentations from EU, UK and North America will be given followed by group discussions.
- Henrik Thunman, Chalmers, Sweden
- Ian Crummack, Cobalt Energy, UK
- Marion Mahout, Engie, France
- Additional reflections from Chris Higman
- Group discussions – What have been the most important technical learnings in the development of pilot/demo/full-scale biomass gasification plants? Scale-up issues?
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-14:45 Session 2. Finance and market issues
This session focuses on economic learnings and challenges for FOAK-plants. Are there any common economic factors which have undermined commercial operation and deployment of the technology into further plants? Importance of other factors like customer relations, securing offtake and supply agreements, other stakeholders? Three presentations from EU, UK and North America will be given followed by group discussions.
- Joshuah Stolaroff, Mote, USA
- Patrica Thornley, Aston University, UK
- Speaker TBC (NextChem?? Donatella checks)
- Group discussions – What are the main economic challenges and how can they be overcome?
14:45-15:15 Coffee break
15:15-16:45 Session 3. Policy and regulatory issues
This session focuses on needs of policies and regulations to break the deadlock – Economic incentives, risk mitigation etc. Three presentations from EU, UK and North America will be given followed by group discussions.
- Eric van den Heuvel, Technical Coordinator of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy program.
- GTI? Don Stevenson is looking for a US speaker
- UK? Peter Coleman? Catriona checks
- Speakers TBC
- Group discussions – How to bridge the policy gaps to facilitate commercial break-through?
16:45-17:30 Summary and conclusions – the way forward
The workshop is free of charge and will be held in the city center of Luleå in Vetenskapens Hus (Vetenskapens hus | Luleå tekniska universitet)
Study visits June 4th
On the 4th of June we arrange a full-day program with visits at Sunpine https://www.sunpine.se/en/ and LTU Green Fuels in Piteå (https://www.ltu.se/en/about-the-university/organisation/department-of-engineering-sciences-and-mathematics/ltu-green-fuels). On the way back to Luleå in the afternoon, the bus will stop at Luleå Airport approx. at 16.00 (making it possible to fly to Stockholm with SAS 17:30 or Norwegian 19:35).
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Recommended hotels in Luleå:
Clarion Hotel® Sense | Hotell i Luleå | Strawberry
Book a night at Elite Stadshotellet Luleå | Elite Hotels
Best Western Plus Savoy Lulea – Guest Reservations
Contact:
Prof. Joakim Lundgren, co-task leader IEA Bioenergy Task 33
Mail: joakim@ltu.se
Phone: +46 72 23 91 307