Workshop on Increasing Biomass Cofiring percentages in existing power Plants, Geertruidenberg, October 21, 2008

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

ESSENT Amer power
plant, Geertruidenberg, Netherlands

Expert workshop:

Increasing cofiring percentages
in existing coal fired power plants

Chairperson: Edward Pfeiffer

organised
by
IEA Bioenergy Task 32

Aim:

The aim of this workshop
was to evaluate recent developments in biomass cofiring around the world
and how biomass cofiring shares can be expanded depending on power plant
configuration and fuel type.

Individual presentations:

14:00	Opening, Edward Pfeiffer
14:05	Biomass Cofiring in Present and Future Power Blocks Wim Willeboer, Essent, Netherlands
14:20	Experiences of biomass co-firing in Finland Heikki Oravainen, VTT, Finland
14:40	Biomass Supply Chain in Nova Scotia James Taylor, Nova Scotia Power, Canada
15:00	Cofiring potential in Australia Christian Reilly – Project Manager, Development
15:20	Biomass co-firing in high percentages – opportunities in conventional and advances coal-fired plants Jaap Kiel, ECN, The Netherlands
15:40	Break
15:50	Co-firing high percentages – new chances for old power stations Marcel Cremers, KEMA, The Netherlands
16:20	CFD modeling of Electrabel boilers in the framework of increased biomass co-firing Patrick Savat, Laborelec, Belgium
16:50	Final Remarks and closing