WPAC conference
Task 32 provided input to the Wood Pellet Association in the organisation of the annual WPA Conference 2017, held 19-20 Sept 2017 in Ottawa, Canada.
This conference provided an overview of new developments in the area of wood pellet production and utilsiation in both the domestic and industrial heat sectors and the utility scale power sector.
Presentations from the conference are available here:
William Strauss, FutureMetrics – How wood pellets can be part of Canada’s decarbonization strategy
Sandy Fleming, Capital Power – Economic and policy conditions to incent Canadian biomass conversions
Fioana Matthews, Hawkins Right – The global outlook for wood pellet markets
Carsten Hulus, SBP, Demonstrating sustainability through certification
Preben Messerschmidt, Ramboll, Conversion from coal to wood pellets
Yves Ryckmans, Tractebel, Experience with biomass firing for large scale power
Rob Mager, Ontario Power Generation, OPG’s biomass journey
Butt Phillips, WorkSafeBC, WorksafeBC – A different approach to compliance
John Ackerly, Alliance for Green Heat, Heating North American homes with wood pellets
Seth Walker, FutureMetrics, Review of North American pellet heating markets