| Time | Information |
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| 09:00 - 09:15 |
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| 09:15 - 09:50 |
Keynote - Supporting the move to a low carbon and circular economy – the role of waste to energyPaul de Bruycker, CEO, Indaver; President, CEWEP |
| 09:50 - 10:30 |
Volumes, capacity, gate fees and trade – UK and EuropeAdrian Judge, Director, Tolvik ConsultingRalf Schopwinkel, COO, Geminor
What is the future of RDF markets and how will this play out for the UK? How much will Brexit, RDF taxes / changing government policies, affect trade? How are gate fees responding to the changing economics?
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| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Refreshments |
| 11:00 - 12:00 |
Managing resources – policy approaches from England, Wales and Scotland and how this translates to development of infrastructureStuart Hayward-Higham, Technical Development Director, Suez Recycling & Recovery UKTaliesin Maynard, Head of Waste and Recycling Infrastructure, Welsh Government Angus Hamilton, Managing Director , Levenseat
How is policy translating into infrastructure?
What effect will Scotland’s landfill ban have? Do we need to plan for a "bulge" of waste? |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Leaders’ panel – the shape of the industry in the next 5, 10, 20 years.Ian Brooking, CEO, CoGenPhil Piddington, MD, Viridor Chris Holmes, Partner, Foresight Group Paul Green, Vice President, Business Development or , Julia Watsford UK MD, UK MD , Wheelabrator Technologies
How will waste to energy respond to the changing environment, the circular economy, the decarbonization of energy and industry and changing feedstock patterns?
What sort of projects will the money be following over the next 10 – 20 years? |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 14:45 |
Stream 1 – Key factors for UK project delivery successWhat are investors looking for in projects going forward?Allan Vlah, Director, Infrastructure, Aviva InvestorsJeff Gibbon, Director, Energy & Environmental Finance, Ernst & Young LLP
What financial models will prove most robust and where are funds likely to come from?
Stream 2 – Global perspectives on market and technology advancesRefurbishing and revamping existing energy from waste plants.
Speakers invited
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| 14:50 - 15:30 |
Stream 1 – Key factors for UK project delivery successAn analysis of the UK EPC delivery marketChristophe Cord’Homme, Business and Products Development Director, CNIMStream 2 – Global perspectives on market and technology advancesNext stages for a mature market – an exploration of the waste to energy market in Germany.Thomas Obermeier, CEO, TOMM+C, Hon.President DGAW |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Refreshments |
| 16:00 - 16:45 |
Stream 1 – Key factors for UK project delivery successGetting a complex project across the line – what are the lessons learnt from recent projects? (1)Gillian Sinclair, Head of Development, UK Energy Division (GE+), FCC EnvironmentJeff Gibbon, Director, Energy & Environmental Finance, Ernst & Young LLP Stream 2 – Global perspectives on market and technology advancesAdvances in waste to energy technology – case study of a highly efficient, low emissions plant
Speakers invited
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| 16:50 - 17:30 |
Stream 1 – Key factors for UK project delivery successTechnical, contractual and financial challenges to heat offtake and best practice solutions for delivery success.John Saunders, Investment Director and Head of HNDU (heat network delivery unit), The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial StrategyTom Bainbridge, Partner, Lux Nova Partners Limited
Why are waste to energy plants still finding it so hard to deliver CHP?
Are policies and incentives sufficient to overcome the complexities of CHP from energy from waste facilities? A practical forum to answer questions and demonstrate solutions from proven case studies. Stream 2 – Global perspectives on market and technology advancesGlobal growth markets for waste to energy.Deborah Sacks BSc MA MCIWM MRTPI MRICS, Waste and Resources Specialist, Renewable Energy Team, Department for International Trade
Which markets are key areas of interest for delivering new facilities?
What are the key elements that must be in place to access these markets? What are the main challenges in delivering projects on the ground? Speaker invited. |
| 17:30 - 19:00 |
Drinks and networking |
| Time | Information |
|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:10 |
Welcome |
| 09:10 - 09:50 |
Keynote - Energy from Waste and its role in lower carbon heat, fuel, energy
Speaker invited.
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| 09:50 - 10:25 |
Working towards carbon neutral by 2050 - what's the optimum use of residual waste measured by its carbon impact?Rachel Solomon-Williams, Head of Low Carbon Fuels, Dept for Transport, Dept for TransportDr Ausilio Bauen, Director, E4Tech |
| 10:25 - 11:05 |
Lessons learnt from ACT development so far.Hamish McPherson, CEO, Bioenergy Infrastructure GroupPaco Hevia, MD, Amey Waste Treatment Alex Miles, Director, Commercial Development (Europe), Enerkem
Why have some plants found development in the UK challenging?
What went wrong and what are the lessons learnt? What has been the experience elsewhere? Should the focus be on resource outputs rather than energy? What are the prospects for the future? |
| 11:05 - 11:35 |
Refreshments |
| 11:35 - 12:05 |
The Uskmouth conversion project – Europe’s largest end-of-waste project.Timothy Cornelius, CEO, Simec Atlantis Energy
An outline of the world’s first coal fired to end-of-waste conversion, with details on combustion systems and fuel developments, hurdles to delivery and projected power production.
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| 12:05 - 12:50 |
“Decarbonising” energy from waste with multi resource and energy outputs.Myles Kitcher, MD, Peel Environmental, Peel L&P LtdJohn Ferguson, EcoideaM Ltd , Binn Eco Park
Can waste to energy reposition itself on carbon measures?
Is the future of waste to energy a mix of technologies and resource outputs? What are the opportunities for regional development? |
| 12:50 - 13:50 |
Lunch |
| 13:50 - 14:30 |
Stream 1 – High value outputs from ACTs – project updatesPartnerships for fuels and gasses – is this the future of the ACT market?Jeff Ovens, MD UK and Europe, or Jim Macias, President, Fulcrum BioEnergy IncMatt Hindle, Policy Director, Energy Networks Association Stream 2 – Carbon reduction developments with established technology - game-changers?Employing CCUS / CCS with energy from waste plantsRonald de Vries, Project Manager, TwenceOscar Graff, Vice President and Head of CCUS, Aker Solutions
The Twence EfW CCUS project - the economics, markets and outputs; integration into the plant and operations; the longer term outlook.
Outline of the technology and its implementation; technical challenges and solutions. |
| 14:30 - 15:10 |
Stream 2 - Feedstock developmentsThe RDF / SRF feedstock market - key devlopments.
Speaker invited.
Stream 1 - System optimisation for improved efficiency and output.Best available techniques and BREF update - what will these mean for the industry?
Speaker invited.
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| 15:10 - 15:40 |
Refreshments |
| 15:40 - 16:05 |
Stream 2 - project updateUpdate on a major projectStream 1 - System optimisation for improved efficiency and output.Optimizing electricity revenues from waste to energy plantsTom Palmer, Managing Consultant, Cornwall Insights |
| 16:05 - 16:40 |
Part of the solution – explaining the role of energy from waste in the low carbon, circular economy era. |
| 16:45 - 17:00 |
Chairman’s round up and close of conference |
