IBBA Workshop 2016

Programme
The workshop was supported by Task 37. The topics covered were Pretreatment of Cellulosic Feedstocks, Economizing Biogas Production, Sustainable Biomass and Cheap Carbon Sources.

Welcome to the Inter Baltic Biogas Arena Workshop
Prof. Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen, Center for Bioenergy and Green Engineering, Aalborg Univ., Denmark
Prof. Frank Scholwin, Institute for Biogas, Waste Management & Energy, Germany

Keynote: Biogas production on the way towards competitiveness – process optimization options and requirements
Dr. Jan Liebetrau, DBFZ, Germany

Sustainable biomass substrates: Potentials and perspectives in Europe. Low cost feedstocks – challenges and solutions 1
Dr. Ane Katharina P. Meyer, post doc, Dept. of Energy Technology, Aalborg University – Esbjerg campus, Denmark

Low cost feedstocks for biogas plants – challenges and solutions 2
Dr. Ass. Prof. Piotr Oleskowicz-Popiel, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Poznan Univ. of Technology (PUT), Poland

Changes in the daily substrate mix – effects on process efficiency and opportunities of solid manure
Prof. Jens Born, Flensburg Univ. of Applied Science, Germany

Aquatic Biomass for biogas plants – realistic substrate source or an academic idea – including full scale experience from Solrød Biogas ltd
Ass. Prof. Rikke Lybaek , Department of Humans and Technology, Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark

Marine Biogas – A commercial concept to recapture marine nutrients and producing biogas
Dr. Fredrik Norén, Marine Biogas, Sweden

Grass and grass-legume biomass as biogas substrate – environmental and economic sustainability at different cultivation intensities
Thomas Prade, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Dept. of Biosystems and technology, Sweden

Analysis and Optimization of Energy Flows in existing Biogas Plants for improved economic performance
Thomas Knauer, Ingenieurbüro für Energietechnik Niebüll / University Rostock, Germany

dinaMETAN choosing the right substrates and combining it for the optimal digestion input
Michael Niederbacher, CEO of BTS Biogas ltd.