Conference List

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10h40  SYNCRAFT Reverse Power Plants, Renewable Energies and Negative Emissions, Syncraft (english)

Biochar has emerged as the most mature and scalable solution for long term carbon dioxide removal (CDR), with a potential of gigatons of CDR per year.

The industry is at a crossroad, and it needs now to shift up a few gears if it wants to live up to its promise and to contribute significantly to the net-zero target in 2050.

In this session we will explore some of the critical questions facing the biochar industry:

• What is the long-term potential of biochar as a CDR solution? What are the most promising geographies and sources of feedstock?
• What is the current landscape of biochar industry?
• How to engage in a sustainable way the agri-supply chains, upstream for biomass supply and downstream for biochar usage?
• What are the business models with most potential to scale?
• What are the barriers that need to be overcome in the next few years?
• How to keep high integrity and trust in what is fundamentally a highly decentralized CDR model?
• Where do we see the industry 10 years from now?

Pyrogasification is a technology that valorizes various inputs, from biomass to non-recyclable solid waste, to produce renewable, low-carbon gases which, when injected into gas networks, can be stored and substituted for fossil gas in all its uses. Pyrogasification projects for the production of injected gas are integrated into local ecosystems and contribute to the transition and energy sovereignty of local areas, while at the same time creating new outlets with short circuits for the recovery of waste that is currently little or poorly recovered. Today, the sector is becoming industrialized!

10:00  Club Pyrogazéification ATEE, "Pyrogazéification for injection, a developing sector awaiting support to launch the first industrial units".
10:20  GRTgaz and GRDF, "Pyrogasification: Project developers and network operators meeting up".
10:45  Limoges Métropoles and IDEX, "Production of 2nd generation biomethane: a territorial project for Limoges Métropole".
11:10  Qairos Energies, "The benefits of agricultural biomass for the production of biomethane by pyrogasification, an example of the Qairos Energies process".
11:30  Engie
11:50  TNO
12:10  Hitachi Zosen Inova

10h00  Introduction and overview of Cocpit project, IMT Atlantique
10h15  Sustainable Aviation Fuels for Greener Skies, Ramboll
10h35  Production of e-fuels from biogenic CO2: prospects and profitability of capture projects, Sia Partners
10h55  Global Bioenergies : a new path to Sustainable Aviation Fuels, Global Bioenergies
11h15  PureSAF A Step Towards a Greener Future, KBR-Swedish Biofuels
11h35  Seaweed as a Feedstock for SAF, Celignis Analytical
11h55  Sustainable low-ILUC lipids for a carbon-negative SAF production: the biochar approach, RE-CORD 
12h15  Open to the floor

This workshop will focus on the flexibility of the gas system to maximize the injection and use of renewable gas. In connection with the West Grid Synergy program, speakers will explore the various flexibility solutions distributed at different scales, from the biogas plant to the consumer, via the distribution and transmission networks. Interoperability and economic performance are at stake, for a rapid and sustainable energy transition.

11:00  Opening address and welcome, SMILE Smartgrids
11:35  What are the issues involved in developing energy networks for 100% renewable gas and low-carbon scenarios? What is the overview of the various flexibility levers? GRTgaz
Supply adapts: the adaptation of biogas production by AD plants in response to demand.
11:45  What support can digital tools provide for the operation of biogas plants? A look back at an experiment at BIOGAZ IFF, Nevezus
Networks regulate: A more intelligent network to balance supply and demand, and optimize the injection of renewable gas: backflow, FLORES storage, dynamic network operation, with remote substation management, etc.)
11:55  Presentation of the "Mon gaz Du Coin" data exchange platform on the Mauges network, Sorégies
12:05  The flexibility provided by the transmission system: inter-network flexibility, in particular via backhaul and interface stations, GRTgaz
12:15  Flexibility in the distribution network: Dynamic network operation, GRDF
Demand adapts: what room for maneuver is there on the demand side, particularly for large consumers?
12:25  Insights from departmental energy syndicates on opportunities linked to BioGNV mobility, SYDEV, SDE22
12:45  Open to the floor

12:00  The contribution of CCU to achieving climate neutrality in Europe by 2050, CO₂ Value Europe
12:30  Open to the floor

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14:00  Sustainable fuels : from disruptive technologies to demonstration projects, Cea Litten
14:20  Prospects of BECCU in Finland: on a path of becoming a forerunner in carbon capture?, Bioenergia RY
14:40  The future of biogenic CO2 certification, ERGaR
15:00  Open to the floor

14h00  Market demand for biochar carbon credits: trends, sales channels, and offtake agreements, Puro.Earth
14h20 Data-Driven Crediting Schemes for trustworthy and high-quality carbon removal credits, Carbonfuture
14h40  Empowering Communities: The social Impact of Artisanal Biochar Production in Developing Countries, Circonomy
15h00  Derisk investments in biochar carbon removal projects: DoMoRe, Geca Environnement
15h20  Decoding the Dynamics of Biochar Carbon Credits, Accend
15h40  Open to the floor

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15h00  Les enjeux de la standardisation face à une montée en puissance de la filière, Prodeval (french)
15h20  Certification de durabilité biogaz - conformité à la RED II, 2BS (french)

15:15  Innovation et Méthanisation - Actualité des Appels à Projets GRDF, GRDF
15:40  Permanent storage of biogenic CO₂ from biogas in mineral waste and recycling streams, Neustark

Power-to-methane is a technology that combines renewable, low-carbon hydrogen with CO₂, thereby producing synthetic methane. This technology makes it possible to recover biogenic CO₂ from methanization and accelerate the decarbonization of grid gas.
15:30  Conference introduction, ATEE - Club power-to-gas
15:45  Catalytic CO₂ methanation - Challenges and opportunities for the biogas industry in Germany, Fraunhofer IMM
16:05  Occibiom project, Arkolia
16h25  Métharen project, CEA
16h45  Methanation in Power-to-Gas: Biological and Catalytic, Hitachi Zosen Inova
17:05  Open to the floor

16:00  Progress contract : What is it, GRDF
16:10  Progress contract : a test on 10 volunteer sites, Artifex
16:20  Progress contract : a test on 10 volunteer sites, Quelia
16:30  AD and RED II - How to comply, Synergis
16:40  Greenhouse gas tools: What feedback?, ENGIE
17:00  FELeaks - Better quantifying and understanding fugitive biogas emissions in methanization, INRAE

16:30   The use of captured Carbon dioxide as a stabilising agent in renewable fertiliser production, CCm Technologies
16:50   High-performing and biodegradable CO₂-based plastics: demonstrating an innovative biogenic CO₂ utilization technology in the HICCUPS project, Avantium
17:10   Scope-3 decarbonation:  Role of micro-algae, constraints and solutions, NeoCarbons
17:30   , Host France

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10h00 Les odeurs et la méthanisation : réalité et solutions:
- Retour d’expérience de l’étude EPIQUE-FM : langage des Nez®, campagne de mesures. Intervenant : Air Pays de la Loire
- Prévention des nuisances olfactives. Intervention : Franck Hervieu, TC Innov
10h40  Comment obtenir les meilleurs résultats à l'aide de nos dernières innovations, Tietjen Verfahrenstechnik (french)

10:00  Carbonloop and how biochar is becoming a major lever for regenerative agriculture, Carbonloop
10:20  Applications and prospects in agriculture and horticulture, Groupe SOLER
10:40  , Woodtek Engineering
11:00  The UK Biochar Demonstrator Programme, University of Nottingham
11:20  Open to the floor

10h00  Biochar in Concrete: A Scalable Carbon Removal Pathway, EcoLocked
10h20  Applications of biochar in concrete, Glanris
10h40  Building the Future. Creating Carbon Sinks in Concrete and Asphalt, CarStorCon Technologies
11h00  "Concrete" Solutions for Carbon removal and the circular economy, Voltigital
11h20  Permanent storage of CO2 in mineral waste and recycling streams, Neustark
11h40  Open to the floor

10h00  EU and IMO policy developments, and a review of existing practices on sustainability aspects/certification and third-party verification issues for the IMO’s LCA guidelines, Ricardo
10h30  Sustainable Methanol: A Solution for the Marine Sector, Enerkem
10h50  Scaling up pyrolysis bio-oil for the maritime sector, Stiesdal
11h10  Microwave cracking: a new pathway from biomass to biofuels, Organic Fuels Technology
11h30  The "Green" Gold - the transformative power of bio-methanol, Ramboll
11h50  Biomethanol production from biogas, Energo
12h10  Open to the floor

BioNGV is the proven solution for decarbonizing heavy-duty transport right now!

After an overview of the sector's current situation in terms of figures and regulations, this conference, moderated by Laurent Sorin from Vendée Energie, will present concrete examples of integrated BioNGV and/or BioLNG projects, and address the emerging subject of gas retrofits.

With Dominique Ramard (President of SDE22) as keynote speaker, and the participation of Pierre Charrier (GNVert), Jean Terrier (GRTgaz), Maxime Garnier (GRDF) and Régis Gaignault (France Mobilité Biogaz), as well as Sébastien Le Rendu from FARAL and Mehdy BENYAHIA from ENVITEC.

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Avec désormais près d’une cinquantaine de stations d’épuration qui produisent du biométhane à partir de leurs boues, les collectivités s’inscrivent pleinement  dans l’atteinte  l des objectifs de décarbonation et de développement durable de leur territoire grâce à leur propre infrastructure.

Un retour d’expérience des conditions de fonctionnement opérationnel de ces installations a pu ainsi  être réalisé aux côtés d’experts et de représentants de cette filière mettant ainsi en exergue les spécificité techniques , les pistes d’optimisation et les axes d’innovation de ces projets d’intérêt public.

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12:40  Creating Value from sewage, VOW (english)

14:00  Stiesdal SkyClean 20MW Pyrolysis Plant integrated with Biogas for green fuels & CCS, Stiesdal
14:20  Can pyrolysis or gasification enhance profit of RNG ?, Geca Environnement
14:40  Integrating Anaerobic Digestion and pyrolysis in organic waste management for carbon sequestration and fertilisers production - a case study, RE-CORD

Renewable district heating and cooling
14:00  District Heating networks, an essential tool for the decarbonization of heating, FEDENE Heating & cooling networks
14:20  Decarbonizing cities with wood networks, CIBE
14:40  District Heating - a game changer for energy transition in Denmark. REX: The project Zero (Sønderborg), The Danish Embassy and Danfoss
15:10  Decarbonization strategy for heating networks illustrated by an exemplary case study, Idex

15:30  Break

The benefits of diversifying biofuel feedstocks
15:40  Straw - Europe's Untapped Resource, Burmeister & Wain Energy (BWE)
16:00  Agropellet: from production to consumption at IDEX LaDéfense, IDEX/RAGT
16:20  Panel debate, BWE, Dall Energy, Linka Energy
16:40  Open to the floor