BIOENERGY ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2015

Australia’s premier bioenergy conference, Bioenergy Australia 2015, was held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor Launceston, Tasmania from Monday, 30 November – Tuesday, 1 December 2015, with a technical tour on Wednesday, 2 December.

Media Coverage

'Sweden’s lessons for Oz bioenergy', Philip Peck Lund University, Sweden, Energy Business News
'Meeting bioenergy challenges head on' – Dr Donald Smith and Dr George Mahmourides, BioFuelNet Canada, ecoGeneration
'Australian Biogas Survey – Creating a Picture of Biogas in Australia' - Associate Professor Bernadette McCabe, University of Southern Queensland’s National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture’s (NCEA), ecoGeneration
'How can Australian biofuel companies better utilise ‘green’ molecules?', Kevin Weiss, Chief Executive, Byogy Renewables, California, ecoGeneration
ABC News (TV and Publication) – Bioenergy industry players push for policy support and subsidies to promote growth, Sallese Gibson, ABC Tasmania
ABC Rural (Radio) – Australian biofuels sector projected to double by 2020, Rosemary Grant, ABC Rural
ABC News Alternative Energy Page – a range of bioenergy, biofuel and other renewable energy articles and reports

Program

View the Conference Program

Delegate List

Presentations

Day 1

Session 1

Bioenergy in Tasmania – Developments and Opportunities, David Hurburgh, Department of State Growth, Tasmania

Opportunities for the Bioenergy Sector to Accelerate Carbon Abatement for Australia, Amar Rathore, Office of the Clean Energy Regulator

Financing Bioenergy in Australia: Experience and Insights from the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, Paul McCartney, Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)

ARENA’s Bioenergy Investment Priorities, Dominic Zaal, Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)

Session 2

BioFuelNet – Underpinning Canadian Bioenergy Development, Donald Smith, BioFuelNet Canada & McGill Network for Innovation in Biofuels and Bioproducts, Canada

Microalgae for Biofuels and Bio-Based Products, Michael Borowitzka, Murdoch University Algae R&D Centre

Alternative Fuel Policy – A Changing Landscape, Gavin Hughes, Biofuels Association of Australia

Opposition to the Use of Forest Biomass for Large-Scale Heat and Power in the EU: Key Stakeholder Issues to Manage, Philip Peck, Lund University, Sweden

Other Sessions

Presentations from the following sessions are available to delegates only:

Day 1: Sessions 3 and 4
Day 2: Sessions 5 – 7

If you would like access to any or all of the presentations and did not attend the conference, please contact us for further details including costs and Terms and Conditions (note – BA Members received reduced rates on Conference Materials).

Technical Tour Details

Bioenergy Australia 2015 included a technical tour of the following locations:

LMS Energy – Landfill site and electricity generation. View the LMS Energy Brochure and Remount Fact Sheet
Austral Bricks – use of waste wood (sawdust) in the onsite kilns.
Macquarie Oil Company – the production of biofuels – canola and poppyseed and meal.

Posters

The following Posters were on display at Bioenergy Australia 2015:

List of Posters and their presenters at Bioenergy Australia 2015