Timber Committee and European Forestry Commission joint Bureaux meeting, 2 October 2006

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Wood Energy workshop, Belgrade 26 & 27 November 2007

UNECE/FAO, in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of Serbia will together organize a seminar in Belgrade, Serbia, focusing on the opportunities and benefits of using modern wood energy systems. With generous support from the government of Austria and UNDP Serbia and the Faculty of Forestry of the State University of Belgrade this two-day event will feature speakers from Serbia, Slovenia, Austria, Italy, Sweden and Scotland.
The meeting, which is open to participants from Serbia and neighbouring countries in south east Europe, aims to raise awareness generally of the environmental, economic and social benefits that would result from a wider-scale use of modern wood energy. Those attending will be drawn from government, municipalities, forest owners and managers as well as the wood processing sector, whose co-products could play an increasingly important role in energy provision, helping to improve Serbia's energy security and contribute to rural economic development.

Meeting Documents and Presentations

	Conclusions and Recommendations
	Agenda
The Case for Wood Energy	Mr Christian Susan, Österreichische Bundesforste AG, Austria
Wood Energy markets and trade in Europe – an overview	Mr Florian Steierer, University of Hamburg
Review of current technologies – heat only – CHP	Mr Thomas Maier, SWH, Austria
Emissions standards for wood-fuelled equipment	Mr. Heikki Oravainen, VTT Bioenergy, Finland
What fuel to use?: quality standards and price comparisons - covering split logs, wood chips, briquettes and pellets	Christian Rakos, proPellets, Austria
Cost effectiveness of wood against other fuels	Kalle Kärhä,Metsäteho Oy, Helsinki
Wood chips production and use – improving supply chains	Kalle Kärhä,Metsäteho, Helsinki
Co-firing techniques (wood and coal)	Mr. Heikki Oravainen, VTT Bioenergy, Finland
Thermic gasification of wood	Mr Richard Koch, Europaische Zentrum fur Erneuerbare Energie, Güssing, Austria
Wood energy market in Serbia - current situation	Prof. Branko Glavonjic, Faculty of Forestry, University of Belgrade, Serbia
A Vision for Wood energy in Serbia	Directorate, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Aleksandar Macura, UNDP
Wood Energy Policy - Austria ‘s experience	Mr. Dietmar Hagauer, Austrian Energy Agency
The Scottish Biomass Action Plan	Ms Rebecca Carr, Forestry Commission, Scotland
Energy model based on Güssing, Austria	Mr.Reinhard Koch , Clenergy, company, Slovakia
Biogas: The Energy Source of the Future	Mr .Martin Bruncko , Clenergy, company, Slovakia
Title to be announced	Mr. Aleksandar Kovacevic
Case study	Zelena Drina company, Serbia
Wood energy: Italy’s experience and some case studies	Mr Arturo Oradini , RDM, Firenza, Italy
Next steps - drawing up a wood energy strategy	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, Serbia

Further information about this meeting may be obtained from the secretariat:

E-mail: info.timber@unece.org

Timber Section

UNECE Trade Development and Timber Division

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