Workshop venue "Turbinenhalle" at the Power station (HKW) Moabit Friedrich Krause Ufer 10 – 15, 13353 Berlin/Germany

Workshop language English

Workshop office The VGB office will be located in front of the meeting room. Phone: +49 (0)151/18248018

Registration Please send your completed registration form (received together with the invitation) to the given address below or use the online registration at “http://www.vgb.org/ws_biomass_ash.html”. Participants are requested to register until April 14, 2015 (deadline for list of participants). Participation is also being possible upon late registration; however, the participants name cannot be entered into the list of participants. Please mention the company’s invoice address with all necessary data (e.g. order no., VAT, etc.). We will confirm the registration by sending the invoice. No special confirmation will be issued. The participation ticket will be handed over at the workshop office.

VGB PowerTech e.V. Kirsten Prophit P.O. Box 10 39 32 45039 Essen/Germany Phone: +49 201 8128 – 263 Fax: +49 201 8128 – 364 E-Mail: bma-workshop-2015@vgb.org

Attendance VGB member € 250,-- Non-Members € 320,-- Universities, authorities € 100,--

The workshop fee is free of VAT.

Non-German participants with residence in the EU have to indicate their value added tax identification number.

It is not possible to accept credit cards or currency at the workshop office. The attendance fees include the list of participants, the workshop presentations (after the workshop), coffee breaks, beverages and lunch. The service rate will be shown in the invoice with VAT.

Cancellation The following fees will be charged for the cancellation of the registration:

Up to 14 days prior to the workshop 10 % Within 14 days prior to the workshop 25 % Non-attendance or cancellation on the day of the workshop 100 %

Only written cancellations are accepted.

Accommodation A room contingent for overnight stays on April 28 and/or April 29 is available. The number of rooms available at special rate is limited. You may contact: Best Western Premier Hotel Moa Berlin Stephanstraße 41, 10559 Berlin/Germany Phone: +49 (0)30 394043-0 Fax: +49 (0)30 394043-999 http://www.hotel-moa-berlin.de

Special room rate € 115,- single room/per night (breakfast incl.) € 127,- double room/per night (breakfast incl.) To reserve a room at this rate, please specify key word: 'VGB BMA'.

Direction to “Hotel MOA”(by car) / public parking Please enter Birkenstr. 19-22, 10559 Berlin in your navigation system, so you can get directly to the parking garage of the mall “MOA Bogen”. The parking spaces of the hotel are located on the fourth parking level. The car park ticket may be encoded by the hotel receptionist for unlimited access to the parking garage.

Direction to “Hotel MOA” (by public transport) You can reach the BEST WESTERN PREMIER Hotel MOA Berlin by underground line U9, station “Birkenstrasse“. It is also possible to take the city train S-Bahn lines Ring 41 and Ring 42 to station “Westhafen“. From all stops it is only a short walk to the hotel.

In case of non-availability, please check with hotel reservation links, e.g.: http://www.abion-hotel.de/en http://www.pcberlin.consul-hotels.com/ or http://www.berlin.de/en/accommodation

BIOMASS ASH 2015

APRIL 29, 2015 BERLIN/GERMANY

VGB WORKSHOP

VGB WORKSHOP BIOMASS ASH 2015

VGB WORKSHOP BIOMASS ASH 2015

BERLIN | GERMANY

Biomass ash is produced by combustion of biomass for heat and power production. It is produced in boilers of different size and combustion technology. Whenever the production in small units and for district heating with mostly grate firing technology is practised since decades, the production in bigger units with fluidised bed combustion technology or converted coal boilers with dry bottom technology is increasing. Due to this, the total amount of biomass ash produced has increased.

The utilisation of biomass ash is depending on their physical, chemical and mineralogical properties. The properties are depending on biomass fuel and combustion technology. For coarse biomass ash the physical properties have predominantly to be considered for utilisation whereas for fine biomass ash the chemical composition is decisive. The range of biomass fuel is wide and covers e.g. fresh wood as also waste wood, agricultural residues like straw or manure. With the combustion technologies different feeding systems and operation conditions have to be considered. This results in different shares of fine and coarse ash amount to be considered for logistics reasons.

The workshop provides information about properties of biomass ash, existing and ongoing research work and aims in bridging gaps of knowledge for beneficial biomass ash utilisation in the different European member states. Experts will report about production, qualities and ongoing research as well as on existing fields of utilisation.

The workshop is addressed to all parties in and outside Europe actively involved or interested in biomass ash activities, from production, utilisation, regulation as well as research.

PROGRAMME SUBJECT TO REVISION

WEDNESDAY – APRIL 29, 2015

09:00 Opening workshop office10:00 Opening / welcome 10:15 Biomass in Energy Production - Ash related

Aspects N. Bech, Hofor A.S., Copenhagen, Denmark

10:45 Operator experience with Biomass/Biomass Ash in Polaniec Power Station J. Duda, GDF SUEZ, Polaniec, Poland

11:15 Biomass Ash from Waste Wood – problems and options O. Schiffmann STEAG New Energies, Saarbrücken; B. Breitenstein, TU Clausthal, Germany

11:45 EnNa – a project for sustainable harvesting of wooden biomass K. von Wilpert, FVA, Freiburg, Germany

12:15 Lunch break 13:30 Liquid fertiliser from Biomass ash

P. Nygaard, Cinis Recycling, Arden, Denmark 14:00 Biomass ash fertilisation sustains the bio energy

cycle! J. Romppanen, Tecwill Granulators, Vantaa, Finland

14:30 RAL - Quality mark for wood ash for forest fertilisation K. von Wilpert, FVA, Freiburg, Germany

15:00 Coffee break 15:30 Biomass ash utilization in infrastructures

including roads, harbors and so on. P. Lahtinen, Ramboll, Luopinoinen, Finland

16:00 Biomass Ash technical and environmental assessment for use as agricultural fertilizer, or in soil creation for land restoration Paul Gibbs, 4R Group, Leeds, United Kingdom

16:30 Discussion/Conclusion 17:00 End of workshop

Workshop venue "Turbinenhalle" at the power station (HKW) Moabit Friedrich Krause Ufer 10 - 15 13353 Berlin/Germany

Road map

Direction to workshop venue (by public transport) From the airport/railway station Berlin the easiest way is to take the underground or city train to “Westhafen” station.

Direction to workshop venue (by car) / public parking Please note that there is no parking space available at the workshop venue. The nearest public parking is the parking garage of the mall “MOA Bogen” (for navigation systems: please enter Birkenstr. 19-22, 10559 Berlin). It is a 7-minute walk to the workshop venue.