Seminar: TAS8 Biogas and Biofuels
Technology – Frameworks – Financing (21.-25.02.2011)
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Location
Berlin, RENAC Training Center, Schönhauser Allee 10-11, 10119 Berlin, Deutschland
Date
21.–25.02.2011 09:00–18:00
Language
English
Category
Biofuels, Biogas
Type of seminar
Technology specific seminar covering technologies, economics and frameworks on biogas and biofuels
Target Groups
Staff from government bodies and other public authorities responsible for renewable energy and energy efficiency legislation
Course Objectives
- This course provides an introduction for decision makers from ministries to biogas and biofuels. Following an introduction to the technologies, the course covers economics as well as supporting schemes and project management issues.
- You will also learn about various frameworks and approaches for the support of biogas and biofuels and their market entry from different countries, their strengths and weaknesses, best practices and lessons learned. Here you will benefit from the experience and know-how of your fellow participants from all over the world as everybody will present the legal framework/political strategy in her or his country of origin.
In the financing session you will learn about CDM mechanisms, types of financing and funding (credits, mezzanine, grants, etc.) as well as potential sources of financing. - Lectures are supplemented by a field trip to a biogas plant close to Berlin.
- The course provides the platform for international exchange and networking with experts from Germany and from other TREE-trainings. The course closes with a workshop on strategy planning for the design and implementation of biogas and biofuels support programs.
Benefits
- Get an overview on biogas and biofuels technologies and applications.
- Develop a solid understanding for the technologies applicable in theory and practice.
- Learn about costs and return on investment.
- Get an understanding for the project management processes to implement biogas or biofuels strategies and develop and understanding of different stakeholders like investors, financing institutions, project developer.
- Understand the correlation of technology, frameworks and financing instruments for the successful design and implementation of a support program for biogas and biofuels.
Course Agenda
Biogas
- Introduction biogas technology
- Biogas plant visit
- Project phases and stakeholder
- Project management
- Presentations from participants: situation of biogas in home country
- Legal aspects of biogas plants
- Quality management
- Costs
- Project financing opportunities
- Experiences with a biogas plant with biowaste
- Gas utilization
- Technical developments
- Framework conditions
Biofuels
Bioethanol
- Introduction to technical aspects and production processes
- Resources
- Quality management
- Market development
- Costs
Biodiesel
- Introduction to technical aspects and production processes
- Resources
- Quality management
- Market development
- Costs
Exercises
- We will also organize field trips to a biogas plant.
- We will discuss with companies in the biofuels business.
- Participants will also be asked to give a short presentation on biogas and biofuels support programs and/or political strategies in their home country.
Course materials
Participants of this course will receive all presentations as a print out as well as information on further reading.
Lecturers
The lecturers for this course are:
- engineers and architects
- financing specialists
- project developer
- lawyers
Contact and further information
For information about course content and application procedure, please, use our TREE contact form.
Important notes!
Travel and accommodation costs are not included in the scholarship and must be funded individually. RENAC provides information on hotels in Berlin.
For your TREE application we kindly ask you to prepare:
- Your CV for upload (.pdf or .doc)
- A letter of motivation for participating in the TREE course (900 characters)
- A short description how you will integrate and apply the knowledge gained in the course into your profession & daily work (900 characters)
- An answer to our question: What do you expect from the TREE course?
Application
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