Presentations from the April 3-4, 2008 Growing the Margins Energy Conference are provided below for your information and benefit. Also provided at the end of this page is a link to the presentations made at the April 5 "Digging Into Biogas Details" Workshop.
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Thursday April 3, 2008 |
8:30 – 10:00 am - Opening Plenary Growing the Margins Chair: John McMullen
Allen Rider, 25 x ’25 Ag Energy Project Steering Group (US)
Reaping the Benefits of Energy Conservation Peter Love, Ontario’s Chief Energy Conservation Officer
Successful Farm-Based Energy Systems in Ontario Paul Klaesi, Fepro Farms
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10:30 – 12:00 pm
Concurrent Session # 1
| Opportunities in Food Processing
1. The Bottom Line on Managing Your Energy Costs: A Guide for Food Processors Terry Young, Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), Toronto, ON 2. Developing an Industrial Biogas Industry Ryan Little, Storm Fisher Biogas, Toronto, ON 3. The Use of Slaughterhouse Residues to Generate Biodiesel, Biogas, Biofertilizer and Pellets Sergio Peres, University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
| Connecting to the Grid
1. One Year of Ontario’s Standard Offer Program - Lessons Learned and What’s Next Jim MacDougall, Ontario Power Authority, Toronto, ON 2. Connecting Generators to Hydro One Grid Bob Singh, Hydro One, Toronto, ON 3. Farm Biogas Grid Connection Experiences Aidan Foss, ANF Energy Solutions Inc., Richmond, ON
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Project Financing - Do’s and Don’ts
1. The Tax Benefits of Green Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects Brian Blommaert, Deloitte, Windsor, ON
2. Biomass Energy Project Due Diligence Doug Knox, BioEnterprise, Guelph, ON 3. Insurance Considerations for Green Energy and Energy Efficiency Projects Peter Stolk, Farm Mutual Reinsurance Plan, Inc., Cambridge, ON
| Energy Crop Feedstocks 1
1. Switchgrass as a Potential Commercial Pellet Fuel in Ontario: Delayed Harvest Study Results Stephanie Bailey Stamler, Resource Efficient Agricultural Production (REAP) Canada, Toronto, ON 2. Canadian Grower Fueling the Future - The Production of Biomass Feedstocks Dean Tiessen, Pyramid Farms Ltd/ Envisage Agro, Leamington, ON 3. Supply and Properties of Agricultural Residues Suitable for Bioenergy Applications Irene Coyle, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa, ON |
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1:30pm – 3:00 pm
Concurrent Session # 2
| On-Farm Energy Efficiency
1. Energy Advisory Services Mike Bouk, Ag Energy Co-operative, Guelph, ON Catherine Brodeur, Groupe AGÉCO, Québec, QC 3. Automated Drainage and Irrigation of Crop Fields Joseph Ouellette, Acrolab Ltd., Windsor, ON
| Byproducts to Biogas
1. Food Byproducts for Energy - What`s Out There, Who`s Got It and Where Is It Going Now? Phil Dick, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, ON 2. Mixing Off-Farm Materials in Biogas Production Don Hilborn, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, ON 3. On-Farm Use of Co-Substrates as Inputs Paul Klaesi, Fepro Farms, Cobden, ON
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Bioproducts 1 – Energy and Beyond
1. Bioauto Council - Vision and Goals Craig Crawford, Bioauto Council, Guelph, ON 2. Demand for Bioproducts Feedstock: Opportunities for Primary Producers? Dr. Gord Surgeoner, Ontario Agri-Food Technologies, Guelph, ON 3. Discovering New Opportunities for Old Crops Dr. Rima Menassa, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, London, ON
| Energy Crop Feedstocks 2
1. Miscanthus and Switchgrass Trials in Illinois Frank Dohleman, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 2. What Is The Best Maize Variety For Biogas Production? Michael Mukengele, State Institute for Farm Machinery and Farm Structures, Stuttgart, DE 3. Heating Greenhouses in Southern Ontario with Purpose-Grown Woody Biomass Darren Allen, Natural Resources Canada, Sault Ste Marie, ON
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3:30 – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Session #3
| Opportunities in the Greenhouse
G. Nabi Chaudhary, Alberta Agriculture, Food & Rural Development, Edmonton, AB 2. Environmental Monitoring of a Sunarc Insulating Foam System In Commercial Greenhouses Mark Armstrong, Agviro Inc., Guelph, ON 3. Ontario`s Clean Energy Standard Offer Program – Background and Opportunities Jim MacDougall, Ontario Power Authority, Toronto, ON
| Pursuing Biogas Opportunities
Torsten Fischer, Krieg & Fischer Ingenieure GmbH, Göttingen, DE 2. Case Study of Canada’s First Advanced Anaerobic Digester Martin Lensink, PlanET Biogas Solutions Inc., St. Catharines, ON 3. Upgrading Biogas to Pipeline Quality – Technology Choices, Economics & Operating Experience Sean Mezei, QuestAir Technologies Inc., Burnaby, BC
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Bioproducts 2 – Energy and Beyond
1. Agricultural Technology is the New Wave for the Future Dave Smardon, BioEnterprise, Guelph, ON 2. Opportunities and Challenges for Agricultural Biomass Beyond Biofuels Geofrey Kime, Stemergy Renewable Fibre Technologies, Delaware, ON 3. Conditioning of Biogasfor Power Applications Chris Thurgood, Queen’s-RMC Fuel Cell Research Centre, Kingston, ON
| Making Sense of Energy Crops
1. Sustainability in an Energy Crops World Peter Nelson, BioDimensions LLC, Memphis, TN 2. Grain Marketing Fundamentals and Bio-fuels: Implications for 2008 and Beyond Victor Aideyan, Farms.com Risk Management, London, ON 3. Assessment of Biofuel Options for Producing Energy from Ontario Farmland Roger Samson, Resource Efficient Agricultural Production (REAP) Canada, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC
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Friday April 4, 2008 |
8:30 – 10 am - Plenary Growing the Margins Chair, John McMullen
Germany - Green Energy in the German Farm and Rural Sector Karl Greissing, Director, Energy and Building, Ministry of Economics, State of Baden-Wuerttemberg
Developing Partnerships in the US to Advance New Crops for High Value Bioproducts Peter Nelson, Principal, BioDimensions Inc.
Biogas for Canada: Learning Lessons from Germany? Torsten Fischer, Krieg & Fischer Ingenieure GmbH, Göttingen, DE
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10:30 – 12:00 pm
Concurrent Session #4
| Opportunities for Renewable Fuel Production
1. Challenges Facing Small and Medium Scale Biodiesel Production Facilities in Western Canada Dave Small, DGH Engineering, St. Andrews, MB 2. Biofuel Production From Corn Based Bioethanol Plant Distillation Residues (Whole Stillage) Cigdem Eskicioglu, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON 3. Crops For Biomass, Protein and Small Molecule Production Jim Todd, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Simcoe, ON
| More on Biogas Projects
Elise Villeneuve, Bio-Terre Systems, Sherbrooke, QC 2. Biogas Plant Construction at Terryland and Pinehedge Farms - Lessons Learned Benjamin Strehler, Genesys Biogas Inc, Ottawa, ON 3. Getting More Out of Anaerobic Digestion - Improvements in Technology Alex Keen, ALTECH Technology Systems Inc., Toronto, ON
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Community Involvement 1
1. Rural Development of Renewable Energy Projects Simon Gill, Ontario Sustainable Energy Association, Toronto, ON 2. Green Energy Village in Germany Karl Greissing, Ministry of Economics, State of Baden- Wuettemberg, Germany 3. Moving Towards ARTs: Making Ontario Community Power Friendly Kristopher Stevens, Ontario Sustainable Energy Association, Toronto, ON
| And Let’s not Forget Manure
1. VSep in Manure for Energy Production Mark Galimberti, New Logic / Vsep, State College, PA 2. FAN Bedding Recovery Unit; Opportunities and Implementation for On-Farm Production of Bedding Ken Van Slyke, Bauer N. America/ Fan Separator, USA, Michigan City, IN 3. 12 Questions and Answers about Energy from Manure Gabrielle Ferguson and Jake DeBruyn, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, ON
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1:00pm – 2:30 pm
Concurrent Session #5
| Small-Scale Wind and Solar
1. Rural Green Energy Thomas Boehni, Boehni Energie & Umwelt GmbH, Frauenfeld, Switzerland 2. Renewable Energy Projects and the Standard Offer Program Derek Satnik, Mindscape Innovations, Kitchener, ON 3. Characterizing the Wind Climate Above a Barn Roof for a Small Wind Turbine William Lubitz, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
| Biogas Feasibility Studies
1. Anaerobic Digestion Feasibility Study in Sarnia-Lambton Brandon Moffatt, Conestoga-Rovers & Associates, Waterloo, ON 2. Cold Climate Operation of an Anaerobic Digester Keith Wilson, EEC Energy Corp., Thunder Bay, ON 3. Bioenergy Potential of Pre-treated Crops by Anaerobic Digestion Jean-Claude Frigon, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council, Montreal, QC
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Community Involvement 2Chair: Ron Lackey, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs 1. Why and How a Community Project is Best Business Practice for Renewable Energy Development Patrick Côté, Val-Éo, Saint-Bruno, QC 2. Biogas Systems: A Community Approach Graeme Millen, Genesys Biogas Inc., Ottawa, ON
3. Getting it Right: Planning and Siting Wind Energy Facilities to Minimize Land Use Conflicts Tim Cane, The Jones Consulting Group, Barrie, ON
| The Question of Sustainability
1. The Development of CARES - Centre for Agricultural Renewable Energy and Sustainability Matt McLean, Southwestern Ontario Bioproducts Innovation Network (SOBIN), Chatham, ON 2. Sustainability of Biogas and Energy Crops Don Hilborn and Ian McDonald, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, ON 3. Environmental Aspects of Bioenergy Crop Production Dr. Kurt Thelen, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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3:00pm – 4:30 pm
Concurrent Session #6
| Other Fuels and Processes
Jon Kieran, Ontario Ministry of Energy, Toronto, ON 2. Farm windbreaks: On-farm energy conservation Todd Leuty, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, ON
| Biogas for
Eric Camirand, Electrigaz Technologies Inc., Harrington, QC 2. What’s the Real Potential On-Farm? Wes Armstrong, Ontario’s Natural Gas Network, Sarnia, ON 3. Ontario Biogas Funding Program, Regulations, and Other Issues Jake DeBruyn, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Guelph, ON
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Financing Renewable Energy Projects
1. Funding Opportunities from The Community Power Fund Deborah Doncaster, Community Power Fund, Toronto, ON 2. Bankers Perspective of Financing Biogas Projects on Farms David Rose, CIBC Agriculture, Ontario 3. Financing Considerations for Community Renewable Energy Developments Patrick Côté, Val-Éo, Saint-Bruno, QC | Lab Studies in Biogas Production
1. Food Waste in Digesters: Challenges, Failures, Successes and Lessons Learned Michael Groth, Biogas Nord Inc., Bielefeld, DE Terrence Sauve, University of Guelph - Campus d`Alfred, Alfred, ON 3. Anaerobic Digestion of Liquid Dairy Manure at Medium Size Farms in Ontario Anna Crolla, University of Guelph - Campus d`Alfred, Alfred, ON
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Saturday April 5, 2008 |
Post-Conference Digging Into Biogas Details Workshop
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