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Upcoming Bioenergy Events
- Ireland:
25th April 2012
Teagasc National Bioenergy Conference 2012
'Growing the Bioeconomy'
Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Conference Fee - €50 (Incl. tea/coffee & lunch)
Contact details: Teagasc Crops, Environment & Land-Use Research Centre Oak Park, Carlow
Tel: +353 (0) 59 9170200
Fax: +353 (0) 59 9182097
www.teagasc.ie
Click HERE for National Bioenergy Conference Brochure
Bioenergy Scheme for Willow and Miscanthus (2012)
The closing date for submission of applications for pre-planting approval is Wednesday 18 January 2012.
Click here for information on the Bioenergy Scheme for Willow and Miscanthus
Upcoming Bioenergy Events International
- Sweden:
29-31 May 2012 -
World Bioenergy Conference in Jonköping, Sweden
http://www.elmia.se/en/worldbioenergy/
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Extracting slash and logging residues from our forests
A report on how Ireland could follow Sweden's example and potentially optimise the use of its National Forest Resource by extracting slash and logging residues from Irish forests. Donal Whelan, ITGA Technical Director, witnessed Sweden's harvesting first hand during the Worldbioenergy Conference in Jonköping and reports on how Ireland could utilise more of its forests to the benefit of timber growers, biomass users and the rural economy.
PDF of article by Donal Whelan, ITGA Technical Director, on Extracting slash and logging residues from our forests  226Kb
To see Slash harvester and other forest machinery in action, see www.forestry.ie/slash_harvesting.htm
GLOSSARY:
Not familiar with the jargon? This may be of help:
- Bioenergy
Renewable energy produced from organic matter through the conversion of complex carbohydrates. This energy may either be used directly as fuel, processed into liquids or gasses, or be a residual of the processing or conversion mechanisms.
- Carbon Displacement
Offsetting of CO2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion by substituting fossil fuels with bioenergy.
- Carbon Sequestration
The provision of long-term storage of carbon in the terrestrial biosphere, underground, or oceans, so that the buildup of carbon dioxide, a principle greenhouse gas, concentration in the atmosphere reduces or slows.
- Logging residues
The unused portions of growing-stock and non-growing-stock trees cut or killed by logging and left in the woods.
- Wood Processing Residue
The unused portion of materials generated during wood processing or by-products created during the pulping process
Source: http://www.forestbioenergy.net/glossary
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