United Nations Development Programme / Global Environment Facility (UNDP/GEF)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Department for Energy Efficiency of the State Committee for Standardization of Belarus
PROGRAMME OF THE CONCLUDING SEMINAR FOR THE PROJECT "BIOMASS ENERGY FOR HEATING AND HOT WATER SUPPLY IN BELARUS"
April, 22-23, 2008
April 22, 2008
9.00 – 18.00 Visit to the project’s demonstration sites:
- 2MW boiler house, Uzda, Minsk Region (private wood-processing enterprise "Volat-1")
- 2.4MW mini-CHP, Vileika, Minsk Region (Minskenergo boiler house)
- State forestry enterprise "Vileiskiy Leskhoz": harvesting, production and storage of wood fuel, Vileika, Minsk Region
19.00 – 20.00 Arrival at the sport and health facility "Brigantina" of Belarusian State University, Radoshkovichi, Molodechno District, 50 km off Minsk
April 23, 2008
Venue: sport and health facility "Brigantina" (Radoshkovichi, Molodechno District, 50 km off Minsk)
9.00 Registration of the participants
9.30 Seminar opening
UNDP Programme Manager in Belarus
V.M.Stalygo
Director of the Department for Energy Efficiency, State Committee for Standardization of Belarus L.V. Shenets
Head of the Main Department of Fuel-and-Energy Complex, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries, Ministry of Economy of Belarus R.R. Shirma
PANEL The implementation of the project "Biomass Energy for Heating and Hot Water Supply in Belarus"
10.00 Overview of project goals, objectives and results
Project manager V.N. Voitekhovich
10.15 Description and performance characteristics of project's heat-and-power sites:
- 2MW boiler house, Uzda, Minsk Region (Volat-1 Private Enterprise)
Director I.V. Petkevich
- 2.5MW mini-CHP, Mosty, Grodno Region (Mostodrev)
Chief power engineer V.I. Patonich
- 2.4MW mini-CHP, Vileika (Minskenergo boiler house)
Deputy Director L.V. Kuznetsov
- 1.5MW mini-CHP, BelGRES, Orekhovsk, Vitebsk Region, Vitebskenergo
Head of technical department of BelGRES A.V.Ladykin
11.10 Coffee break
11.30. Creating wood fuel harvesting, production, transportation and storage infrastructure at the demonstration sites
Director of Vileiskiy Leskhoz P. P. Kosyak
Belarusian State Technical University senior lecturer A.V. Lednitsky
Belarusian State Technical University senior lecturer G.I. Zavoiskykh
11.50 Financial mechanisms for co-financing projects supporting the use of local fuels and energy efficiency
Project expert I.V.Ananich
12.10 Role of European experience in project's successful implementation
Project international consultant,
BTG/Bio Heat, Holland D.Voz
PANEL Potential and activity areas for replicating bioenergy projects
12.40 Programme of technical and organizational activities to support large-scale utilization of wood fuel for energy purposes
Project experts V.G.Fedoseev
E.L.Korenchuk
13.00 Lunch break
14.00 Programme of construction of new energy sources and conversion of the existing ones to local fuels
Head of Production and Technical Division, Department for Energy Efficiency, State Committee for Standardization I.S.Buranko
14.20 Interactive GIS for planning and supporting bioenergy sites
Project expert D.V.Suvorov
14.40 Ecological aspects of large-scale use of renewable energy
Department Head, "Lotios" I.N. Potapkova
PANEL International experience and how it can be applied in the context of Belarus
15.00 Quality management system of bioenergy sites
Project international consultant,
LEV, Austria F. Promitzer
15.30 Coffee break
15.50 Optimization of biomass-fueled boiler houses through operational monitoring
Project international consultant,
LEV, Austria F. Promitzer
16.20 Bioenergy support and development in Ukraine
Director, Biomass Research Facility, Kiyv G.Geletukha
16.40. GEF-funded international biomass projects: experiences and bioenergy market development.
Project international consultant,
Eco Ltd. Great Britain G. Ballard Trimmer
17.00 Discussion and summing-up
17.30 Seminar closure. Dinner
18.30. Departure to Minsk