Tuesday, 15th October 2019

09:30 - 10:30 Registration

10:30 - 10:45 Welcome

INTRODUCTION

10:45 - 12:10

Future of gas mobility, Frank BONALDO, Head of Unit II B4, “Energy transition in mobility, fuel markets” Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany (DE)

Cross-border transfer of Biomethane certificates, Dr. Attila KOVÁCS, Secretary General - European Renewable Gas Registry, Belgium (EN)

CNG-Mobility in Europe – CNG-Club presents itself, Birgit Maria WÖBER, CNG-Club e.V., Germany (DE)

12:10 – 13:30 Lunch

OVERVIEW OVER THE POLITICAL FRAMEWORK

13:30 – 15:05

Biomethane as a fuel – political framework conditions and potential in Germany, Jaqueline DANIEL-GROMKE, DBFZ (Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum), Germany (DE)

Biomethane in Poland – ready to start, Magdalena ROGULSKA, Union of Producers and Employers of Biogas Industry / UPEBI, Poland (EN)

Biogas filling stations as a future business model for Swiss biogas farmers?, Dr. Victor ANSPACH, CEO - Genossenschaft Ökostrom Schweiz, Switzerland (DE)

Mobility transition starts today - with 100% biomethane at German CNG filling stations, Zoltan ELEK, CEO - Landwärme GmbH, Germany (DE)

PRACTITIONERS & BEST-PRACTICE EXAMPLES

15:05 – 15:50

Experiences of a biogas plant operator with a CNG filling station, Winfried VEES, Energiehof Weitenau, Germany (DE) Small biogas upgrading plants for gas grid feed-in or vehicle refueling, Ueli OESTER, CEO - Apex AG, Switzerland (DE)

15:50 – 16:05 Coffee Break + Exhibition

16:05 – 16:15 POSTER EXHIBITION

16:15 – 18:30

Field report on GHG certification of a farm-based biogas filling station, Hubert MAIERHOFER, CARMEN e.V., Germany (DE)

The real engineering challenge when implementing biogas plants with biogas upgrading and mobility, Torsten FISCHER, CEO - Krieg & Fischer Ingenieure GmbH, Germany (DE)

Presentation of two case studies of biomethane production for transport (biomethane as fuel), Michael NIEDERBACHER, CEO – TerraX, Italy (DE)

Climate Neutral Mobility with “Drive Biogas”, Benjamin SCHELLECKES, EnviTec Biogas AG, Germany (DE)

Flexibilisation of biogas plants with fuel generation and supply of vehicle fleets - flexibility approach, connection concepts, economic efficiency, Fatih GÖKGÖZ, DBFZ (Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum), Germany (DE)

18:30 End of the first day

19:00 – 22:00 CULINARY NETWORK EVENING

Last updated: 17th of September 2019 - program subject to changes

Wednesday, 16th October 2019

CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS

08:30 - 10:00

Plasmalysis - fuel from digestate and renewable energies, Jens HANKE, CEO - Graforce, Germany (DE)

Creating Renewable Biofuel from Wastewater, Pilar ICARAN, Aqualia, Spain (EN)

Hot-Pot based novel approach for Biogas Upgrading to Biomethane: summary of two years operation in a demonstration plant, Walter GIACOPINI, GM-Greenmethane, Italy (EN)

Power-to- gas - solutions for regional challenges of the energy transition, Jonas KLÜCKERS, microbEnergy GmbH, Germany (DE)

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break + Exhibition

10:30 – 11:15

Boosting of methane production via CO2 capture in biogas plants and biobattery concept as a new business model, Dr. Nuri AZBAR, Ege University, Bioengineering Department, Turkey (EN)

Separation of CO2 for biogas upgrading using gas-liquid membrane-based absorption systems, Dolores HIDALGO PhD, CARTIF Technology Centre, Spain (EN)

CLIMATE NEUTRAL “MULTI-TALENT” BIOMETHANE

11:15 – 12:25

Potential role of biomethane and biohydrogen in Poland – recent developments in transport sector, Michał TARKA, Vice-President of the Polish Biomethane Council, Poland (EN)

Gas mobility, an economic and green solution to solve air quality issues, François DEDIEU, GRDF, France (EN)

Results of a feasibility study - Regional filling station and supply concept in Thuringia based on biogas as vehicle fuel, Johan GROPE, Institut für Biogas Kreislaufwirtschaft und Energie, Germany (DE)

12:25 - 13:50 Lunch

13:50 - 15:45

Biomethane as vehicle fuel under REDII – case study for small scale biogas plants, Florian CORDES, rovi energie AG, Germany (EN)

Impact of increased use of biomethane in transport on bioenergy in the electricity and district heating sectors, Sylvio NAGEL, Institute for Energy Economics and Rational Use of Energy (IER) – Stuttgart University, Germany (DE)

Advantages of electric hybrid vehicles for biomethane use, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Norbert HUBER, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University, Germany (DE)

Still not using CNG cars and trucks and micro EV in cities?, Dr. Gerardo CARELLI, CEO – Carelli Consulting, Germany (EN)

Model-based control for suitably biogas production for demand-oriented production of biomethane in the fuel sector, Lena PETERS, Hochschule Emden/Leer, Germany (DE)

15:45 - 16:10 Coffee Break + Exhibition

INNOVATION & BUSINESS FORUM

Measurement and automation solutions for biomethane applications, Philipp RÖHRER, Awite Bioenergie GmbH, Germany (DE)

16:10 - 17:30

Biomethane, the fuel alternative at New Holland and CNH Industrial, Klaus SENGHAAS, New Holland, Germany (DE)

Remove road blocks, pave the way for BIO-LNG in mobility, Benny BAKKER, DMT International, Netherlands (EN)

How to drive 1000 km for less than 50 € - practical experiences from driving a CNG-car for 9 years, Johannes FISCHER, Baur Folien GmbH, Germany (DE)

The current development of the French NGV and bioNGV market and the problematics of financing filling infrastructures, Emmanuel SIMON, SWEN Capital Partners, France (EN)

17:30 End of the second day

POSTER

Co-digestion of press mud with agricultural waste for enhanced biogas production, Samita SONDHI, Lovely Professional University, India

Thursday, October 17th, 2019

As part of the conference "Progress in Biomethane Mobility", on the third day, October 17, 2019, an excursion to two selected regional biomethane projects will take place.

During these visits, you will get to see innovative and established biomethane-mobility concepts first-hand. This tour will be guided by experts from IBBK and the technology provider or operator on site, answering all of your questions.*

Plant visit 1

Agricultural biogas plant with biogas upgrading & a decentralized biomethane filling station

Plant visit 2 Large scale biogas plant with biogas upgrading and injection into the natural gas grid

Language: GERMAN/ENGLISH

(*excursion locations to be fully confirmed shortly)

Registration:

Registration to the conference and excursion is possible starting today.

Further information and registration for this event under

www.ibbk-biogas.com/schedule/biomethane-2019/ or by following the QR-code.

Got questions? Get in touch with us: +49 (0) 7954/926203 or sal@ibbk-biogas.de

How to get to Schwäbisch Hall:

Schwäbisch Hall is situated in South Germany. The closest airports to the venue are Stuttgart and

Nürnberg – both around 125 km away. For public transportation, there are trains both from

Nürnberg and Stuttgart with only one train switch necessary in Schwäbisch Hall-Hessental.

IBBK Fachgruppe Biogas GmbH – Am Feuersee 6 – 74592 Kirchberg an der Jagst