The 7th International Conference on biomass for energy is held 20-21 september 2011 in Kyiv.

The main topics of discussion are: 

• biomass resources: availability and cost of resources; technical and logistical issues; environmental impact.
• Production,pre-treatment, supply and logistics of feedstock from conventional agriculture, forestry, animal residues, processing industry, and the biodegradable fraction of MSW streams.
• Research on energy crops.
• Research and development of bioenergy technologies: combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion, extraction and utilisation of landfill gas, co-combustion of biomass with traditional fuels.
• Production of liquid biofuels (biodiesel, bioethanol).
• Demonstration and market implementation of biomass-to-energy technologies.
• Strategy and policy issues: international, national, regional and local policies and strategies.
• Sustainability criteria and certification issues.
• Economic and environmental issues of bioenergy technologies: financing of bioenergy projects, socio-economic impact, reduction of CO2 emission.

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