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The Industrial Energy Green Transition 2024 (IEGT2024) conference, scheduled for December 3-5 in Tokyo, aims to convene key stakeholders from hard-to-abate sectors to address the urgent need for sustainable energy solutions. This three-day event will focus on critical themes: Low Carbon Hydrogen, Green Steel in the Asia-Pacific, and Carbon Removal Technologies & CDR Markets. The primary objective of the conference is to facilitate discussions among industry participants regarding the transition to low-carbon energy resources as well as innovative green steelmaking approaches. Participants will explore innovative carbon removal solutions essential for developing effective corporate carbon management strategies. By bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators, IEGT2024 seeks to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing, which are vital for advancing the green transition in various sectors.
New European demand from Denmark, the UK and the Netherlands has propelled wood pellet prices to record highs this year. Additional coal conversions by existing biomass consumers Orsted and UK generator Drax has boosted EU imports. While new demand is emerging from conversions by EPH in the UK and German utilities RWE and Uniper in the Netherlands. During the first half of 2018, availability of spot wood pellet supply from Europe, Russia and North American has been extremely tight and in short supply. Production from the Baltic countries and Russia was lower as flooding led to difficulty sourcing material from forests. Portuguese production faced difficulty as forest fires impacted output and led to a lack of spot offers. While additional supply from North America failed to materialize with a shortage in new supply capacity and production failing to match growth in Europe.
As intra-regional trade of biomass soars in Asia, having real insights and right connections with the region`s key stakeholders is important! Attend CMT`s 5th Biomass & BioEnergy Asia to realise these objectives - new contacts and market intelligence. The IEA predicts that bioenergy power capacity is expected to increase by 37 GW over the next five years, reaching 158 GW in 2023. Biomass resources, particularly residues from forests, wood processing, agricultural crops, agro-processing such as oil palm industry, are still under-utilized in Southeast Asian countries. As the region calls to increase their renewable energy portfolio, optimum use of biomass, with clean and efficient technologies, can become readily available solution for in-country energy generation, and meeting the needs of the industries, urban and rural communities.
