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05/04
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12th C.A.R.M.E.N. Symposium in Würzburg
HessenRohstoffe e.V.
Bioheat for Sauerlach
Bavarian Boom in Biogas
Maize Support Award 2004
Golf Equipped With Biodiesel Sensor
Wood-Friendly Bavaria
Vegetable Oil-Based District Heating Power Stations
Survey on the Internet
Biogas Data Sheets
12th C.A.R.M.E.N. Symposium in Würzburg
Biomass and Sun - Effective Climate Protection
On June 5th and 6th, 2004, C.A.R.M.E.N. invites representatives
from trade and industry, science, politics, and the authorities to the
12th C.A.R.M.E.N. Symposium in Wuerzburg. The symposium "Within the
Cycle of Nature - Natural Substances for Modern Society" is held
at fortress Marienberg. This year's motto is "Biomass and Sun - Effective
Climate Protection". As in the previous year, the Deutsche Gesellschaft
für Sonnenenergie e.V. (DGS) ('German Society for Solar Energy')
joined as a co-operating partner.
The plenary session will deal with general conditions of climate protection
at the European level, funding programmes of the KfW (Reconstruction Loan
Corporation) for achieving German climate targets, and quality protection
in combination plants with solar systems. Subsequently, companies are
given the opportunity to present their products in the framework of an
information exchange.
In the afternoon, expert lectures are given in three parallel sessions.
The session "Energetic Use" will deal with the efficient planning
and operation of biomass-fuelled heating plants, with CO2 emissions trading,
and the implementation in biomass projects.
The session "Products Made of Renewable Raw Materials - Contributions
to Sustainable Development" first treats the opportunities and strategies
of CO2 reduction. The session "Industries and Products" then
presents alternatives to fossil raw materials.
The "Solar Conference" deals with "Combined Plants"
and "Solar Technology". Apart from reports on research and technology,
funding possibilities and a market survey are presented. On the second
day, excursions with expert discussions are on the schedule.
The motto of this year's C.A.R.M.E.N. Symposium illustrates the variety
of opportunities but also the necessity of effective climate protection.
The reduction of CO2 emissions is essential for prevention and resource
conservation. It is not doubted that the world-wide rise in energy requirements
and the increasing combustion of fossil energy sources contribute to global
warning. The figures of CO2, the most important greenhouse gas, have risen
by 30 per cent during the recent 100 years - since the beginning of industrialisation.
Each day, the energy storage capacity of 500,000 days of geology is irretrievably
transformed into carbon dioxide.
The symposium deals with strategies for CO2 reduction by regenerative
natural resources.
Renewable raw materials offer considerable potential. In the production
of energy, heat, and products for industry and households, they help to
conserve mineral oil, natural gas, and carbon. Renewable raw materials
are locally available, reduce the dependency on imports, and are perfectly
suitable for CO2 certificate trading. A further important strategy is
the use of solar energy as a regenerative energy source for covering future
energy requirements without dangerous side-effects and for creating new
jobs.
Information and programme are available at C.A.R.M.E.N., Carmen Weber,
e-mail: cw@carmen-ev.de, or here
On April 15th, 2004, the Competence Centre for Renewable
Raw Materials, HessenRohstoffe e.V., HeRo (Hessian Raw Materials) was
founded in Witzenhausen near Kassel (in the state of Hesse).
The Centre, organised as a registered association, will be active in the
fields of training and further education, science and research, technology
and transfer of technology, production of renewable raw materials, energetic
and industrial use. A board of eleven persons was elected, consisting
of representatives from politics, associations, commerce, trade, and industry.
The Competence Centre will be officially opened in Witzenhausen on June
5th, 2004.
For the time being, an organising staff co-ordinates all activities around
the Competence Centre on behalf of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment.
Dr. Bettina Schmidt, head of the department for industrial use of renewable
raw materials at C.A.R.M.E.N., is part of this organising staff. In order
to be able to give her undivided attention to this task, Dr. Schmidt is
on temporary leave from C.A.R.M.E.N.
Information: Hessisches Ministerium für Umwelt, ländlichen Raum
und Verbraucherschutz (Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Rural Development
and Consumer Protection),
Tel.: +49 - 611 - 815 -1020, e-mail: presse@hmulv.hessen.de
Bioheat for Sauerlach
On April 23rd, 2004, a new biomass-fuelled combined heating
and power station was officially opened in Sauerlach (in the rural district
of Munich). The Bavarian Minister of Agriculture, Josef Miller, called
the project an outstanding example of municipal commitment and officially
put the plant into operation.
The plant supplies numerous public buildings (the town hall, the adult
education centre, a school, and a multi-purpose hall), one- and two-family
houses, and several private and commercial bulk buyers. All buildings
are connected to a supply network of 14 km.
A biomass boiler and a peak-load boiler with a total nominal thermal output
of 7 MW are the core of the plant. In a second stage - presumably by the
end of 2005 - one further biomass boiler with an output of 2 MW is to
be installed.
Additionally, an ORC plant with an output of 480 kWel generates approximately
2,000 MWh of electricity per annum via cogeneration. Cogeneration (power-heat
combination), i.e. the simultaneous generation of electricity and heat,
is still an exception for large biomass-fuelled plants. In Sauerlach,
a biomass boiler was combined with an ORC plant for power generation.
When completed, the cogeneration plant will be fired with 6,000 tons of
regional natural forest wood and left-over wood per annum - a good decision,
53 per cent of the municipality of Sauerlach being covered by forests.
The total investment amounted to approximately 8.9 million euros and was
subsidised with about 2.7 million euros from the funds "Offensive
for the Future of Bavaria". The operator and investor of the plant
is Zukunfts-Energie-Sauerlach GmbH (ZES) company.
Information: A free brochure (in German language) on the biomass-fuelled
cogeneration plant of Sauerlach is available at C.A.R.M.E.N. or at ZES,
Tel.: +49-8104-66460, Fax: -7926
Bavarian Boom in Biogas
The Bavarian Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Josef
Miller, is expecting a boom in biogas in Bavaria in the years to come.
The number of biogas plants would double very soon, Miller estimated.
There were already 560 biogas plants in Bavaria, amounting to one third
of all plants in Germany. "Electricity and heat from stables, fields,
and forests is very promising," the minister underlined. Therefore,
the Free State of Bavaria did its utmost to pave the way for farmers interested
in electricity generation. The amendment of the Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz,
EEG (Renewable Energy Sources Act) would give fresh impetus to the production
of biogas, the minister explained.
Source: Press release of the Bavarian State Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, April 29th, 2004.
Maize Support Award 2004
The Deutsches Maiskomitee e.V., DMK (German Maize Committee)
has announced a support award for university graduates and talented young
scientists. The prize is to encourage, support, and award application-oriented
scientific projects in the fields of plant protection, experimenting,
production and utilisation, ecology or economy of maize cultivation. The
award offers 2,500 euros in prize money. The deadline for submitting all
documents needed for participation in the competition is August 1st, 2004.
Information: The conditions for participation are to be found on the internet
under http://www.maiskomitee.de,
section "Portrait/Förderpreis", and can be ordered from
Deutsches Maiskomitee e.V., Clemens-August-Straße 54, D-53115 Bonn,
Tel.: +49-228-926-580, Fax: -820.
Golf Equipped With Biodiesel Sensor
A biodiesel package for VW Golf is available for an extra
charge of 195 euros. This package includes a sensor that can differentiate
biodiesel from conventional diesel in the fuel tank and thus adapts the
injection management. So, an increase in NOx emissions is prevented and
the Euro 4 limits can reliably be met. The precondition for using biodiesel
is the compliance with the fuel standard EN 14214.
Source: MOT magazine 07/2004.
Wood-Friendly Bavaria
Supported by Bayerisches Landwirtschaftliches Wochenblatt
(Bavarian Farmers Weekly), dlz (German Farming Magazine), Landesbeirat
Holz e.V. (State Advisory Board for Timber), and Holzabsatzfonds (German
Timber Sales Promotion Fund), the Bavarian Farmers' Association and the
Bavarian Convention of Municipal Authorities have announced the Wood Construction
Award "Wood in Municipalities". The award offers a total amount
of 12,000 euros in prize money, supporting ideas and developments that
consider wood as a raw, construction, and engineering material.
Tender documents are available for download on the web site of the Bavarian
Farmers' Association: http://www.bayerischerbauernverband.de
Vegetable Oil-Based District Heating Power Stations
In co-operation with C.A.R.M.E.N., the Bayerisches Landesamt
für Umweltschutz, LFU (Bavarian Environmental Protection Agency)
in Augsburg edited a 12-page brochure on the subject "Vegetable Oil-Based
District Heating Power Stations" (in German language). The Technologie-
und Förderzentrum, TFZ, (Technology and Promotion Centre) in Straubing
prepared the text.
Information: The brochure is available for free at C.A.R.M.E.N. and at
LFU (http://www.bayern.de/lfu)
Survey on the Internet
I.m.a - information.medien.agrar e.V., Bonn, have now revised
their "Internet Guide" for the fields of agriculture, food,
nature, and environment.
Information: i.m.a-information.medien.agrar e.V., e-mail: info@ima-agrar.de
(http://www.ima-agrar.de)
Biogas Data Sheets
The publication "Biogas - 12 Datenblätter"
("Biogas - 12 Data Sheets") of the Fachagentur Nachwachsende
Rohstoffe e.V., FNR (Agency for Renewable Resources) gives a survey (in
German language) of currently applied procedures and technologies of biogas
production by wet fermentation.
Describing twelve plants in detail, the volume allows the reader to compare
various technical approaches. In the context of a German-wide measuring
programme for biogas funded by FNR, the Bundesforschungsanstalt für
Landwirtschaft, FAL (Federal Agricultural Research Centre) is analysing
60 plants according to uniform technical-scientific criteria.
It is one target of the project, that will soon be finished, to show the
current state of biogas technology in Germany. Basing upon that, the brochure
sums up the technical state of the art, taking twelve selected plants
as examples. Each plant is described by means of a process diagram, a
short plant description, and a data table.
Information: The free brochure can be ordered via the order list of FNR
on the internet: http://www.fnr-server.de,
e-mail: info@fnr.de
