Statoil’s CEO to speak at Bioenergy International expo & conference
Dag Roger Rinde, CEO of Norwegian oil company Statoil, is the latest speaker to confirm his attendance at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May.
Statoil is the first company in Norway to offer 5% ethanol to general consumers, but it has not been an easy ride. The company’s story is full of setbacks and obstacles, not least from the government itself.
Rinde will speak about how the company overcame the challenges to achieve this feat. From the beginning of this year 40% of Statoil’s stations will now sell the biofuel Bensin 95, starting with southern and eastern Norway.
This will reduce carbon emissions by 11,000 tonnes a year. In 2009 Statoil also launched diesel with 6% biodiesel throughout Norway.
Total emission reductions resulting from Statoil’s biofuel drive in Norway will now stand at about 66,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
The presentation will also explore the potential for bioenergy across Norway, the Baltics, Russia and Poland, and will look at the need for long-term government incentives and rewards.
Bioenergy International expo & conference, which rebranded this year to focus on bioenergy and biomass as well as biodiesel and bioethanol, is a two-day event organised by leading global magazine Biofuels International.
It will look in depth at second generation biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol, ways to source sustainable biomass, pyrolysis technology, the potential of biogas across Europe, developments in the use of bioenergy for aviation, future feedstocks such as algae and jatropha, and the challenges of storing and handling both biomass and biofuels.
The conference will be opened by the Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic, and other key speakers include PKN Orlen, OPEC, oil majors CESKÁ RAFINÉRSKÁ, Petronas, Cepra A.S, The European Bioethanol Fuel Association, The European Biogas Association, HSBC, biofuel producers like Preol, Agropodnik and BTG-BTL and many others.
As an added benefit delegates will get the chance to visit a nearby biodiesel plant on 4th May.
Preol is a leading producer in the Czech Republic, which has just completed constructing a state-of-the-art biodiesel plant in the industrial region of Lovosice.
The plant, designed by Desmet Ballestra, has the capacity to produce 100,000 tonnes of FAME biodiesel and 10,000 tonnes a year of glycerine. It also has an integrated oil mill capable of processing 400,000 tonnes of rapeseed a year and produce 160,000 tonnes of rapeseed oil, as well as 230,000 tonnes of rape meal.
For further information visit www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com or contact Margaret Garn +44 208 687 4126 margaret@biofuels-news.com
Statoil is the first company in Norway to offer 5% ethanol to general consumers, but it has not been an easy ride. The company’s story is full of setbacks and obstacles, not least from the government itself.
Rinde will speak about how the company overcame the challenges to achieve this feat. From the beginning of this year 40% of Statoil’s stations will now sell the biofuel Bensin 95, starting with southern and eastern Norway.
This will reduce carbon emissions by 11,000 tonnes a year. In 2009 Statoil also launched diesel with 6% biodiesel throughout Norway.
Total emission reductions resulting from Statoil’s biofuel drive in Norway will now stand at about 66,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year.
The presentation will also explore the potential for bioenergy across Norway, the Baltics, Russia and Poland, and will look at the need for long-term government incentives and rewards.
Bioenergy International expo & conference, which rebranded this year to focus on bioenergy and biomass as well as biodiesel and bioethanol, is a two-day event organised by leading global magazine Biofuels International.
It will look in depth at second generation biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol, ways to source sustainable biomass, pyrolysis technology, the potential of biogas across Europe, developments in the use of bioenergy for aviation, future feedstocks such as algae and jatropha, and the challenges of storing and handling both biomass and biofuels.
The conference will be opened by the Minister of the Environment of the Czech Republic, and other key speakers include PKN Orlen, OPEC, oil majors CESKÁ RAFINÉRSKÁ, Petronas, Cepra A.S, The European Bioethanol Fuel Association, The European Biogas Association, HSBC, biofuel producers like Preol, Agropodnik and BTG-BTL and many others.
As an added benefit delegates will get the chance to visit a nearby biodiesel plant on 4th May.
Preol is a leading producer in the Czech Republic, which has just completed constructing a state-of-the-art biodiesel plant in the industrial region of Lovosice.
The plant, designed by Desmet Ballestra, has the capacity to produce 100,000 tonnes of FAME biodiesel and 10,000 tonnes a year of glycerine. It also has an integrated oil mill capable of processing 400,000 tonnes of rapeseed a year and produce 160,000 tonnes of rapeseed oil, as well as 230,000 tonnes of rape meal.
For further information visit www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com or contact Margaret Garn +44 208 687 4126 margaret@biofuels-news.com
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