Anders Hustoft

Anders Hustoft is Transport Director for Transport Management at REMA 1000, Norway. Previously, he has been a Distribution Manager at NorgesGruppen, DHL Supply Chain, and Norway Post AS. Before that he was in the Norwegian Army in Operative Services, UN/NATO Operations.

Anders Hustoft about his participation at the Nordic Biogas Conference:

My intention for attending the Nordic Biogas conference is to learn more about the biogas industry and how it will potentially develop over the next years.

REMA 1000 has invested a lot of time, effort and money in transforming our fleet of trucks (heavy road freight) from fossil fuel driven to carbon-neutral.

For REMA 1000 it is decisive that there is dependability and predictability in the supply chain and a sufficiently developed infrastructure.

I will also therefore be sharing some our experience in regards to the operative use av Biogas driven vehicles in Norway. I will in addition talk about how REMA 1000 has worked closely with other businesses, in order to promote Biogas as a viable alternative to traditional fuels and as a way of accelerating the green transition in Norway.

Parallel 4A: The strongholds of biomethane and liquefied biogas for heavy road transport

Anna Venturini

Anna Venturini is the Policy Manager at the European Biogas Association.

In 2022, Anna joined EBA to following transport related files, and is now the lead on biogas and biomethane end uses, managing EBA Working Groups on Transport and on Energy & Industry. Before joining EBA Team, Anna worked in Brussels for five years, first at the European Parliament, then as Policy and Communication Advisor in the transport sector. Anna graduated with a Master’s in European Studies at ULB in 2017 and holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations and Diplomacy from the University of Trieste.

Plenary 1: Biogas development in a European perspective

Anne Marit Post-Melbye

Anne Marit Post-Melbye is head of policy and analysis at the Norwegian environmental foundation ZERO, where she heads the organization’s political and analytical work. She previously held the position as industry lead at ZERO and has worked with technology and scenario analyses for private and public energy stakeholders at Rambøll Energy. She holds a MSc in Energy and Environmental Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Parallel 1A: Framework conditions for the biogas sector

Annika Björn

Annika Björn is an associate professor at the Department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change at Linköping University and at the Biogas Solutions Research Center in Sweden.

She has experience in optimizing and developing biogas processes from chemical, physical, microbial and technological point of views. E.g. optimization of nutrient balances, rheology, improved hydrolysis as mean to increase the overall degradability, organic characterization, pre- and/or post-treatment techniques and concepts of different types of biogas processes. She focusses on novel operational strategies for enhanced and stable biogas production, improved digestate quality and potentials for adding new values to biogas production systems. E.g. how to access the agricultural biogas process potentials, untapped biomethane potentials in digestates, biogas processes in biorefinery concepts, digestate valorization and recovery of nitrogen. Also, she is investigating possibilities to integrate anaerobic digestion processes with other energy production systems and to use digestion processes for production of additional high value commodities and services.

“Looking forward to the exchange of experiences and thoughts regarding sustainable multifunctional and cross-sector biogas solutions”

Parallel 4B: Biogas process research enabling access to new feedstocks

Innovative operational strategies for expansion of biogas production, improved digestate quality and potentials for adding new values from the biogas system is urgent. There are significant untapped potentials in currently overlooked organic waste streams, e.g. animal manure, crops, agricultural residues and food industry waste. However, these substrates pose process challenges for stable and efficient operation. This presentation will provide examples of alternative process concepts which may contribute to realizing underutilized feedstocks in already existing biogas processes, as well as enabling access to new ones. Integrated post-treatment and post-digestion have been shown to be interesting for implement significant biogas potentials remaining in residual organic structures in digestates, including feedstocks rich in lignocellulose and proteins. Process concepts involving moderate heat-treatment, phase-separation, recirculation, priming substrate, combined low and high solid digestion are concepts to be illustrated. Also, serial anaerobic digestion, supporting materials, ammonia removal technologies, and anaerobic biorefinery in primary digestion to be mentioned.

Anton Freiesleben

Sales Director at Scania Danmark A/S.

Has been working for decades with technical and commercial aspect of heavy vehicle in Europe as well as Asia/Area Pacific. Specialist in green transport solutions and sustainability within heavy vehicle sector.

Parallel 4A: The strongholds of biomethane and liquefied biogas for heavy road transport

Ayten Yilmaz Wagner

With a background in Chemical Engineering (PhD, DTU) and Environmental Engineering (MSc, DTU), having worked ten good years for the fossil-fuels based industries, I  did my personal green transition about two years ago by joining to DESOTEC.

Since then, I assist to biogas and biomethane plants meeting their gas cleaning and emissions cleaning needs with DESOTEC mobile filters, in a sustainable, circular way. Is it only H2S? How about VOCs? What is the average flowrate and concentration? Is there enough oxygen? How about relative humidity? What will it cost? Can you deliver next week? These are my daily interactions with biogas and biomethane  plants and  I look so much forward to initiating a dialogue with as many colleagues from the industry as possible during the conference and exhibition, to help their green transition by  switching to circular mobile filtration solutions with activated carbon, thereby protecting our planet.

Parallel 5A: Biogas and Green Transition of the industry

Improving sustainability of biogas plants by switching to circular mobile filtration solutions with activated carbon
While biogas and biomethane plants contribute to green transition of the energy sector, improving  sustainability of these plants is also necessary for protecting our planet. Activated carbon is used in the industry, either as stand -alone technology or in combination with other technologies, such as bio-filters, scrubbers, etc -both for raw gas and emissions cleaning.  Operating conditions, filter design, filter lay-out, gas conditioning, they all have an impact on the consumption figures of activated carbon. By optimising these, it is possible to improve the sustainability of the plants. Switching to renewables based activated carbon, reactivation-recycling-reuse of the spent carbon, have also significant impact on CO2 footprint and sustainability of the biogas and biomethane industry. How’s and why’s of these will be discussed  from a  technical point of view during this session, with examples from Danish plants.

Bent Aage Kristensen

Senior Energy and Sustainability Manager Denmark and Supply Chain Sustainability PMO at Arla Foods.

During the last 8 years Arla Foods has succeeded to lower our carbon from Danish operations substantially by taking off non-upgraded biogas from local producers, to produce green power and heat for production. Going forward this helps the green power agenda, being able to produce green when  wind and solar is low.

Recent years biogas has become a growing lever for our transportation and towards 2030 at least until 2030 we see it as a main solution.

For our whole value chain as a dairy cooperative, we see promising perspectives in future growth of the biogas industry, especially if it can be effectively linked with upcoming PtX and pyrolysis industries.

By linking with biogas production our owner farmers will have proven ways to deliver methane reductions from stables and manure handling.

Parallel 5A: Biogas and Green Transition of the industry

Bruno Sander Nielsen

COO Danish Biogas Association (Biogas Danmark).

Has worked in the Danish Biogas Association for almost 30 years within policy development, research, export of knowledge and technology within the biogas, sustainable agriculture and circular economy issues. Knowledge dissemination to and among Daniah biogas plants and foreign delegations. Chair of the Organizing Committee of NBC 2024 and has been part of the Organizing Committees in all Nordic Biogas Conferences since 2006.

Bruno Sander Nielsen will speak in the Opening Session and be a moderator of Parallel 2B: Optimization of the climate effect of biogas production.

Cheryl Marie Cordeiro

Cheryl Cordeiro is a Project Manager at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden and co-lead of the CiNURGi project.

With a background in applied linguistics, international business, systems theory, and practice, she specializes in driving cross-sector collaborations for sustainable development. Cheryl’s current research focuses on circular economy solutions, with a particular emphasis on circular economy solutions, nutrient recovery and recycling. She has played a pivotal role in coordinating multi-partner EU projects, including the EU Interreg BSR core project CiNURGi, EU Mission Soil iCOSHELLs, and EU Horizon FERTITEC, securing over 21 million EUR in funding. Her expertise lies in building synergies across sectors to create sustainable systems that address environmental challenges in the Baltic Sea Region and beyond.

“As co-lead of the CiNURGi project, I’m here to share how nutrient recovery can create cross-sector synergies, driving sustainability and innovation in the Baltic Sea Region’s circular economy.”

Parallel 3B: Circular Economy – waste management – feedstock and fertiliser quality

Title: Circular Solutions for Nutrient Recovery: Building Sustainable Synergies Across Sectors in the Baltic Sea Region
In this presentation, Cheryl Cordeiro will discuss how nutrient recovery plays a key role in creating sustainable circular systems across agriculture, municipalities, and industry. Drawing from the CiNURGi project, she will showcase innovative solutions for recycling nutrient-rich biomass and developing industry standards for safe fertilizers. The talk will also explore how cross-sector collaborations can foster sustainable synergies that not only reduce environmental impact but also create new economic opportunities. Cheryl will highlight the importance of integrated approaches to nutrient recycling for building a resilient and sustainable future in the Baltic Sea Region.

Claes Lundberg

Claes Lundberg is one of the founders and Operations manager of Renahav Sverige AB.

Renahav is today the center of a circular economy, situated in the middle of Sweden’s leading seafood industries. The former waste problem for these industries is now converted to valuable products.

Process water from the seafood industry is cleaned by 99% and is together with local food waste processed to biogas and organic fertilizer.The fertilizer is mostly used by local farmers but some are sold as a consumer product around Sweden branded Mäster Bengt.

The biogas is mainly replacing propan gas at the local seafood industry. The rest is converted to electricity and hot water for local industrial use. Renahav is the center of the circular park that wants to grow with new products and projects where the big project is a land based salmon farm.

“I join the Nordic Biogas Conference to present Renahav, the circular economy and how it’s growing. The advantage of being local and circular and together with our customers finding the hidden values.”

Parallel 3B: Circular Economy – waste management – feedstock and fertiliser quality

Claus Ravn Østergaard

Claus Ravn Østergaard has worked with biogas and biogas plant optimization for the past two years.

In Envidan he works with most aspects of biogas, from government legislation work, to general advisory as well as methane leakage detection where he is on the list of companies who can do mandatory leakage detection in Denmark.

Parallel 2B: Parallel 2B: Optimization of the climate effect of biogas production

Erling Haugsand

Erling Haugsand is the Chief Commercial Officer at Inherit Carbon Solutions.

Here he works closely with the biogas industry commercializing their CO2.

Parallel 1B: Biogenic CO2 from biogas – Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization – Market perspectives and how to get it done

Harri Tamminen

Mr. Harri Tamminen, has been the VP Freight of Viking Line’s shipping company since 2010, responsible for the optimal use of ship car decks capacity and cargo business area.

He has solid work experience in international transports in the Baltic Sea region, including short-sea, road, container and rail transport. However, his core competence is cargo business in a passenger shipping company. Harri Tamminen holds an MBA (Shipping and Logistics) from Lloyds Maritime Academy, Middlesex University, London, UK. Originally from Naantali in Finland, Harri’s career has taken him via Denmark, Sweden, Estonia and Lithuania back to Finland and now to Helsinki, from where he manages Viking Line’s cargo business. 

Parallel 2A: Fuelling the Maritime Sector – Liquefied Biogas – Hydrogen – Ammonia?

Henrik B. Møller

Henrik B. Møller is Senior scientist and heads the biogas research at Aarhus University. His research has a focus on anaerobic digestion and all the related aspects such as energy, environmental impact and sustainability. During his research career he have worked with process optimization, biomass selection, energy yield, degradation of xenobiotics and pre-treatment. He has investigated the interactions between feeding of the animals, feed additives and biogas potential. He was among the first Danish researchers looking into the vast energy potential of biogas and was one of the research pioneers in the Danish biogas development and has been initiating the biogas research at AU.

Parallel 4B: Biogas process research enabling access to new feedstocks

Title: New trends for next generation biogas based on lignocellulosic biomass
New challenges, trends and technologies that the biogas sector will adapt in the coming years will be highlighted. There has been a trend from the traditional waste-based substrates towards more lignocellulosic biomass which will affect both the technologies and the quality of the digestate. Furthermore, the agriculture sector is going to reduce greenhouse gases and reduce the carbon footprint on the products which will lead to changes in the substates when new feeding and feed additives are adopted. Pyrolysis is one of the technologies that is expected to help the agriculture to reach the reduction in GHG emissions and it is important to harvest the maximum synergy with the biogas technology.   

Håvard Wollan

Håvard Wollan is co-founder of Biokraft and Vice President Norway and Markets at Biokraft Group.

He is also Chairman of the Norwegian Biogas Association. Håvard has worked as an executive, entrepreneur and advisor internationally for more than 25 years. He holds a MSc engineering degree in computer science from NTNU and a MBA degree from Heriot-Watt University. Håvard is also a private investor and he has been instrumental in developing several companies, in and outside of Norway.

Plenary 3: Biogas is a cross-sectorial solution: Energy security, Climate, Circular Economy

Jan Milton Berge

CEO of HoopCO2 AS

Jan Milton Berge, with over 25 years of leadership experience in the oil and gas industry, holds an aviation mechanical degree and a master’s degree in leadership. Driven by his passion for environmental solutions, Jan transitioned into the role of CEO at HoopCO2 AS, where he leverages his expertise to address global climate challenges.

HoopCO2 focuses on capturing CO2 from biogas plants, aiming to store and repurpose carbon in a sustainable manner. The company’s mission is to collaborate with other biogas companies to scale up and create a robust, circular economy for carbon reuse and storage.

Parallel 5B: Wastewater treatment – combining climate efforts and value creation

Jan Milton Berge will present a circular story about biogas, fertilizer and carbon capture (BECCUS)

Jeppe Bjerg

Lead Development Manager at Energinet (The Danish gas transmission net).

Mr Bjerg has +25 years energy sector experience. He is lead development manager at Energinet responsible for green gas market development including guarantees of origin for renewable power, gas and hydrogen Energinet is the Danish TSO for power and gas and issuing body of guarantees of origin. Before taking up his position at Energinet he served at Ørsted, the International Energy Agency and FORCE Technology. More info at Jeppe Bjerg Linkedin.

Parallel 3A: Developing market conditions: Guarantees of Origin – Sustainability Certificates – Union Database for Biofuels

Title: Issuing Guarantees of Origin in the European Market – recent developments for biomethane and new green gas products.
The presentation will give an overview of recent developments in guarantees of origin for renewable gas and perspectives for a future standardized regulated market for renewable gas in the European gas grid. From the perspective of an issuing body the presentation will cover developments in markets and regulation for guarantees of origin and discuss the interface with other schemes and tools like sustainability certification and the upcoming Union Database for gaseous fuels. The presentation will focus on biomethane but give a brief introduction to guarantees of origin for new products like e-methan and hydrogen.

Jesper Hørlyk-Jensen

Jesper Hørlyk-Jensen is the Chief Sales Officer (CSO) at Biogasclean, overseeing global sales and leading a team across four locations.

He’s responsible for shaping the company’s sales strategies in the biogas and Power-to-G (P2G) space. Jesper has been with Biogasclean for 6 years and holds a BSc in Technology Management and Marine Engineering.

Parallel 1B: Biogenic CO2 from biogas – Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization – Market perspectives and how to get it done

Johan Englund

Johan Englund works for the Nordic Energy company Gasum where he is responsible for public affairs in Sweden. Johan has worked in the energy sector in the Nordics for over 15 years, covering most aspects of the Nordic energy system. He has been with Gasum for 4 years and is dedicated to working towards a good regulatory framework for biomethane in Europe, ensuring the best possible enablers for the green transition of shipping, traffic, and industry.

Parallel 2A: Fuelling the Maritime Sector – Liquefied Biogas – Hydrogen – Ammonia?

Johan Laurell

Johan Laurell has over 20 years of experience in the biogas field and waste management. Since 2023, Mr. Laurell leads the Innovation Cluster for Biogenic Energy Gases, BioGenGas, hosted by Energigas Sverige.

Mr. Laurell has been Head of Biogas Research at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, led the research platform for biofuels at RISE for several years and been Director of Waste Management at Uppsala Vatten & Avfall AB. During the period 2019-2022, Mr. Laurell was appointed National Coordinator for the Swedish Government’s initiative to develop the market and increase the supply of liquefied biogas, Drive LBG, hosted by the Swedish Gas Association. During the period the fleet of Heavy Duty Truck (HDT) running on LBG increased several hundred percent and the number of filling stations was almost doubled.

Parallel 4A: The strongholds of biomethane and liquefied biogas for heavy road transport

Kaja Voss

Kaja Voss is the co-founder and COO of Inherit Carbon Solutions.

Kaja has previously worked on carbon markets and in biogas. About Inherit: Inherit removes CO2 from the atmosphere together with the biogas industry.

Parallel 1B: Biogenic CO2 from biogas – Carbon Capture Storage and Utilization – Market perspectives and how to get it done

Knud Boesgaard

Founder of Fremsyn Group and biomethane professional for 20 years.

Knud Boesgaard is an engineer by background and has participated in the development of the biomethane market since the early days of grid injection as project manager for the project that created the Danish GoO system for biomethane and reviewer for international climate papers. Today Fremsyn Group span a pan-European biomethane trading house and a biogas production company.

Plenary 1: Biogas development in a European perspective

Lea Böhme

I graduated from the University of Stuttgart, Germany with a diploma degree in environmental engineering 12 years ago.

I already had a strong interest in biological waste treatment and was able to utilise this interest while working as a scientific associate at the Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste Management. I was contributing to several projects within the fields of bioeconomy, biogas production and biowaste collection. I moved to Iceland in 2018 and began working in consultancy for starting-up the only biogas plant in Iceland. Now, six years later I hold the position of operations management in this biogas plant and would like to share experiences.

“I’m excited to connect with and learn from experts in the field of biowaste treatment.”

Parallel 3B: Circular Economy – waste management – feedstock and fertiliser quality

Description of the presentation: Biowaste is becoming a vital resource for the bioeconomy, offering significant benefits without competing with food, feed, or fibre resources. In Reykjavík, this waste is utilized effectively at the municipal biogas and composting plant GAJA, to produce biogas and compost. GAJA is operated by SORPA bs., the municipal waste management company.

However, the start-up phase of the plant highlighted the interdependence between the plant’s operations and the long -needed implementation of separate biowaste collection.   

High-quality compost relies heavily on the quality of biowaste input, which in turn depends on active citizen participation in household waste separation.

In GAJA the input quality is regularly assessed, through composition studies and worker observations. This data allows for a dynamic marketing and information strategy, including seasonal campaigns and special activities to engage the community.

Linn Andersson

Linn Andersson works as an advisory consultant on biological treatment at Avfall Sverige – Swedish Waste Management Association.

She coordinates co-treatment plants in Sweden, focusing on food waste treatment. Linn has a background in environmental science, specializing in climate change.

Linn Andersson is the moderator of Parallel 3B: Circular Economy – waste management – feedstock and fertiliser quality.

Linn Solli

Linn Solli, researcher (PhD), Norwegian institute for bioeconomy research (Nibio). Approx. 15 years of experience working with biogas process optimization and microbiology.

Norway is the world’s largest producer of Atlantic salmon, and huge amounts of organic wastes are created in the aquaculture sector. These wastes are characterized by relatively high energy content, and thus potentially suitable biogas substrates. However, high contents of nitrogen and fat can lead to reactor instability caused from ammonia- and/or organic acids accumulation. Moreover, use of marine sludge as biogas substrate can cause inhibition from NaCl (sodium). During recent years, the aquaculture in Norway has increased focus on collecting and managing their waste fractions, and several facilities aims to establish biogas plants for production of energy, and reduction of organic waste. The wastes from aquaculture represents a large potential for biogas production in Norway.

Parallel 4B: Biogas process research enabling access to new feedstocks

Description of the presentation: Biogas production from fish sludge from a full-scale land based marine salmon production factory. Due to chemical composition, the sludge has not been assessed as a suitable mono-substrate for biogas production and is often mixed with farm-animal manures before being used as feedstock in anaerobic digestion. Continuous biogas experiments were carried out using lab scale CSTRs. The objective was to determine the threshold level for organic loading with marine fish sludge. The results showed that by slowly adapting the process to an increased amount of sludge could be added to cow manure. The biogas process finally operated relatively stable with 100 % sludge, at HRTs between 15 and 30 days and OLR up to 11.5 g COD/L/d, and sodium concentration of 12.5 g Na+/L reactor.

Louise Martinsen

Special Advisor at the Danish Energy Agency. Part of the biogas team. Focus areas include methane regulation and biomasses for biogas.

Parallel 2B: Parallel 2B: Optimization of the climate effect of biogas production

Title: Mandatory leakage detection and repair on biogas plants
January 1^st 2023 regulation focused on reducing methane emissions from Danish biogas production entered into force. The regulation aims at minimizing methane emissions from biogas production, and it includes mandatory requirements for annual LDAR reviews performed by third party professionals and implementation of a self-monitoring program. The effect of the regulation is to be assessed though a measurement campaign planned to take place within the coming year. The presentation provides an overview of the different elements of the regulation, findings from the first round of LDAR reviews, lessons learned, the design and focus of the upcoming measurement campaign, and future perspectives on approaches for reducing methane emissions from biogas production.    

Maria Malmkvist

Maria Malmkvist is managing director for the Swedish Gas Association (Energigas Sverige).

The Swedish Gas Association is a member-funded, industry association dedicated to promoting a greater use of gas energy with an increasing share of renewable gases.

In February 2016, Maria Malmkvist became the managing director of the Swedish Gas Association, where she had worked since May 2013. She has experience from consultancy work at WSP and she was the head of unit Energy efficiency and the deputy department head at the Swedish Energy Agency for several years. Maria Malmkvist has a MSc degree from the Institute of Technology at Linköping University.

Maria Malmkvist is moderator of the following sessions:

Plenary 1: Biogas development in a European perspective

Parallel 5A: Biogas and Green Transition of the industry

Mats Eklund

Mats Eklunds research deals with creating more value from underutilized resources through collaborative efforts, especially between different sectors. Since 2007 he has initiated and developed research collaboration supporting the development of biogas solutions, mainly in Sweden. Since 2012, he leads the Swedish center of excellence for biogas solutions, BSRC. In this arena, people from about fifty organizations and ten research groups co-produce new knowledge for the cause of realizing the huge sustainability potential of biogas solutions for its societies. He can still be filled with wonder over matters that people may take for granted, like biogas solutions.

Mats Eklund will be the moderator of Parallel 4B: Biogas process research enabling access to new feedstocks

He will also speak at the Plenary Closing Session:

Title of the presentation: Biogas solutions – the emerging identity of a sustainability superhero
Biogas solutions have evolved in different settings and play different roles in different sectors. What if we were able to merge the best practices and the knowledge from research and development into a future vision where the sustainability potential of biogas solutions would be realized? How would that look like? And what changes are needed to happen in our mindset to make it come true?

Matti Vikkula

Matti Vikkula has been working as CEO of Biokraft International AB since 2011.

His previous roles include partner at PwC Management Consulting, CEO of listed elecommunication company Saunalahti and member of the management team of Elisa in Finland. He is also the chairman of Loihde Oy, Origin by Ocean and board member of Kristina Cruises Oyj.

Plenary 1: Biogas development in a European perspective

Maurice Jansen

A Partner and Associate Director at Boston Consulting Group, based in Helsinki. He holds a PhD in biochemistry and co-leads the biofuel topic for BCG globally

Plenary 3: Biogas is a cross-sectorial solution: Energy security, Climate, Circular Economy

Olav Marvik

Plant manager IVAR IKS SNJ (central wastewater plant Nord Jæren).

More than 30 years of industrial experience and management from feed, food and wastewater industry. His main topic in his presentation is on an efficient and holistic thinking in developing a circular value chain in the wastewater plant utilizing the potential in biogas and the digestate.

Pia Farstad von Hall

Pia Farstad von Hall is CEO of the Norwegian Biogas Association.

She is also director of public relations in the organization for companies owed by local municipalities in Norway, where she has been the last 15 years. Pia Farstad von Hall have been involved with the Norwegian Green Shipping program through the role as responsible for politics related to ports in Norway and through the work in the Norwegian Biogas Association.

Pia Farstad von Hall is moderator of Parallel 1A: Framework conditions for the biogas sector – and a speaker in Parallel 2A: Fuelling the Maritime Sector – Liquefied Biogas – Hydrogen – Ammonia?

Rauni Karjala

Senior Sales Manager, Feedstock & Fertilizers, Gasum.

She is M.Sc.(Chem.Eng.) and eMBA. Ms Karjala has a long experience with different kind of biomass treatment methods. She has been involved with different projects to find good solutions for digestates both as a solution provider and consultant, and has a wide understanding of biogas plant market. At the moment, she works at Gasum in the team to supply different feedstock materials and to market the biogas plant digestates.

Rauni Karjala will participate in Plenary 2: Panel discussion: Business potential and challenges for the biogas sector.

Stefan Krüger Nielsen

Chief Advisor Danish Energy Agency – biogas and pyrolysis policy development.

Previous work experiences: Risø National Energy Research Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry for Climate, Energy and Utilities, Danish Climate Council, Wind Denmark, Danish Energy Agency. Educational background: 2001 PhD Energy Planning Technical University, 1996 Master of Science Environment, Technology and Social Studies Roskilde University.

Parallel 1A: Framework conditions for the biogas sector

The presentation will focus on expected main biomethane drivers in EU towards 2040 and 2050: EU greenhouse gas reduction targets, EU renewable energy targets, ETS1, ETS2, REDIII, blending obligations, Union Database (tracing proof of sustainability/guarantee of origin). Today biomethane make up 1 percent of EU27 piped gas. Short term biomethane production drivers are national biomethane subsidy schemes as well as blending obligations under REDIII. Current pricing of CO2 allowances in the European emission trading scheme (ETS) is not sufficiently high to make biomethane economically competitive to fossil gas. As from 2027 all EU27 gas consumption will be subject to carbon pricing under either ETS1 or ETS2. Gradually ETS prices will rise and on the longer term increase fossil gas price making biomethane price competitive to fossil gas. Emissions allowances are gradually phased out and by 2039 no more allowances are available in ETS1 and by 2046 also ETS2 allowances reach zero. By that time the remaining EU27 gas consumption is made up by green gases such as hydrogen and biomethane. only fossil gas equipped with CCS is viable unless emission allowances from negative emission technologies such as BECCS and biochar become eligible for use in ETS.

Stéphane Roelly

Stephane is a Portfolio Manager of Renewable Gases at Gasum, co-managing 3 Twh of LBG / CBG , including 1 Twh of own Gasum production, with the goal to reach 7 Twh in 2027.

Prior to Gasum, Stéphane worked 15+ years as an energy portfolio manager & trader in the finance & energy industries e.g. utilities, banks, hedge funds, both on the sell-side and buy-side. He holds an engineering degree and an MBA from Northwestern.

Sune Petersen

Consultant, Project Manager at Danish Technological Institute.

Sune has over ten years of experience in methane leak detection at biogas facilities and was among the first in Denmark to implement the use of gas cameras.

As a result, he has significant experience in conducting leak detection and point source quantification at both biogas and wastewater facilities. Over the years, he has participated in numerous projects and commercial tasks in the field, serving as a project manager, subject specialist, and technician, which has provided him with comprehensive industry knowledge and solid technical measurement insight. Additionally, he has considerable experience in measuring greenhouse gases, ammonia, and odor emissions from livestock production and agriculture.

Sune Petersen will speak in Parallel 2B: Optimization of the climate effect of biogas production, where he will talk about experience with methane leakage search – and the upcoming quantification of methane leakages.

Taina Kallus

General secretary of Waste management pool, which operates under National Supply Emergency Agency at Finland.

Over 15 years experience on logistics, project management on sustainable development and digital solutions. Loves CBG traffic network.

Plenary 3: Biogas is a cross-sectorial solution: Energy security, Climate, Circular Economy

Tatiana Demeusy

Senior Manager Renewable Gases at EnBW AG.

Her priorities are the analysis of European and national energy regulations along the value chain of renewable gases with the focus on cross-border trading as well as the representation of EnBW in committees and expert groups such as the European Biogas Association where she is a member of the Company Advisory Board.

Tatiana studied process engineering and completed her business administration studies alongside her job.

Plenary 1: Biogas development in a European perspective

Terje Hyldmo

20 years of experience in business law and corporate financing, followed by 10 year experience from Biokraft.

Part of the team that developed the Biokraft Skogn plant, negotiating EPC contracts, feedstock contracts, take or pay sales contracts and debt/equity financing. Working since mainly with business development, feedstock sourcing and project development.

Parallel 3A: Developing market conditions: Guarantees of Origin – Sustainability Certificates – Union Database for Biofuels

Topic of his presentation: The biogas market in Norway has been without the need of documenting and auditing the “green” value and the degree of climate effect. Biokraft has assumed that this will change, and we have since 2021 been certified according ISCC.

But the Norwegian downstream customers have only to a small extent requested such certification or other relevant documentation of the climate effect.

This will now change!

Toni Himminki

A seasoned energy executive with a proven track record of driving sustainable solutions and leading large-scale projects. Currently serving as a Partner at Wega Group, he oversees the development of ambitious biogas initiatives in Finland, partnering with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.

Prior to joining Wega 2020, Toni helmed Fennovoima as a CEO, a €7 billion greenfield nuclear power plant project, where he navigated through company and project ramp-up phase. His deep understanding of the energy sector is further evidenced by his 15-year tenure at leading Nordic steel companies (Rautaruukki and SSAB), where he held various senior positions including Chief Strategy Officer and SVP of Technology, Energy, and Environment.

With a Master’s degree in Energy and Environment from Lappeenranta University of Technology, Toni possesses a strong foundation in technology and a keen understanding of sustainability issues. Over the last 25 years, he has been actively involved in board of various energy-related development companies, working in fields such as industrial power and heat production, LNG import and terminal, nuclear power, wind power, and contributing to national, regional, and global industry associations.”

Torben Bauer

Today I work for Luleå Miljöresurs AB, a municipal waste, water, and wastewater treatment company. Here I aim to implement sustainable sewage sludge management pathways and regional nutrient circulation in practice.

I have a background in Energy and Environmental Engineering from Hamburg University of Technology (Germany). Later I did my PhD at Luleå University of Technology (Sweden) in Waste Science and Technology on the topic “Sustainable Sewage Sludge Management – Addressing Multidisciplinary Challenges”. Already there I focused on interdisciplinary collaboration which was enforced through my participation in the Graduate School in Energy Systems (Linköpings University, Sweden).

Parallel 5B: Waste water treatment – combining climate efforts and value creation

Description of the presentation: In northern Sweden most sewage sludge is utilized in soil production or landfill covers, which is, according to the waste hierarchy, a less sustainable way of using sewage sludge and its resources in comparison to usage of treated and certified sludge in agriculture, common in southern Sweden. In this presentation challenges but also drivers for more sustainable utilizations of sewage sludge in northern Sweden are shown as well as first steps for implementation of these utilizations. A main focus is thereby on collaboration between actors in the whole value chain, the establishment of markets, and the use of appropriate treatment methods. The results can be applied in other nordic countries and are also of high relevance for the farming (food production and energy crops), forestry, and biogas sector.