United Nations Development Programme / Global Environment Facility (UNDP/GEF)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Department for Energy Efficiency of the State Committee for Standardization of Belarus

PROGRAMME OF THE CONCLUDING SEMINAR FOR THE PROJECT "BIOMASS ENERGY FOR HEATING AND HOT WATER SUPPLY IN BELARUS"
April, 22-23, 2008

April 22, 2008

9.00 – 18.00                  Visit to the project’s demonstration sites:

• 2MW boiler house, Uzda, Minsk Region (private wood-processing enterprise "Volat-1")
• 2.4MW mini-CHP, Vileika, Minsk Region (Minskenergo boiler house)
• State forestry enterprise "Vileiskiy Leskhoz": harvesting, production and storage of wood fuel, Vileika, Minsk Region

 

19.00 – 20.00      Arrival at the sport and health facility "Brigantina" of Belarusian State University, Radoshkovichi, Molodechno District, 50 km off Minsk

April 23, 2008

Venue: sport and health facility "Brigantina" (Radoshkovichi, Molodechno District, 50 km off Minsk)

9.00   Registration of the participants

9.30   Seminar opening

UNDP Programme Manager in Belarus       
                                                                                       V.M.Stalygo

Director of the Department for Energy Efficiency, State Committee for Standardization of Belarus                                                                          L.V. Shenets

Head of the Main Department of Fuel-and-Energy Complex, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries, Ministry of Economy of Belarus                                                                                                                                              R.R. Shirma

PANEL The implementation of the project "Biomass Energy for Heating and Hot Water Supply in Belarus"

10.00 Overview of project goals, objectives and results

Project manager                                                                    V.N. Voitekhovich

10.15             Description and performance characteristics of project's heat-and-power sites:

• 2MW boiler house, Uzda, Minsk Region (Volat-1 Private Enterprise)

Director                                                                      I.V. Petkevich

• 2.5MW mini-CHP, Mosty, Grodno Region (Mostodrev)

Chief power engineer                                                 V.I. Patonich

• 2.4MW mini-CHP, Vileika (Minskenergo boiler house)

Deputy Director                                                         L.V. Kuznetsov

• 1.5MW mini-CHP, BelGRES, Orekhovsk, Vitebsk Region, Vitebskenergo

Head of technical department of BelGRES                 A.V.Ladykin
11.10 Coffee break

11.30. Creating wood fuel harvesting, production, transportation and storage infrastructure at the demonstration sites

Director of Vileiskiy Leskhoz                                                  P. P. Kosyak
Belarusian State Technical University senior lecturer                        A.V. Lednitsky
Belarusian State Technical University senior lecturer             G.I. Zavoiskykh

11.50 Financial mechanisms for co-financing projects supporting the use of local fuels and energy efficiency

Project expert                                                                          I.V.Ananich

12.10 Role of European experience in project's successful implementation
           
            Project international consultant,
BTG/Bio Heat, Holland                                                          D.Voz

PANEL Potential and activity areas for replicating bioenergy projects

12.40 Programme of technical and organizational activities to support large-scale utilization of wood fuel for energy purposes
Project experts                                                                         V.G.Fedoseev
                                                                             E.L.Korenchuk
13.00 Lunch break
 
14.00 Programme of construction of new energy sources and conversion of the existing ones to local fuels

Head of Production and Technical Division, Department for Energy Efficiency, State Committee for Standardization                                              I.S.Buranko

14.20 Interactive GIS for planning and supporting bioenergy sites

Project expert                                                              D.V.Suvorov

14.40 Ecological aspects of large-scale use of renewable energy

Department Head, "Lotios"                                                    I.N. Potapkova

 

PANEL International experience and how it can be applied in the context of Belarus

15.00 Quality management system of bioenergy sites

Project international consultant,
LEV, Austria                                                                                       F. Promitzer

15.30 Coffee break

15.50 Optimization of biomass-fueled boiler houses through operational monitoring

Project international consultant,
LEV, Austria                                                                                       F. Promitzer

16.20 Bioenergy support and development in Ukraine

Director, Biomass Research Facility, Kiyv                             G.Geletukha

16.40. GEF-funded international biomass projects: experiences and bioenergy market development.
Project international consultant,
Eco Ltd. Great Britain                                                                        G. Ballard Trimmer

17.00 Discussion and summing-up

17.30 Seminar closure. Dinner
18.30. Departure to Minsk