Archive for July, 2008

Speaker Profile: Dr. Tech. Marita Veringa Niemelä, Vice President Biofuels, Pöyry

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Marita Veringa Niemelä holds a Dr. Tech. degree from Helsinki University of Technology. She works presently as a Vice President Biofuels in Pöyry Chemical Industry in Vantaa, Finland. Dr. Tech. Marita Veringa Niemelä has approx. 20 years of experience in Industrial Chemistry, majoring in Catalysis. Her specialization includes development of ...

Speaker Profile: Derek Atkinson, Business Development Director, Oxford Catalysts Ltd

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Derek Atkinson is a Business Development Director at Oxford Catalysts, a catalyst technology development company located in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, UK. He is responsible for Oxford Catalysts's carbide technology platform, specifically its application in F-T and hydroprocessing.  He has a degree in Chemistry and Polymer Science Technology from Loughborough University ...

Important Travel Information for VVBGC Site Visit!

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Keen on attending the optional VVBGC site visit on the 14th of October but concerned about catching your next flight out of Sweden? Please read on … There are a few train connections between Varnamo and the Copenhagen Kastrup Airport that you can select to suit your travelling plan. The railway ...

Will New Technological Advances Offer Fresh Capabilities for Commercialization and Enhance BTL Investments?

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

3rd BTLtec (Biomass to Liquids) will be held in Göteborg, Sweden on October 13-14, 2008 with major authorities and project stakeholders from Europe and the US, discussing commercialization of BTL. Technological advancements & worldwide growth of BTL projects set the tone for the more than 20 experts sharing insights on ...

Speaker Profile: Klaus Schoffel, Managing Director, Xynergo

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

Klaus Schöffel holds a  Dr. degree in physical chemistry from the Freie University Berlin. He has over 15 years experience i industrial R&D wihin catalysis and new energy technologies from the Norwegian O&G company StatoilHydro as chief-scientist and research director. Since  2007 he is employed as Vice President Corporate Energy ...

Speaker Profile: Marc Londo, Scientific Researcher, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN)

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Marc Londo works as scientific researcher at ECN since 2005. His main field of interest is biomass energy, with a project portfolio focusing on application in fuels, electricity as well as heat. He is project leader of REFUEL and Elobio, two projects under Intelligent Energy Europe. REFUEL develops an EU ...

Speaker Profile: Sune Bengtsson, Co-ordinator, CHRISGAS

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Sune Bengtsson, graduated in chemical engineering at KTH, Stockholm and has received a Dr.rer.nat from Technical University of Munich. SB is since 2004 with Växjö University  as co-ordinator for the CHRISGAS project and was until 2008 managing director of and is now a board member of the VVBGC company. Before this SB ...

Speaker Profile: T Lennart Gardmark, Senior Advisor, Vaxjo Varnamo Biomass Gasification Centre (VVBGC)

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Lennart Gardmark has for the last ten years been a driving force in the Vaxjo bio-DME efforts which includes several projects in the DME-vehicle, the biomass gasification and the DME information areas. He is currently Vice President, Government Relations, International DME Association and Senior Advisor, DME for a number of ...

Speaker Profile: Jeff McDaniel, Director, Business Development, Velocys Inc

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Jeff McDaniel is one of the founding members of Velocys and leads the company’s business activities to develop a next generation synthetic fuel reactor technology.  He established research programs with industrial partners, the Department of Energy and U.S. Army to advance Velocys’ technology development efforts.Jeff’s background includes roles at Battelle ...

Speaker Profile: Dr. Joachim Ansorge, Senior Advisor XTL Technologies, Shell Global Solutions International BV

Thursday, July 3rd, 2008

Dr Ansorge  holds a Phd in physico-chemistry and started his career in 1981 as a distillation technologies at Shell Berre refinery in France. He then moved to process devt & design, technical service at the Shell central office at the Hague. He was responsible for the concept, design, start-up and ...