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20th November 2006 9.15am-2pm
South Somerset Council Chambers,
Brympton Way, Yeovil BA20 2HT
A free half day seminar organised by South Somerset District Council
COULD WE BE LEADING THE WAY IN SOMERSET?
Biogas, produced from rotting waste and sewage can be used as fuel for
electricity, heating and transport. To date much of what is produced
simply escapes into the atmosphere contributing to climate change -
methane is 24 times more powerful than CO2 as a greenhouse gas.
We've organised this conference to find out about the potential for biogas
and what more can be done to bring it to market. There are a number of
towns and projects in Sweden, showing what can be done. Could Somerset
lead the way, in the UK, with demonstration projects pioneering
innovative, sustainable solutions to climate change?
CHAIR: Julia Hailes, Sustainability Consultant & Author
9:15 Registration and Coffee
9:30 Keith Wheaton-Green South Somerset District Council
Introduction
9:35 Charles Banks Southampton University
Overview of potential opportunities for biogas from waste sources.
10.00 Andrew Salter Southampton University
Agricultural biogas as an alternative to bio-ethanol and biodiesel as a
renewable fuel source.
10:25 Michael Chesshire Greenfinch
Examples of anaerobic digestion for domestic and farm waste.
10:50 Coffee
11.15 Owen Yeatman Dorset Farmer A proposed project in North Dorset
11.40 Richard Lilleystone Gas Tech
How using biogas could significantly reduce the climate change impacts of
the UK.
12.05 Chris Maltin Organic Power
How the UK Government is missing out on a clean fuel technology, developed
in Somerset.
12.30 Peter Jones Biffa Waste
What more should the waste industry be doing to develop energy from waste
solutions.
12.55 Keith Wheaton-Green Summing up
1:05 Local Produce Lunch
2:30 Finish
Those who would benefit from attendance are farmers, landowners, waste
managers and sustainability practitioners.
Places for this free event are limited so please book early and definitely
by 10th November to avoid disappointment. To book, please send an e-mail
to kim.Horton@southsomerset.gov.uk stating your name, e-mail address, tel
no and who you represent. To keep our costs down, if you have one, please
bring a name badge that you forgot to hand in at a previous event.
suggested links:
An
Introduction to Biogas
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