Who s Who of attendees at the workshop

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1 Extraction of Value from Industrial and Municipal Waste a showcase of innovative technologies for application in New Zealand, Australia and internationally Who s Who of attendees at the workshop A Bioenergy Association (BANZ) Conference Auckland, August 2014

2 Workshop Administration This workshop is being managed and administered by the Bioenergy Association of New Zealand. For any correction or changes to this Who s Who contact admin@bioenergy.org.nz Conference Proceedings A copy of the conference presentations will be posted on the website soon after the event. It will be available on open access until the 28 th August at which time the presentations will be moved into the BANZ members area. Non member attendees will be able to access the presentations at any time after the 28 th August on request to the BANZ Administrator. Become a member of BANZ and join the Biogas Interest Group BANZ has four special topic Interest Groups to help focus the interests and activities of its various Members. The Interest Groups are the powerhouse of the organisation with responsibility for policy and management of activities to the Interest Group topic. The Interests Groups are open to any BANZ member and are structured around a Committee who lead on any aspect of the topic. If you want to be active in the Biogas Interest Group you should join BANZ by contacting BANZ staff or the Biogas Interest Group Convener. Brian Cox brian.cox@bioenergy.org.nz (BANZ Executive Officer) Steve Brewster steve.d.brewster@adi.ca (Biogas Interest Group Convener) Continuing Professional Development If requested BANZ will provide a certificate to service providers attending the conference which can be used to reinforce to clients that they are up-to-date with Biogas technology and its operation. The certificate can also be used to demonstrate Continuing Professional Development. To request your certificate please admin@bioenergy.org.nz

3 List of Attendees Organisation ADI Systems Asia Pacific ADI Systems Asia Pacific AECOM Albert van Oostrom & Associates Atlas Copco (NZ) Ltd Auckland City Council Beca Beca Bioenergy Association (BANZ) Callaghan Innovation Cardno BTD Christchurch City Council Clarke Energy Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority Energy Efficiency & Conservation Authority Energy News Entec Entec Envirowaste Services Ltd Fonterra Gifford Consulting Gough Power Systems Gough Power Systems Green Fuels NZ Ltd HG Leach & Co Ltd HG Leach & Co Ltd Kliptank Ltd MTL National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) Negawatt Resources / Natural Systems Negawatt Resources / Natural Systems Arranged by Organisation Name Alzbeta Bouskova Steve Brewster Chris Belanger Albert van Oostrom Roozbeh Fakharinia Robert Perry Caroline Crosby Rob Fullerton Brian Cox Owen Catchpole Sarah Burgess Yvonne Gilmore Pradeep Kumar Chris McArthur LeRoux Nel Felicity Wolfe Bob Weston Stuart Roberts Bruce Gardiner Ron Hamilton John Gifford Gareth McCabe Michael Normanton Martin Johnson Steven Hill Gary Deadman Ian Jamieson Chris Mann Stephan Heubeck Grant Dunford Guy Penny i

4 Organisation Nu Way Energy NZ Ltd Nu Way Energy NZ Ltd NZ Product Accelerator NZ Product Accelerator Opus International Consulting Ltd Palmerston North City Council Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd Pentair Values & Controls Pentair Values & Controls Pioneer Generation / Energy for Industry Scion Scion Spiire New Zealand University of Auckland University of Canterbury Dept of Civil & Natural Resources Engineering University of Canterbury Value Proteins Value Proteins Varec Biogas Waikato Regional Council Wallace Corporation Wallace Corporation Watercare Services Waste Management NZ Whangarei District Council Windsor Engineering Group Name Paul Bowie Mark Putnam Mark Taylor Brian McMath John Crawford Phil Burt Danny Garden Ian Blackwell Margaret Wilson Matthew Spooner Daniel Gapes Suren Wijeyekoon Jurgen Thiele Ehsan Shirkavand Mark Milke Chris Williamson Selwyn Love John Stedfast Jim Groman Mark Row David Wright Aaron Findson Jonathan Piggot Allan Dyson Andrew Carvell Maurice Davies View speaker and attendee profiles and interests in the following pages. Please note that these are details received at time of going to print. ii

5 International Speakers Marie-Hélène Labrie Enerkem Inc. Marie-Hélène joined Enerkem in May She has 21 years of experience in government affairs, communications, marketing and strategic planning. She is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of Écotech Québec, a cleantech cluster, and she is a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association, the Conseil des entreprises en technologies environnementales du Québec, and the Mississippi Biomass and Renewable Energy Council. She represents the company at the Advanced Ethanol Council in Washington and the Canadian Cleantech Coalition in Ottawa. With its proprietary technology, Enerkem converts non recyclable municipal solid waste into methanol, ethanol and other widely used chemical intermediates. Headquartered in Canada, Enerkem has recently inaugurated Enerkem Alberta Biofuels, its first full-scale commercial waste-to-biofuels facility. jroberge@enerkem.com Linda Eliasson Borås Energi och Miljö AB, Sweden Linda is a business developer in waste strategies, her background is within the field of water and waste water treatment and she has a university diploma in Process Technology in Water and Environment. Over the last few years Linda has been working with planning municipal solid waste management in the City of Borås, Sweden. The work has also included different international projects with focus on education and capacity building for sustainable waste management in countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, Brazil and USA. linda.eliasson@borasem.se Keynote Speaker Robert Perry Auckland Council Robert is a highly experienced sustainability strategist delivering diverse low carbon city transformation and corporate strategies and programmes addressing emerging sustainability risks through collaborative governance models. As a Principal Strategy Analyst, Robert is leading the Auckland Council s climate change and energy policy portfolios, Robert developed Auckland s strategic planning framework for energy and climate change as a component of the Auckland Plan. Robert has led and managed the development of Low Carbon Auckland - Auckland s Energy Resilience and Low Carbon Action Plan, which was launched in July Robert led and coordinated Auckland s environmental programme for Rugby World Cup He has 18 years management experience gained internationally in local government, consultancy and private sector organisations in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. robert.perry@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz 1

6 Speaker Profiles Brian Cox Bioenergy Association (BANZ) Brian has over 30 years experience in identifying, investigating and developing commercial capital investment projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors. For the last decade Brian has been the Executive Officer of the Bioenergy Association of New Zealand. The Bioenergy Association is an industry grouping representing all commercial, research and academic parties in New Zealand involved with wood fuel, biogas and liquid biofuels. Steve Brewster ADI Systems Convener Biogas Interest Group Steve Brewster has been involved with waste treatment and waste to energy systems (Biogas) for over 25 years, starting as a research assistant. During this time he has assisted in plant design, instrumentation, electrical and control systems, remote monitoring, gas hazardous area assessments, noise control and plant commissioning. Steve comes from an electrical background so has also been responsible for the electrical and control design for most of the waste treatment and waste to energy plants the N.Z. group has undertaken. He has a wide knowledge of biogas related matters. He is also the current Biogas convener for BANZ. steve.d.brewster@adi.ca Caroline Crosby Beca Caroline is a civil engineering associate with Beca who works across in the water and wastewater infrastructure fields for municipal, commercial and industrial clients. She specializes in the planning of infrastructure systems, business case analysis and oversight of complex projects at the feasibility and conceptual design level. Caroline has a strong interest in and experience with resource recovery projects. caroline.crosby@beca.com Rob Fullerton Beca Rob is Beca s Technical Director of Environmental Engineering. He has particular skills in evaluation of wastewater treatment processes and is able to apply his specialist scientific knowledge to develop concept process designs of water and wastewater treatment for a wide variety of municipal and industrial clients, including in the resource recovery sector. He also has extensive experience in the commissioning, operation and trouble shooting of treatment plants. rob.fullerton@beca.com 2

7 Alzbeta Bouskova ADI Systems Dr. Alzbeta Bouskova is a process engineer at ADI Systems with main expertise in anaerobic treatment of waste and wastewater and nutrients removal. Her process skills and experience range from feasibility studies, preliminary and detailed design, pilot plant operation and commissioning. alzbeta.bouskova@adi.ca Jurgen Thiele Spiire New Zealand Jurgen has over 35 years experience in waste to energy projects and the use of anaerobic digestion for value recovery from industrial and municipal waste. He leads the waste value recovery team at Spiire New Zealand. His team is currently involved in capacity upgrades of municipal and industrial digester plants using the innovative digester booster system and design of industrial digester systems for rendering, food processing and distillery industries. Jurgen s specialty area is the effective anaerobic digestion of industrial waste with high fat, protein and salt content. Bob Weston Entec agricultural waste. Bob has worked at Entec for 18 years, during which time he has been involved in numerous energy projects including biogas sourced from municipal solid waste, municipal waste water treatment plants, and bob.weston@entec.co.nz Jonathan Piggot Watercare Services Limited Based at the Mangere Wastewater treatment plant, Jonathan was worked for Watercare for the past ten years. Holding a degree in Environmental Engineering Jonathan completed a graduate program with Watercare in wastewater treatment process engineering. In his current role Jonathan works as the operations coordinator, managing the eight non-metro plants in the southern area of Auckland. JPiggot@water.co.nz Jurgen.thiele@spiire.co.nz Phil Burt Palmerston North City Council Phil Burt (NZCE, TIPENZ) is the Waste Water Asset Engineer for the Palmerston North City Council, Phil has worked for various Councils for more than 31 years and he has been employed at the Palmerston North City Council for 15 years and been responsible for the operation of the WWTP for the past 10 years. phil.burt@pncc.govt.nz Jim Groman Varec Biogas Jim has over 25 years of experience in the design and supply of biogas handling equipment including gas safety, gas conditioning and cleaning, and flaring systems. Jim was previously Chairman of the American Petroleum Institute Sub Committee 2000, and is a member of the Water Environment Federation Residuals and Biosolids sub-committee. Jim is currently VP of Sales and Marketing for Varec Biogas, a leading manufacturer of a complete line of biogas handling equipment. jim.groman@varec-biogas.com 3

8 Mark Milke Civil and Natural Resources Eng., U. Canterbury Mark is a Reader in Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch. Since 1991 he has taught and conducted research there on solid waste management and other topics. He was an Associate Editor for the international research journal Waste Management from He has a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and is a New Zealand Chartered Professional Engineer. He is currently conducting research on phosphorus recovery from activated sludge, landfill gas emissions, and resilience of infrastructure systems. mark.milke@canterbury.ac.nz Stephan Heubeck NIWA Hamilton Stephan Heubeck is a research engineer with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd. (NIWA) based in Hamilton. He has a farming background and degree from the University of Applied Science Weihenstephan in Germany and a Masters in Environmental Engineering from Massey University / Palmerston North. For the last 8 years Stephan has been involved in numerous NIWA projects monitoring and refining processes in wastewater treatment ponds aimed at maximizing resource recovery from agricultural, industrial and domestic wastes, using small scale and low-tech configurations. In collaboration with industry players, Stephan has been involved in the design and establishment of numerous biogas recovery and use systems, both in New Zealand and Australia, that process a range of wastes and use biogas for a wide range of applications, including heat and electricity provision, transport fuel as well as for reductions in odour impact and Greenhouse Gas emissions. s.heubeck@niwa.co.nz Andrew Carvell Whangarei District Council Andrew is a professional engineer who manages the waste division of the Whangarei District Council. His background is in process and environmental engineering with a particular interest in sustainable use of resources. The Whangarei District Council is looking to pursue projects that can reduce costs and benefit the community and as such is looking closely at biogas reuse opportunities. Yvonne Gilmore Christchurch City Council Energy and energy management is a passion presently applied to the many and varied accounts of the Christchurch City Council. Yvonne has worked in the field of energy data analysis with rewarding results both in terms of reduced costs and improved operations. Yvonne.Gilmore@ccc.govt.nz acarvell@wdc.govt.nz 4

9 Attendee Profiles Arranged by Organisation Name of Attendee(s) Alzbeta Bouskova Steve Brewster Organisation / company ADI Systems Asia Pacific asiapacific@adi.ca Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) x presenters and design build of biogas plants and waste treatment systems. Inspiring authorities to develop biogas systems, and find some business leads. Name of Attendee(s) Chris Belanger Organisation / company AECOM chris.belanger@aecom.com Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) AECOM was the consulting engineer for the biogas cogeneration facility upgrade at the Watercare s Mangere site ( ) and is currently working to upgrade the biogas system at their Rosedale site. Both biogas upgrades involved condition assessment, process optimisation, detailed design, cost estimating, operating & maintenance manuals and commissioning support. The projects required preparation of equipment procurement documents, tender specification, contracts and evaluations. AECOM was commissioned by Todd Energy to assist with the overall design and construction management of 1 MW power generator at the Happy Valley landfill. Chris Belanger is a process engineer in the Energy department at AECOM. His involvement with biogas includes process evaluations, design of new installations and plant upgrades, including specifying gas treatments for cogeneration and boiler systems at wastewater treatment plants in Australia and New Zealand. Hearing about different views and technologies. Name of Attendee(s) Albert van Oostrom Organisation / company Albert van Oostrom & Associates avo@albert.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Consulting on wastewater management, including biogas generate and use, for primary processing industries. The latest advances in biogas technologies and practices. Name of Attendee(s) Roozbeh Fakharinia Organisation / company Atlas Copco (NZ) Ltd Roozbeh.Fakharinia@NZ.ATLASCOPCO.COM Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) We re manufacturers of biogas purification system and also CNG filling stations. NZ plan for municipal waste conversion to biogas. Name of Attendee(s) Carline Crosby Rob Fullerton Organisation / company Beca Caroline.Crosby@beca.com rob.fullerton@beca.com Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: Consulting engineers in the municipal and industrial waste field. Especially waste to energy technologies and applications. Current thinking around waste to energy for these waste streams and different propositions for achieving maximum value out of them. 5

10 Name of Attendee(s) Owen Catchpole Organisation / company Callaghan Innovation owen.catchpole@callaghaninnovation.govt.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Adding value to biologically derived waste and co-product streams. Name of Attendee(s) Sarah Burgess Organisation / company Cardno BTD sarah.burgess@cardno.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Wastewater treatment consultant with interest in anaerobic digestion by biogas production. Designing municipal wastewater plants to produce recoverable biogas. Name of Attendee(s) Pradeep Kumar Organisation / company Clarke Energy pradeep.kumar@clarke-energy.com Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Useage in gas einginees. Ways of production. Composition. Storage of biogas. Cleaning removal of foreign matter siloxane. Name of Attendee(s) Chris McArthur Le Roux Nel Organisation / company Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) Chris.mcarthur@eeca.govt.nz leroux.nel@eeca.govt.nz Telephone number(s) Ph: +64 (0) (0) M: +64 (0) (0) Above ground anaerobic digestive systems. How to cope with relatively high H2S as a result of extensive use of sulphuric acid in plant. Name of Attendee(s) Organisation / company Felicity Wolfe Energy News Felicity.Wolfe@freemanmedia.co.nz Telephone number(s) Ph: +64 (0) M: +64 (0) Energy sector journalist. Any new projects/industry developments. Name of Attendee(s) Bob Weston Stuart Roberts Organisation / company Entec Bob.weston@entec.co.nz Stuart.Roberts@entec.co.nz Telephone number(s) Ph: +64 (0) (0) M: +64 (0) (0) Equipment and service provider biogas utilisation for heat and power. The latest biogas developments. 6

11 Name of Attendee(s) Bruce Gardiner Organisation / company Envirowaste Services Ltd bruce.gardiner@envirowaste.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: Mobile: +64 (0) Landfill Gas to Energy, Waste to Energy/fuels. Name of Attendee(s) Ron Hamilton Organisation / company Fonterra Ron.Hamilton@fonterra.com Telephone numbers Ph: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Developer of the Tirau Anaerobic Digestion process (with others). Innovative ideas around biogas utilisation. Name of Attendee(s) John Gifford Organisation / company Gifford Consulting john@giffordconsulting.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Promoting the use of biogas and bioenergy as a solution for waste management and reducing environmental impacts. The use of biogas production as a feedstock for value added products. Gifford Consulting specialises in the deployment of new technology to real world applications and has developed an approach to reduce financial and commercial risks associated with such activities. Gifford Consulting has a focus on forestry, forest products, wood processing, environmental management and bioenergy projects. Get an update of the application of anaerobic digestion for the treatment of wastes and the use of product streams into commercial markets. Name of Attendee(s) Gareth McCabe Michael Normanton Organisation / company Gough Power Systems gareth.mccabe@goughcat.co.nz Michael.normanton@goughcat.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) (0) Many landfill operators are customers of the Gough Group and there are historic CAT biogas installations. The recent acquisition of MWM Deutz gas engines is relevant to Watercare and PNCC. This would be our first attendance and we would use the opportunity to explore what we can offer to BANZ. Name of Attendee(s) Martin Johnson Organisation / company Green Fuels NZ Ltd martinj@greenfuels.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Biodiesel manufacturing Bi product (glycerine) can enhance biogas production. Potential sales of bi product. Name of Attendee(s) Steven Hill / Gary Deadman Organisation / company HG Leach & Co Ltd steven@hgleach.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Landfill operator with 1MW biogas engine. 7

12 Name of Attendee(s) Ian Jamieson Organisation / company Kliptank Limited ian@kliptank.com Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Kliptank manufactures storage tanks that can be sealed and used as biogas generators for methane capture. A better understanding of current projects, scale, requirements. Name of Attendee(s) Chris Mann Organisation / company MTL pamelag@mtlnz.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) MTL s involvement in thermal power plant covers a wide range of projects. From coal fired Rankine cycle unit through to landfill gas, and diesel plants, MTL has delivered a range of engineering projects. MTL has experience in the design and procurement of landfill gas engines, including gas treatment plants, and Siloxane treatment. This experience includes the process design for the gas plant, detailed design and commissioning of gas treatment plants, and procurement and construction management of the gas engines. Sharing knowledge of upgrading or replacing existing plants, success and challenges. Name of Attendee(s) Grant Dunford Guy Penny Organisation / company Negawatt Resources / Natural Systems Grant.Dunford@nrl.co.nz Telephone numbers Ph: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) BANZ Board Member. Lead Manager for Natural Systems / Biogas Ost / Negawatt partnership delivering Bio-digester waste management systems for farms, communities and municipalities. How many Councils feel they need to understand the opportunities waste has for supporting their local economy and wish to explore it further. Name of Attendee(s) Stephan Heubeck Organisation / company NIWA Hamilton s.heubeck@niwa.co.nz Telephone numbers Ph: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Stephan Heubeck is a research engineer with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA) based in Hamilton. He has a farming background and degree from the University of Applied Science Weihenstephan in Germany and a Masters in Environmental Engineering from Massey University / Palmerston North. Speaker: co-benefit biogas. Synergistic technologies enabling biogas use at smaller wastewater treatment plants. Networking. Name of Attendee(s) Paul Bowie Mark Putnam Organisation / company Nu Way Energy NZ Ltd paul.bowie@nuwayenergy.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Burning, bio, gas, aeration, anaerobic digestion As above 8

13 Name of Attendee(s) Mark Taylor Brian McMath Organisation / company NZ Product Accelerator mark.taylor@auckland.ac.nz mcmath@paradise.net.nz Telephone numbers Ph: +64 (0) (0) Mobile: +64 (0) (0) Developing methane/co2 separation, and other technologies which may be applicable for the Biogas industry. Need to learn about the needs of the companies in this industry, the problems and the opportunities. Name of Attendee(s) John Crawford Organisation / company Opus International Consultants Ltd john.crawford@opus.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: Mobile: +64 (0) Opus provides engineering, environmental science and planning services for municipal and Industrial wastewater treatment and disposal throughout New Zealand and across Canada. These services include anaerobic digestion, co-digestion and energy farming. Opus has established a specialist team of scientists, engineers and planning practitioners to assist farmers to develop new and innovative land management systems that improve operating efficiencies and reduce the environmental footprint. A key aspect of these services is management of animal effluent and seeking to exploit the economic and environmental opportunities arising from that. The current state of levels of interest from facility owners in seeking the opportunities available from energy capture and reuse. Name of Attendee(s) Paul Burt Organisation / company Palmerston North City Council phil.burt@govt.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Speaker. Name of Attendee(s) Danny Garden Organisation / company Pattle Delamore Partners Ltd daniel.garden@pdp.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Wastewater process engineer involved in biogas projects for industrial clients in New Zealand. To learn about current biogas projects and technology and to network with other industry professionals. Name of Attendee(s) Ian Blackwell Margaret Wilson Organisation / company Pentair Values & Controls ian.blackwell@pentair.com Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Manufacture products used in the biogas industry. What opportunities we have to supply our products and potential areas for product development. Name of Attendee(s) Matthew Spooner Organisation / company Pioneer Generation / Energy for Industry matthew.spooner@pgl.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: Mobile: Developer and owner of biogas generation plant. 9

14 Name of Attendee(s) Organisation / company Daniel Gapes Scion Daniel.Gapes@scionresearch.com Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Laboratory and pilot scale fermentation research. Solid waste sludge treatment technology research and development. Connections with people working in the field of interest. Research knowledge of new technology development. Name of Attendee(s) Suren Wijeyekoon Organisation / company Scion suren.wijeyekoon@scionresearch.com Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: High rate anaerobic digester technologies, business case for biogas production from sludge. Strategies used for downstream processing of digestates, technology and business cases not working. Name of Attendee(s) Jurgen H Thiele Organisation / company Spiire New Zealand Jurgen.thiele@spiire.co.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Spiire New Zealand is a consulting engineering firm in the Calibre group of companies. Spiire specialises in the planning, system design, construction monitoring and commissioning of biogas plants for municipal and industrial clients in New Zealand. Our wastewater value recovery team has more than 50 years combined experience in anaerobic digestion system and provides cost effective solutions for anaerobic digestion of industrial wastewater and the codigestion of trade waste to biogas in municipal treatment plants. Spiire have recently completed the very successful upgrade of the PNCC and HCC municipal digesters for 3-4 fold increased biogas production by co-digestion of trade waste. Industrial partners with interest in application of cost effective systems for value recovery from industrial wastewater and trade waste. Name of Attendee(s) Ehsan Shirkavand Organisation / company University of Auckland eshi796@aucklanduni.ac.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: Mobile: +64 (0) We are working on a pretreatment method to enhance biogas production from woody waste material. The way they are converting the waste to biofuel. Name of Attendee(s) Chris Williamson Organisation / company University of Canterbury chris.williamson@canterbury.ac.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Involved in biomass to liquid fuels research at the University of Canterbury. Value added products from municipal waste. 10

15 Name of Attendee(s) Mark Milke Organisation / company Civi and Natural Resources Engineering, University of Canterbury mark.milke@canterbury.ac.nz Telephone number(s) Phone: +64 (0) Mobile: Biogas production from solid waste. Biogas emissions from landfills. Biogas use for vehicle fuel. Nitrogen effects on biogas production. Bioenergy costs for student project on a dairy farm. Name of Attendee(s) Selwyn Love John Stedfast Organisation / company Value Proteins selwynl@gloriavale.co.nz Telephone numbers Ph: +64 (0) Mobile: Rendering waste water treatment. Biogas applications re rendering waste water sludge. Name of Attendee(s) Jim Groman Organisation / company Varec Biogas Jim.groman@varec-biogas.com Telephone numbers Ph: Mobile: Speaker Name of Attendee(s) Mark Row Organisation / company Waikato Regional Council Mark.Row@waikatoregion.govt.nz Telephone numbers Ph: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) I am a Council monitoring officer for several large industrial sites that generate biogas and some are looking at utilizing this for energy generation. To keep abreast of latest technology in this area and what the opportunities and potentials for development are. Name of Attendee(s) David Wright & Aaron Findson Organisation / company Wallace Corporation Ltd david.wrightson@wallace.co.nz aaron.findson@wallace.co.nz Telephone numbers Ph: +64 (0) (0) M: +64 (0) (0) Environmental and rendering plants. Everything. Wanting to buy equipment. 11

16 Name of Attendee(s) Jonathan Piggot Organisation / company Watercare Services jpiggot@water.co.nz Telephone numbers Ph: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Employed by Watercare at the Mangere wastewater treatment plant, with produces biogas from the anaerobic digestion of sludge. The biogas is used for electricity generation. The use of biogas for electricity generation is also employed at the Rosedale wastewater treatment plant. Jonathan has qualifications and experience operations and a Process Engineer in the wastewater treatment industry. Will be presenting at the conference but am also interested in meeting and listening to other practitioners use and generate biogas. Name of Attendee(s) Allan Dyson Organisation / company Waste Management NZ ADyson@wastemanagement.co.nz Telephone numbers Ph: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) We run 12 1mW generators off landfill gas. If there are any new/improved products or procedures related to power generation and gas collection. Name of Attendee(s) Maurice Davies Organisation / company Windsor Engineering Maurice.davies@windsor.co.nz Telephone numbers Ph: +64 (0) Mobile: +64 (0) Provider of gas flares for Biogas applications. Updates on the sector and to network. We welcome your involvement in this conference. 12