Key Business Event in Kyiv

Ukrainian Biofuel Forum, key business event for the Ukrainian industry of solid biofuels and biomass, will take place in April, 22-23, in Kyiv.

Ukrainian Biofuel Forum will take place in April, 22-23, 2010 in the center of the Ukrainian capital. It is a key business event for the Ukrainian industry of solid biofuels and biomass, which will host a conference, exhibition,workshops, sales master classes and presentations.

Without a doubt, this Forum will bring a substantial contribution to the popularization of alternative fuels and energy efficiency and will become one of the best business and informative grounds for market participants in this field. Forum will contains from two-days international conference, expo, seminars, master-classes, round-tables, presentations of the companies and projects on solid biofuels market.

Forum Objective: to provide effective guidance for companies to obtain competitive advantages in the Ukrainian fuel market, as well as obtaining tax incentives provided by law.

The Ukrainian Biofuel Market is on the threshold of a new stage of evolution. Early forecasts show rising prices for imported natural gas to the European price level. Hereof, the relevance of creating a closed vertically-integrated production of fuel briquettes and pellets aimed at meeting the definite needs of the domestic market. In addition to traditional wood, Ukrainian companies are actively pursuing agricultural waste as a resource for the production of solid biofuels, creating a radically new market niche on the European market, and Ukraine –serving as the foundation for new business models.
An additional catalyst for market development are the recent legislative changes which took effect on January 1^st, 2010.The new legislation will provide tax preferences for biofuel companies. How not to remain on the sidelines of the new Ukrainian energy evolution? We will not compose an answer to this question. The answer will be given by people who create the modern Ukrainian biofuel industry.

The main themes of the Forum:
<< Legislative framework of solid biofuel market, national and international standards;
<< Recent trends in the EU and Ukrainian markets of pellets and briquettes;
<< Modern biomass as an energy source; analysis of the technological solutions;
<< Agricultural raw materials, especially its use in pelleting and briquetting;
<< Solid straw biofuel on the market: who is its buyer? What are the prospects for expanding the market?
<< Business construction in the production and marketing of briquettes and pellets;
<< Raw-material base for the development of biofuel projects;
<< Logistics as the central issue of biofuel project development effectiveness;
<< The ways of funding attracting for biofuel projects;
<< Export and the formation of the internal market for briquettes and pellets in the current context;
<< Formation of the internal market of biofuel boilers as a step toward creating a market of pellets and briquettes;
<< Boiler for biofuels in Ukraine: Prospects for the segment;
<< Prospects for biofuels in the municipal sector. Practical experience of project implementation;
<< Building of an effective information policy by market participants, aimed at promoting solid biofuels.

The Forum committee prides itself for recruiting high level Forum speakers and participants. The speakers and participants come from various fields of the Biofuel Industry such as: owners and top-managers from companies operating in the production and marketing of briquettes and pellets: manufacturers and suppliers of equipment for the production of biofuels; producers and suppliers of boiler equipment for solid biomass and biofuels; leading experts and representatives of central and local authorities in Ukraine, CIS, EU and USA.

For all questions, please contact: project manager Yuliya Berezovskaya (tel. +380 67 501 21 77, e-mail: conference@FuelAlternative.com.ua)