Biomass Energy: Business beyond Mill Residue!

Bioenergy Workshop August 27 Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver $220 (incl. GST)

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Community Bio-Heat Tour August 28 Dockside Green, Victoria $120 + GST (max 57 participants)

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Be one of the first to tour Dockside Green, one of only 16 communities on the planet named a "Climate Positive Development". It was environmentally designed from the ground up, including roof gardens, heat and hot water from waste wood using Canadian gasification technology by Nexterra, waste-water treatment, and more (see below).

In British Columbia as in other provinces sawmill residues have hit the ceiling. How do communities and other biomass developers acquire a stable, cost­effective supply and build projects? This 1‐day workshop will:

• Compare how government jurisdictions are opening up access to fibre for biomass developers
• Study how to reduce the cost of fibre supply chains
• Examine how to finance projects in this economic crunch
• Present the "integrated" pellet plant concept, now operating in Europe
• Hear winning concepts like "pooling" from European advisors
• Study solutions to legislative road blocks to small scale thermal bioenergy
• Meet investors looking for partnership opportunities

REGISTER TODAY
$159 hotel room block ends August 13!

This event is about BUSINESS and NETWORKING. You will get a rare chance to meet international experts in the forefront of the pellet business. We anticipate experts in next generation biofuels research in attendance, who will also be participating in the adjoining IEA Bioenergy conference on "Biofuels and Bioenergy" Aug 24-26. Meet our lobbyist, whose challenge is to bring down antiquated legislation limiting imports of the most modern European boiler equipment.

WORKSHOP AGENDA: August 27, 2007
The Agenda and speakers are essentially set - take a look!

COST:
Workshop: Register ahead and save! Pay just $220, including GST. CANBIO Members receive discounts on all of our events, so please consider joining our association today.

ACCOMMODATION:
A block of rooms has been reserved for CANBIO at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre Hotel. Click here to book your room now. Our special rate of $159 expires August 13.

DOCKSIDE GREEN TOUR:
Only 57 spots are available, and only to workshop registrants on a first-come first-served basis. 25 spots are reserved for representatives of Canadian communities. Cost for the tour is $120 + GST and includes bus, Vancouver Island return ferry, and lunch voucher on ferry.

CANBIO invites you on an unforgettable trip to Vancouver Island to tour the LEED Platinum Dockside Green commercial/residential development located in the heart of British Columbia's capital city, Victoria. Nexterra commissioned a new turnkey biomass gasification plant at Dockside making the community carbon neutral.

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A tour coach will pick you up at the Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel in Vancouver on Friday Aug 28th at 8:00 am and drive to the BC Ferries terminal. Once aboard the ferry, participants can disembark from the coach and spend a leisurely 90 minutes exploring the ship and take in the magnificent views (killer whale and bald eagle sightings a common occurrence...) from the outer decks as you pass through the Gulf Islands en route to Vancouver Island. Tour fee includes bus and ferry transportation along with a lunch voucher for the ferry dining lounge.

A guided tour of the Dockside development located in Victoria's Inner Harbour will take approximately 1½ hours and includes the biomass heating plant as well as the development itself including roof top gardens, water treatment plant and other environmental aspects. Subsequently, after a drive through the downtown of Victoria, the bus will return to the departure point in Vancouver, arriving at approximately 7:00 p.m.