Registration of participants

Commencement of the conference and awarding of the BIOGAS AMBASSADOR 2022 Award and speech by the Laureate

STRATEGIC BLOCK: Energy transition in the context of the new (post)war energy and fuel architecture, Polish and European policy towards Russian raw material supplies; biogas and biomethane in the National Reconstruction Plan;

introduction: Artur Zawisza (President of the UPEBI)

discussion: Wojciech Hann (prezes Banku Ochrony Środowiska SA), Zbigniew Kuźma (członek zarządu Orlen Południe SA), Piotr Maciążek (partner wzielonejstrefie.pl i doradca strategiczny branży energetyczno–paliwowej), dr Dawid Piekarz (wiceprezes Instytutu Staszica oraz ekspert ds. strategii i bezpieczeństwa ekonomicznego)

EXPERT BLOCK:

dr Sławomir Kopeć (Head of the Department for Cooperation with Administration and the Economy at the AGH University of Science and Technology): Economic effects of distributed energy resources

Beata Wiszniewska (Zastępca dyrektora of the Polish Economic Chamber of Renewable and Distributed Energy and coordinator of the working group "Utilisation of biomass from agriculture and agri-food processing and fertiliser use"): Opportunities and barriers related to biomass and digestate

dr hab. inż. Piotr Janusz (Polska Spółka Gazownictwa sp. z o.o.): Prospects for biomethane production and RED II and RED III directives

Gabriela Daigneault (KZR INiG System Auditor at the Biomass Certification Systems Office of the Oil and Gas Institute): Will biogas always be bio? Sustainability criteria - requirements for biogas

dr Ewa Krasuska (strategic advisor at the National Centre for Research and Development): "Innovative biogas plant" as an answer to the development problems of the biogas sector in Poland

LEGISLATIVE BLOCK: Socio-economic and legislative concepts for the development of the biogas and biomethane market

introduction: Dariusz Bojsza (President of the Initiative for Environment, Energy and Ecomobility)

discussion: sen. Jerzy Chróścikowski (przewodniczący senackiej Komisji Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi, PiS), MEP Andrzej Grzyb (chairman of the Parliamentary Group for a New Green Deal and former MEP, KP-PSL), Sen. Zdzisław Pupa (Chairman of the Senate Environment Committee, Law and Justice), MP Paweł Poncyljusz (Member of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Climate and National Assets, KO), MP Jarosław Sachajko (Vice-Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Kukiz'15), MP Michał Urbaniak (Member of the Parliamentary Group for Natural Resources and National Assets, Confederation)

Lunch and coffee break

REGULATORY BLOCK: Biogas and biomethane in the forthcoming amendment to the Act
Renewable Energy Sources Act; industry demands regarding the amendment of the Act; domestic regulations versus foreign regulations for biomethane production and support systems

Biogas perspective: r. pr. Maciej Szambelańczyk (partner in WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr sp. k. law firm)

Biomethane perspective: Michał Tarka (Partner at SMM LEGAL Maciak Mataczyński Czech sp. k)

comments from the Biogas and Biomethane Industry Council: Aleksander Duch (president of the Polish Association of Agricultural Biogas Producers), Henryk Ignaciuk (member of the Polish Association of Agricultural Biogas Producers and honorary member of the Union of Producers and Employers of the Biogas Industry), Przemysław Krawczyk (vice-president of agriKomp Polska sp. z o.o. and member of the RES Coordinating Council)

PRESENTATIONS FROM PARTNERS of Green Gas Poland 2022

Uniserv SA/Biogas System SA

Polskie Zakłądy Energetyczne – Kogeneracja Realizacja i Serwis sp. z o.o.

Agrofert Polska sp. z o.o.

MKR Cleanwater GmbH

WORKSHOPS (English version with translation)

Unconventional Gas Solutions Europe: Biogas to biomethane purification technologies - coordinated by Vladimir Schulmeister and Vladimir Lomberg

Dinner:

Toast to the 10th anniversary of the Union of Biogas Industry Manufacturers and Employers (2012-2022)

Toast na 50-tą instalację biogazową ubezpieczoną wedle programu ubezpieczeniowego UPEBI

BIOGAS PROVIDER OF THE YEAR 2022 Award

BIOGAS SUPPLIER OF THE YEAR 2022 Award

[poza programem Green Gas Poland 2022: Walne Zgromadzenie Członków UPEBI]

INSURANCE BLOCK:

Mirosław Kreczman (Eko Energia Broker): Prevention and servicing as part of loss reduction based on 2021/2022 damages

FINANCE BLOCK: CAPEX and OPEX in biogas and biomethane, sources of investment financing, economics of biogas and biomethane plants

introduction: Artur Zawisza (President of the Union of Biogas Industry Producers and Employers)

discussion: Paweł Gilowski (UPEBI expert and coordinator of the working group "Financing biogas and biomethane projects"), Dawid Karasek (główny specjalista w Departamencie Energii Narodowego Funduszu Ochrony Środowiska i Gospodarki Wodnej), Beata Matecka (Vice-President of UPEBI and President of the Business Consulting Group sp. z o.o.),

WORKSHOPS (at your choice)

Business Consulting Group sp. z o.o.: Funding opportunities for RES investments (European Funds 2021-27, national programmes from NFOŚiGW, National Reconstruction Plan) - coordination: Beata Matecka, Dorota Pęczak-Wilk and Joanna Warczachowska

Union of Producers and Employers of Biogas Industry: REGATRACE as a platform for work on a trading system for guarantees of origin for biomethane - coordination: Dr Magdalena Rogulska and Joanna Szałańska