Documentation from the NPC26
Documentation from the Nordic Pellets Conference 3-4 february 2026 held in Gothenburg, Sweden. Please contact Svebio if you have any questions or need access after June, anna.torner@svebio.se.
DAY ONE – 3 February
Market situation and policy development
- Welcome – Pellets market development in Sweden
Daniel Andoff, Chairperson, Swedish Pellets Association - Outlook on the global wood pellet markets
Fiona Matthews, Director, Hawkins Wright, UK - Navigating an uncertain market: The construction market’s return, lumber demand, and the struggle for wood raw materials
Linda Andersson, CEO, Derome Timber, Sweden - Austria as a Market Leader: Insights on Pellet Demand, Policy Design and Future Growth
Doris Stiksl, CEO, ProPellets Austria
Sourcing, storage and trading
- How to use certification systems to cope with increased sustainability demands
Carsten Huljus, CEO, Sustainable Biomass Programme, SBP, UK - Changing Patterns in Global Wood Pellets Trade
Hugo Olsson, Trader and Magnus Schou, Trade Analyst, CM Biomass, Denmark - Sourcing of Wood Fuels in the Baltic Region. Is the “Shadow of the War” an issue?
Didzis Palejs, Head of sales at TIMBRO, and Chairman of LATbio, Latvia
EU Policy update with focus om Ecodesign, REDIII and EUDR
- Ecodesign and Energy Labelling for Boilers and Local Space Heaters for solid fuels – Meeting today’s requirements and shaping tomorrow’s regulatory frameworks
Carlos Lopes, Project Leader, Swedish Energy Agency - New EU policy on Energy and Climate from a Swedish Perspective
Johnny Kjellström, Director Public Affairs, Svebio
DAY TWO – 4 February
Pellets use for industry and heating including policy drivers
- From sustainable bioenergy production to the potential for negative emissions electricity generation at Drax
Alicia Newton, Senior Scientific Officer, Drax UK (digitally) - Combined Fuel Operation, System Integration, and Fuel Logistics in Urban Environments
Thomas Magnusson, COO at Mared SustainTech and Daniel Persson, Senior Sales Manager at PetroBio, Sweden - Pellets & Power: A Hybrid Approach to Industrial Decarbonization
Axel Fohlin, Market Intelligence Analyst, BKtech Group, Sweden - From Brussels to Biomass: What EU Energy & Climate Policy Means for the Pellet Sector
Manolis Karampinis, Business Development & Membership Director, Bioenergy Europe, Belgium
Development in pellets production
- When a more expensive binder becomes cheaper in operation – Glufoss in practice
Marcus Bergsjö, Partner, Green Pellets, Sweden
- Beyond Fuel Supply: Pellets as a Cornerstone of Heat-as-a-Service
Teemu Helistekangas, CEO, ProPellet Oy, Finland
- Development in pellets production
Florian Schmuchler, Area Manager, Amandus Kahl, Germany - Developments for efficient biomass drying
Gerald Kreuzhuber, Business Director, Mühlböck, Austria
Protection, safety and fire prevention
- Factors Affecting Self-heating in Biomass During Storage and Transportation
Baldeep Kaur, Senior Lecturer, The Wolfson Centre for Bulk Solids Handling Technology, University of Greenwich, UK (digitally) - Protection of critical energy infrastructure
Erik Jansson, C3C, Sales and business development, Sweden - Soft and Hard Ways to Prevent Explosions and Fire When Producing and Using Pellets
Håkan Johansson, Senior Advisor, Firefly, Sweden
Study visits
- Chalmers Power Central in Gothenburg
Presentation - Solör Bioenergi Heating Central in Landvetter
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