We are inviting anyone interested to attend a capacity-building seminar focusing on waste management/treatment and its use in the biogas sector. It is organised as an onsite event in Bratislava (Slovakia) on 15. October 2024, within the Horizon Europe project “ALFA – Scaling up the market uptake of RES by unlocking the biogas potential of agriculture and livestock farming”.

Who the seminar is designed for:

• biogas plant operators/owners;
• biogas technology providers,
• advisors and local professionals;
• livestock farmers, farmer associations;
• governments and policy-makers;
• energy agencies and biogas associations;
• researchers and scientific community,
• biogas end-users and general public.

The event will be held in the Slovak language.

When:
15. October 2024 (Tuesday), 10:00 – 17:00 CEST

Where:
LOFT Hotel Bratislava ****, Štefánikova 4, Bratislava

Preliminary Agenda*:

BLOCK 1 – Legislation

• The status and challenges of biodegradable waste processing in biogas plants
  (Slovak Biogas Association)
• Application of digestate from biodegradable waste
  (Central Inspection and Examination Institute of Agriculture)
• Transport of biodegradable waste
  (State Veterinary and Food Administration of the Slovak Republic)
• Permitting process for the treatment of biodegradable waste for biogas plants
  (Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic)

BLOCK 2 – Practice

• Analysis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic on feedstocks for biogas plants
  (National Agricultural and Food Centre)
• The current state of bio-waste
  (Civil Association FreeFood)
• Support for connection to the “VZT” pipeline in biomethane production
  (Slovenský plynárenský priemysel)
• Technologies for the processing of biodegradable waste
  (agriKomp)
• Online marketplace for waste
  (Cyrkl)
• Practical example of the use of bio-waste in a biogas plant

*Agenda subject to change.

Participation in the event:

The seminar is free of charge.
Registration required at: https://shorturl.at/sVx30

The seminar is part of a European series of events “European Biomethane Week“.