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8 BIOCYCLE REFOR19 CONFERENCE
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Biogas In 2020: The State Of PlayModerator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle
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Project FinanceModerator: Chris Voell, Danish Trade Council, North America
Biogas Project Financing Options — And How Lenders Evaluate RiskWalter Cuculic, AVANA Capital
Finance Case Studies — Rated And Non-Rated AD ProjectsJandra Lubovich, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc.
Cutting Edge Funding, Contractual Structures For Bioeconomy ProjectsMark Riedy, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Digester MixingModerator: Craig Frear, Regenis
Effects of Thermal Hydrolysis On Sludge Rhealogy And Mixing System PerformanceErik Larson, Vaughan Company, Inc.
Mixing It Up — Switch To Hydraulic Mixing In ADAlan Johnson, quasar energy group
Column Mixing For Anaerobic Digester Management And Increased BiogasMichele Braas, Xylem
PANEL DISCUSSION
Federal, State Anaerobic Digester, RNG Policy, Project FinancingModerator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle
Lay Of The Federal Policy LandscapeMaureen Walsh, American Biogas Council
Federal Incentives, Financing, And Trends In The Biogas BusinessFred Petok and Renie Langan, USDA
State Energy Office Financing InitiativesMaria Redmond, Wisconsin Office of Energy Innovation
Codigestion At Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRF)Moderator: Ginny Black, CCREF
Accomplishments And Next Steps In Codigestion ResearchStephanie Fevig, The Water Research FoundationTanja Rauch-Williams, Carollo
Shifting WRRFs To A Circular Economy Business ModelCarol Jones, Environmental Law Institute
Biomass Sourcing For Municipal Anaerobic DigestionMark Suchan, quasar energy group
WRRF Pilots Food Waste CodigestionJim Dunbar, Lystek
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Joe ParisiDane County, Wisconsin
WelcomeMandela Barnes
Wisconsin Lieutenant GovernorPatrick Serfass
American Biogas CouncilMax VernierLive Oak Bank
Tanja VujicDuke University
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PANEL DISCUSSION
Closing The DealModerator: Paul Greene, Montrose Environmental• How investors and lenders approach biogas projects — and what
project developers need to do to attract them• Project financing trends — what’s hot today and where it’s
heading in 2020• Qualifying, quantifying biogas project risks, and strategies to
mitigate them in Pro forma and business plan• Value of independent engineering reviewPanelists:Gus Simmons, Cavanaugh SolutionsJohn Dannan, Generate CapitalBob Powell, Brightmark Energy David Maxwell, Sustainable Development Capital LLP
Digester Management: Lessons LearnedModerator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle
Digester Rescue: When Adding FOG And Other High Strength Wastewater Goes WrongJessica Linville-LeRoy, Mendota Agri-Products
FCPC Renewable Generation Lessons LearnedCharles Opferman, FCPC Renewable GenerationSara Drescher, Forest County Potawatomi Community
AD And Compost Investor RisksRobin Szmidt, Target Renewables, Ltd.
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NOTE: All speaker biographies are
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Advancing Organics Recycling In The MidwestModerator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle
Building Support/Reducing Opposition For Organics Recycling RequirementsJohn Jaimez, Hennepin County (MN)
City of Madison’s Food Scraps Collection OdysseyBryan Johnson, City of Madison (WI)
Midwest Regional Organics Facility: Concept To ConstructionJon Koch, City of Muscatine (IA)
TABLE TALK
State Permitting, Regulation Of AD InfrastructureModerator: Ginny Black, CCREF• Oversight of digesters processing municipal, commercial and
industrial food waste streams• Regulatory pathways for codigestion at water resource recovery
facilities and farms• Food waste quantity thresholds• Air and water quality requirementsPanelists:Casey Lamensky, Wisconsin Department of Natural ResourcesTim Farnan, Minnesota Pollution Control AgencyThomas Hubbard, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
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Utility Programs To Sell Renewable Natural Gas (RNG)Moderator: Patrick Serfass, American Biogas Council• Fundamentals of gas utilities’ RNG option for customers• RNG procurement• Essential policies to facilitate program creation • Approval process with public utilities commissions• Ensuring sufficient supply of RNG to fulfill demandPanelists: Kurt Adams, Summit UtilitiesMike Gifford, Vermont GasKelly Murillo, SoCalGas
19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
REFOR19REFOR19RENEWABLE ENERGY FROM ORGANICS RECYCLING
Food Recovery And RecyclingModerator: Nate Clark, BioCycle
U.S. EPA Excess Food Opportunities Map v.2.0: Geoplatform ApplicationsJulie Schilf, U.S. EPA Region 5
Technology Solutions Across The EPA Food Recovery HierarchyCoryanne Mansell, Center for EcoTechnology
Food Waste Recycling Best PracticesRyan Cooper, Rubicon Global
Food Scrap Slurry Characteristics And ValueCasey Furlong, InSinkErator/ Grind2Energy
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Agricultural Biogas, Nutrient ManagementModerator: Coryanne Mansell, Center for EcoTechnology
Agricultural Biogas Industry: Overview And Innovative ResourcesNick Elger, USEPA AgSTAR
AD Biogas Implementation: The Right Way, And AgainKeith Henn, Tetra Tech, Inc.
Integrating Composting And Filtration Technologies For Phosphorus Innovation ChallengeBrian Jerose, Agrilab Technologies Inc.Robert Levine, Digested Organics
Biogas Conditioning ResearchModerator: Matthew Christman, Wisconsin Biogas Council
Determining Acceptability Of RNG For Pipeline InjectionTom Dunder, TRC Solutions
Water-Based Biogas Purification System Pilot At WRRFBryan Johnson, Energy Tech Innovations, LLC
Conditioning Systems At Wisconsin Biogas Projects — Lessons LearnedMichael Mitariten, Air Liquide
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Closing Roundtable: Moving The Biogas, Nutrient Recovery Needle In Wisconsin
Moderator: Joe Kramer, GDS Associates, Inc.Panelists:
John Welch Director of Waste & Renewables,
Dane County
Mark HillDTE Biomass Energy
Representative Dianne Hesselbein
79th District, 79th Wisconsin State Assembly
Maria Redmond Director, Wisconsin Office
Of Energy Innovation
Timothy Baye State Energy Specialist,
University of Wisconsin-Extension
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Renewable Fertilizers — Digester Coproduct MarketsModerator: Jessica Niekrasz, Clean Fuel Partners• Policy options for formation, deployment and sustainable
execution of phosphorus recovery facilities and practices• Developing alternative profitable revenue streams for digester
coproducts• Identifying obstacles and opportunities (technical, operational,
financial and market-based)Panelists:Timothy Baye, University of Wisconsin Jessica Niekrasz, Clean Fuel PartnersSteve Dvorak, DVONadeem Afgan, BIOFermKeith Henn, Tetra Tech, Inc.
Renewable Natural Gas Projects And PracticeModerator: Tanja Vujic, Duke University
Regulatory Changes, Updates And Pricing: RFS And LCFSBrad Pleima, EcoEngineers
Dane County RNG Facility, Offload StationJohn Welch, Dane County (WI)
Navigating The RNG Pipeline Permitting ProcessBetsy Powers, SCS EngineersAndrew Zikeli, Air Liquide Advanced Technologies U.S. LLC
RNG: Rule 21/30 Compliance Made EasyPaul Baker, Guild Associates, Inc.
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Hot TopicsModerator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle
Anaerobic Digestion Of Compostable Products: Operational Impacts, Biogas ProductionNorma McDonald, OWS
Contamination Policies: Hindrance Or Help?Bryan Johnson, City of Madison (WI)Ryan Cooper, Rubicon GlobalJohn Jaimez, Hennepin County (MN)
PFAS: The Organics Recycling AlbatrossTim Farnan, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
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Business Of BiogasModerator: Chris Voell, Danish Trade Council, North America
RNG Production At Dairy Digesters — Financial DriversMark Hill, DTE Biomass Energy
Beyond RFS And LCFS: Reducing Policy Risk Exposure For RNG Project FinancingPaul Niznik, Argus Consulting Services
Navigating D3-D5 RIN Gas SeparationBrad Pleima, EcoEngineersJon Koch, City of Muscatine (IA)
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Food Waste PretreatmentModerator: Ginny Black, CCREF
Modeling Impacts Of Food Wastes On Municipal Wastewater PlantsMichael Keleman, InSinkErator
Depackaging Opens Doors To Food Waste AD, Digestate Utilization In DenmarkLars Ravn Nielsen, Gemidan Ecogi A/S
Packaged Food Waste Processing At Food Waste DigesterMark Vanderbeken, DRY CAKE
Life After Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)Moderator: Nora Goldstein, BioCycle
PPA Changes Lead To New Approach To Digester Gas UseJay Kemp, Black & Veatch
Multiple Farm Digester Cluster To Pipeline InjectionAndy Dvoracek, Amp Americas
State Of The Art Microgrid — Model For ADSteve Nieland, Faith Technologies, Inc., Bubolz Nature Preserve
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Closing Roundtable: Moving The Biogas, Nutrient Recovery Needle In Wisconsin
Moderator: Joe Kramer, GDS Associates, Inc.Panelists:
John Welch Director of Waste & Renewables,
Dane County
Mark HillDTE Biomass Energy
Representative Dianne Hesselbein
79th District, Wisconsin State Assembly
Maria Redmond Director, Wisconsin Office
Of Energy Innovation
Timothy Baye State Energy Specialist,
University of Wisconsin-Extension
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Global Opportunities For Advancing BiogasModerator: Nick Elger, USEPA AgSTAR• Overview of methane-to-energy projects around the world• Market opportunities for biogas development in Asia and Latin
America• Anaerobic digestion technology deployment — from micro to
industrial• Challenges and lessons learned from international biogas expertsPanelists:Jorge Hilbert, Consultant, IIMNATI, Argentina Matt Hamilton, Environment and Climate Change CanadaGabriela Gomes Prol Otero, ABRELPE, BrazilVijay Bharthi, India Ministry of New and Renewable EnergySunil Dhingra, The Energy and Resources Institute, India
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Anaerobic Digestion Research & PracticeModerator: Craig Frear, Regenis
Anaerobic Treatment Yields Multiple BenefitsJoseph Cantwell, Focus on Energy / Leidos Engineering, LLC
Acid Phase Digestion As Pretreatment To Enhance CodigestionMatt Seib, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District
Closed-Loop Bioconversion Solution For Cane Sugar IndustryAvijit Dasgupta, Enviro Associates International
Photoionization Of Food Waste Process OdorsTanya Bogoslowski, GHD
MINI WORKSHOP
Improving Your Grant Proposal ExperienceModerator: Megan Levy, WI Office of Energy Innovation• Understanding the grant process: Considerations to be
a successful grant recipient; Public/private partnership opportunities
• Funding organizations highlight opportunities related to biofuels, digester feedstocks, energy production, etc.
• Funding recipients highlight their experiences related to biofuels, digester feedstock, energy production, etc.
Panelists:Tom Nowakowski, WI Office of Energy InnovationJason Stringer, SlipstreamChris Lenzendorf, Lenzendorf Winters & Associates
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