Webinar of the Russian Pellet Union "Changes to the requirements of the leading European certification systems for wood pellets: ENplus®, DINplus, SURE and SBP"

The Russian Pellet Union (RPU) is hosting a webinar on "Changes to the requirements of the leading European certification systems for wood pellets", which will be held on Friday, March 11, 2022 at 8.30 – 10.45 CET. 

Today, all leading European certification systems for wood pellets are either finalising their work on the development of their requirements, or have already started to implement them.

The rapidly developing market for high-quality wood pellets is interested in stricter requirements and new business opportunities. At the same time, the Renewable Energy Directive “RED II” has set new sustainability requirements for medium and large consumers of solid biofuels in the EU.

The organisations managing the certification systems will give presentations on the latest developments. Will it be difficult to meet the new requirements? Do certification systems offer new market opportunities? Are there new ways to certify the production and trade of wood pellets? This are only a few of questions we will be highlighting.

The RPU took part in the development process of three of the certification systems. For example, our union stood up for Russian pellet producers during the still ongoing revision process of the SBP standards, and not without avail. At the final stage of the revision process, SBP decided to reconsider several significant provisions that would have made SBP certification significantly more difficult, time-consuming and costly for all pellet producers using FSC-certified feedstock.

We look forward to meeting you at our event!

 

Webinar program (Central European Time)

8.30 – 8. 45            Welcoming our guests and an introduction by the RPU

                                  Ekaterina Mikhailova, Executive Director, RPU
                                  Rens Hartkamp, International Relations, RPU
 

9.45 – 9.10             SURE: The latest developments regarding the SURE certification system

                                  Thomas Sigmund, Director, SURE
 

9.10 – 9.35             ENplus®: Changes to the ENplus® certification requirements and when do they come in force

                                  Elena Dumitru, Certification Director, Bioenergy Europe
 

9.35 – 10.00           DINplus: Changes to the DINplus requirements and new certification options

                                  Erwin Heffele, Deputy Sales Director, DIN CERTCO
 

10.00 – 10.10         Introduction to SBP: The Union's contribution to the SBP revision process

                                  Rens Hartkamp, International Relations, RPU
 

10.10 – 10.35         SBP: Changes to the SBP requirements (in progress) and the new ID on the RED II

                                  Roman Polyachenko, Certification Manager, SBP
 

10.35 – 10.45         Discussions and closing of the event

 

Organizer:               Self-Regulatory Organization “Russian Pellet Union”

Date:                        March 11, 2022

Time:                        8.30 - 10.45 CET

Format:                    Online webinar (Zoom)

Language:               Russian (with translations to and from English, when needed)                

Conditions:             Participation is free of charge for our members and partners. There are a limited number of available places for interested organizations that are not our members. If you want to participate in the webinar, please contact the organizer:

Ekaterina Mikhailova

E-mail: info@pelletunion.org

Phone: +7 926 880 86 04

Website:         www. pelletunion. org