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Growing the Margins Presents:Green Rural OpportunitiesSummit & ExhibitionCanadian BiogasConference & ExhibitionMarch 4 th - 6 th , 2013London Convention Centre, London, Ontario, Canadawww.gtmconference.ca www.biogasconference.ca

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Table of ContentsWelcome from the Organizers ....................................................................................................................3Conference Supporters ...............................................................................................................................4Planning Committees .................................................................................................................................5Message from Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Ministry of Rural Affairs ..................................................6Key Program Features ................................................................................................................................7Technology Tours .......................................................................................................................................8Conference Floor Plan ................................................................................................................................9Exhibit Floor Plan & Listing ...................................................................................................................... 10Monday Program ...................................................................................................................................... 11Tuesday Program ..................................................................................................................................... 13Abstracts for Concurrent SessionsList of AttendeesPLEASE – NO BEEPERS OR ACTIVE CELL PHONES IN ALL SESSIONSA No Smoking PolicyRegistrationYour Full Conference Registration FeeIncludes:Notice to Speakers and Session ChairsExhibits ReceptionTechnology Tours – outdoorsSmoking is prohibited in all public buildings in Ontario.Registration begins at 7:00 am Monday, March 4that the Convention Centre.• Admittance to both GRO Summit and BiogasConference and all main sessions and concurrentsessions• Continental breakfasts, luncheons and refreshments• The ExhibitsYour conference pass will provide you withentrance to these events. Please wear yourbadge at all times.• Does not include Technology Tours unlesspurchased separately.• Does not include Dinner ticket unless purchasedseparately or as part of the Deluxe registration ticket• Speakers/Session Chairs and facilitators are asked toplease attend breakfast at 7:00 am in Ballroom 5(behindexhibit area), on day of your session. (entrance at rear)The Exhibits Reception will be from 5:00 to 6:30 pm onMonday, March 4th in the Exhibit Hall (cash bar).Registration/check-in opens at 7:00 am on Wednesday,March 6th in the Lower Main Foyer. Buses will departpromptly at 8:00 am (box lunch is provided).Please note: Clothing and footwear appropriate for theoutdoors and weather along with safety boots arerecommended.Please take the time to complete our online Evaluation Form www.gtmconference.ca/survey2

WelcomeDear Colleagues:On behalf of the Program Committee and the organizers, welcome to the Green RuralOpportunities Summit and the Canadian Biogas Conference.Each year, we strive to stay on the leading edge and offer you informative programs that notonly provide an update on current topics of interest but that also cover new ground and newopportunities.Building on the success of past Growing the Margins conferences, attention in the new GreenRural Opportunities Summit now shifts to include the downstream users of green energy, cleantechnologies, bioproducts and byproducts, and how together players in these fields build thesupply chain, from farm to consumer.In its 5 th year, the re-named Canadian Biogas Conference focuses on managing the system andtaking farm and rural biogas applications the next step.We hope that both the GRO Summit and Canadian Biogas Conference will provide insight tohow leaders are greening farm operations, food processing and products, transport fleets, ruralmunicipal operations and buildings, and more. And how you can become more sustainable andprofitable while reducing your carbon footprint.Our sincere thanks to Program Committee members for their invaluable guidance as wedeveloped the programs you see before you. Our gratitude also to the Ministry of Agricultureand Food and Ministry of Rural Affairs and the many sponsors, conference endorsers andmedia supporters without whose assistance this event would not be possible.Yours truly,John McMullenConference Chair & OrganizerBrian Craig & Sue MunroFirst Stage Enterprises3

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PROGRAM COMMITTEESOrganizing CommitteeJohn McMullenPrincipal,John McMullen & AssociatesDoug RosserPresident,First Stage EnterprisesProgram CommitteeDave ArmitageSenior Policy ResearcherOntario Federation of AgricultureGuelph, ONNick BettsOutreach CoordinatorOntario Soil and Crop ImprovementAssociationGuelph, ONScott ButlerPolicy and ResearchOntario Good Roads Assoc/ROMAOakville, ONEric CamirandPresidentElectrigaz Technologies inc.Trois-Rivieres, QCSteve ClarkeEngineer, Energy & Crop SystemsMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry ofRural AffairsKemptville, ONJake DeBruynEngineer, New Technology IntegrationMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry ofRural AffairsGuelph, ONCaroline De FoyMinistère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries etde l'AlimentationDirection de l'agroenvironnement et dudéveloppement durableQuébec, QCPhil DickInvestment Development Officer -InfrastructureMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry ofRural AffairsGuelph, ONSue MunroVice President,First Stage EnterprisesChris DukeProgram AnalystMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry ofRural AffairsGuelph, ONJamie FisherPresidentOntario Biomass Producers Co-operativeKilbride, ONJean-Claude FrigonTechnical OfficerNational Research Council CanadaMontreal, QCJennifer GreenExecutive CoordinatorBiogas AssociationOttawa, ONElin GwynResearch Analyst – Innovation andKnowledge ManagementMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry ofRural AffairsGuelph ONDon HilbornEngineer, Byproducts & ManureMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry ofRural AffairsWoodstock, ONDave HitchonManager, Transportation & Logistics andProject ManagerDairy Farmers of OntarioMississauga, ONJohn KellyVice PresidentErie Innovation and CommercializationSimcoe, ONCharlie LalondePresidentCJ AgrenGuelph, ONBrian CraigClient Services Co-ordinator,First Stage EnterprisesMurray LoganCoordinator, The Canadian Energy ExpoCanada's Outdoor Farm ShowGuelph, ONIan McDonaldResearch Coordinator - Field Crops UnitMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry ofRural AffairsGuelph, ONMurray McLaughlinPresident and CEO, Sustainable ChemistryAllianceExecutive Director, Bioindustrial InnovationCentreGuelph, ONSean MezeiPresidentFlotech Services / Greenlane BiogasBurnaby, BCAlicia MilnerPresidentCanadian Natural Gas Vehicle Assoc.Ottawa, ONSandra MooibroekDirector of Biogas DevelopmentOrganic Resource Management IncWoodbridge, ONEd SeawardManager, Market Opportunity DevelopmentUnion Gas LimitedHamilton, ONMahendra ThimmanagariCrop Bioproducts SpecialistMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry ofRural AffairsGuelph, ONJim ToddTransition Crop SpecialistMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry ofRural AffairsSimcoe, ON5

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Key Program FeaturesJoint Plenary Session – Monday, March 4 thCher Mereweather, ManagingDirector, Ontario FoodIndustry EnvironmentalCoalition, Cambridge, ON -Sustainability in Ontario Foodand Beverage ManufacturingIndustryPaul Kamp, Liefmark/Inbicon,Chicago, IL – Biomass toEnergy in CommercialOperations – TheOpportunitiesJim Lane, Editor andPublisher, Biofuels Digest andBioBased Digest, Miami, Fl –North American Renewables;Why We Need and What NextNetworking Dinner, Monday March 4 th – Guest SpeakerDave Simpson, GM, Marketing& Sales, Union Gas -Renewable Natural Gas: APerspectiveLuncheon, Tuesday March 5 th – Guest SpeakerJohn Wilkinson, President &CEO, Wilkinson Insight Inc.and former Ontario CabinetMinister –The 21 st Century Belongs toAgriculture7

Technology Tours – Wednesday, March 6 thGRO Summit Energy TourPond Biofuels Project at St. Mary’s Cement, St Mary’s – algae growingdemonstration facility utilizing CO2 from the cement plant, to produce biofuelsQuality Fertilizers, Shakespeare – partnering with Cennatek on process to extract nutrientsfrom corn stover and other crop residues to make a liquid starter fertilizer and then pelletizenutrient-depleted crop residue for high quality fuelFriendly Fuel Solutions, Drumbo – on-farm Auto 40 kW biomass pellet boiler. Incorporated intowater system is four-panel solar thermal system for warm season hot water supply. Also visitMiscanthus fieldEnerworks Inc., Woodstock – largest solar thermal heating and cooling project in Canada with162 panels on a retirement home rooftopCanadian Biofuel Inc., Springford – commercial densified biomass fuel production facility; twoMuench pellet mills, 54,000 tons/yr capacityIGPC Ethanol Inc, Aylmer – Integrated Grain Processors Cooperative Ethanol Inc. produces150 million litres annually. Distillers grains marketed to area beef, dairy and pork operationsBiogas TourHarvest Power, London – large scale AD system currently under construction (on-bus guidedoverview of project)Pond Biofuels Project at St. Mary’s Cement, St Mary’s – algae growing demonstration facilityutilizing CO2 from the cement plant, to produce biofuelsAthlone Farms, Athlone – 140 cow dairy farm with anaerobic digester under constructionQuality Fertilizers, Shakespeare – partnering with Cennatek on process to extract nutrientsfrom corn stover and other crop residues to make a liquid starter fertilizer and then pelletizenutrient-depleted crop residue for high quality fuelGreenholm Farms Ltd., Embro – dairy operation with operating PlanET anaerobic digestorLabatt’s Brewery, London – after 160 years of brewing this hometown plant now produces over1 billion bottles of beer annually. Tour will focus on recent environmental upgrades including theco-gen facility, and CO2 and water recyclingRegistration 7:00 amBuses depart 8:00 am sharp!LCC LobbyThe GRO Summit and Canadian Biogas Conference is bullfrogpowered with 100% renewable electricityand 100% green natural gas. By choosing green energy with Bullfrog, the Conference is reducing itsenvironmental footprint, supporting the development of green energy projects in Canada, and helping tocreate a cleaner, healthier world.Across Canada, Bullfrog’s electricity comes exclusively from wind and hydro facilities that have beencertified as low impact by Environment Canada under its EcoLogoM program instead of from pollutingsources like coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear. A clean, renewable alternative to fossil fuel-based naturalgas, Bullfrog's green natural gas is produced in Canada from biogas facilities that have met strictenvironmental criteria as defined by ICF International.Any home or business can choose renewable electricity or green natural gas with Bullfrog Power. Visit8bullfrogpower.com to learn more today

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Exhibitors11ExhibitorLounge12 13 14 15 16 178 21737Coffee44 43 426 38 39 40 235 Coffee24436 35 342529333 30 31 32 262 271 28411822CompanyBoothA & L Canada Laboratories Inc. 15Anchor Concrete Products Ltd 27Avensys Solutions 42Biogas Association 12Boerger, LLC 32BTS Biogas Italy SRL 14Cameron Instruments Inc 8Canadian Energy Expo 35Contact Canada / Renewable EnergyCanada13DLS EnviroSolutions Inc 33Ecostrat Inc 21EISENMANN Corporation 24FCC Agribusiness and AgriFood 26Global Water & Energy 41Greatario Engineered Storage SystemsLtd39Greenlane Biogas 37H2Flow Tanks & Systems Inc. 36Harvest Power 38Institute for Research & Development forthe Agri-Environment22Integrated Explorations Inc. 5Isonor Inc. 31Landia 4Layfield Environmental Systems 23Life Sciences Ontario 34Manure Manager 16Ministry of Agriculture and Food Ministryof Rural Affairs1,2,3Netzsch Canada Inc 29SEVA Energie Ag 17Solutions4CO2 Inc. 25Stonecrest Engineering 6SUMA America Inc 40Syntec Process Equipment 7Toromont Cat Power Systems 30Vanden Bussche Irrigation 44Vogelsang USA 4310

8:30am -10:00am10:00am -10:30am10:30am –12:00 pmConcurrentSession #112:00pm –1:30pm1:30pm –3:00pmConcurrentSession #2:Monday, March 4, 2013GRO Summit/Canadian Biogas ConferencePlenaryJohn McMullen, Conference ChairCher Mereweather, Managing Director, Ontario Food Industry Environmental Coalition, Cambridge, ON - Sustainability in Ontario Food andBeverage Manufacturing IndustryPaul Kamp, Liefmark/Inbicon, Chicago, IL – Biomass to Energy in Commercial Operations – The OpportunitiesJim Lane, Editor and Publisher, Biofuels Digest and BioBased Digest, Miami, Fl – North American Renewables; Why We Need and WhatNextRefreshments – Exhibition OpensGRO A GRO B Biogas CG1AGreening Your FleetChair: Scott Butler, Ontario Good RoadsAssociation/ROMA1. Biogas to Vehicle Fuel at the FairOaks Indiana Project, Bernard Sheff,UTS Residual Processing, EatonRapids, MI, USA2. Overview of Alternative FuelsEngines, Christoph Horn, CumminsCanada, Mississauga, ON3. Renewable Natural Gas Potentialfor Waste Management Fleets, WesMuir, WCM Public Affairs, Toronto,ONG1BBioproducts – State of the IndustryChair: John Kelly, Erie Innovation and Commercialization1. The First Canadian Green Chemistry Cluster,Murray McLaughlin, Bioindustrial Innovation Centre,Sarnia, ON2. Making Green Products – Challenges andOpportunities, Amar Mohanty, Bioproducts Discoveryand Development Centre, Guelph, ON3. Using Existing Infrastructure for Ontario’sBioEconomy, Gord Surgeoner, Ontario Agri-FoodTechnologies, Guelph, ONLunchB1C Joint Biogas SessionBiogas UpdateChair: Ed Seaward, Union Gas1. New Opportunities for the Biogas Sector, Jennifer Green,Biogas Association, Ottawa, ON2. Recommendations from the RNG Technology Roadmap,Paul Cheliak, Canadian Gas Association, Ottawa, ON3. FIT 2.0: Prospects for Renewable Biogas Projects, JimMacDougall, Compass Renewable Energy Consulting, Toronto,ONGRO A GRO B Biogas C Biogas DG2AGreener ProcessingChair: Jake DeBruyn, Ministry ofAgriculture and Food Ministry of RuralAffairs1. Getting Greener in a CompetitiveEnvironment, Walter Kraus, WestonFoods (Canada) Inc., Toronto, ONG2BBiomass Studies: What do TheyTell Us?Chair: Charles Lalonde, CJ Agren Consulting1. Assessment of Bio-EnergyTechnologies for Agricultural Biomass,Katherine Albion, Western`s Sarnia-Lambton Research Park, Sarnia, ONB2CBiogas Electrical & GeneratorConsiderationsChair: Don Hilborn, Ministry of Agricultureand Food Ministry of Rural Affairs1. CHP Standardization to ReduceCost and Increase Revenues, JanBuijk, European Power Systems Ltd,Mississauga, ONB2DBiogas Inputs & PretreatmentChair: Jean-Claude Frigon, NationalResearch Council1. Organics Processing and the Needfor Pre-Treatment, Kevin Matthews,CCI BioEnergy Inc., Newmarket, ON

2. Lessons Learned fromSustainability Audits at FoodProcessors, Bruce Taylor,Enviro-Stewards Inc., Elmira, ON3. Risk Adoption and the Role ofDemonstrations, Michael Fagan,Bloom Centre for Sustainability,Mississauga, ON2. Carbon Sustainable BiomassConversion Technologies, Don Harfield,Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures,Vegreville, AB3. Biomass Crop Residues Availability forBio-Processing in Ontario, Aung Oo,Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Park,Sarnia, ON2. Biogas Electrical ConnectionsMonitoring Project, Jennifer Green,Biogas Association, Ottawa, ON3. TSSA Approval Requirements forBiogas Plants, Marvin Evans,Technical Standards and SafetyAuthority, Toronto, ON2. Improvement of AnaerobicDigestion Kinetics Lipid-Rich Sludgeby Aerobic Pretreatment, ThierryRibeiro, Institut Polytechnique LasalleBeauvais, Beauvais, France3. Ultrasonic Pretreatment forAnaerobic Digestion: a Study onFeedstock, Methane Yield, andEnergy Balance, Maxime Moisan,University of Guelph, Guelph, ON3:00pm –3:30pm3:30pm –5:00pmConcurrentSession #35:00 –6:30pm6:30pm-8:30pmRefreshments – ExhibitionGRO A GRO B Biogas C Biogas DG3AGreen Communities andBusinessesChair: Scott Butler, Ontario Good RoadsAssociation/ROMA1. Harnessing Methane Energy -Emerging Supply Chain Opportunitiesin Rural & Agricultural Sectors, JoeLyng, Walker Environmental Group,Thorold, ON2. City of London’s Role in Positioningthe Green Economy, Jay Stanford,London, ON3. Guelph's Community Energy Planand Role in Economic Development,Rob Kerr, Guelph, ONG3BBiomass Markets TodayChair: Nick Betts, Ontario Soil and CropImprovement Association1. Crop Biomass, 2 Case Studies – (1)District Heating and (2) LargeCommercial Application,John Bootle, Renewable EnergyResources, Bennington, VT, USA2. Biomass Fuel Pelleting Production andExport Opportunities in Ontario,Ian Moncrieff, Canadian Biofuel Inc.,Chatham, ON3. Who is Writing Cheques for BiomassToday, James Fisher, Ontario BiomassProducers Cooperative Inc, Milton, ONReception (cash bar)B3CInternational Green EnergyChair: Jennifer Green, Biogas Association1. European Biomass Drivers, CharlesLalonde, CJ Agren, Guelph, ON2. At A Glance on Anaerobic Digestionin France, Thierry Ribeiro, InstitutPolytechnique Lasalle Beauvais,France3. Recent Developments in the USAnaerobic Digester Market, WayneDavis, American Biogas Council &Harvest Power, Waltham, MA, USANetworking DinnerGuest Speaker: Welcoming Remarks by Hon. Jeff Leal, Minister of Rural AffairsB3DBiogas Inputs ResearchChair: Phil Dick, Ministry of Agricultureand Food Ministry of Rural Affairs1. Two-Stage Anaerobic Co-digestionof Dairy Manure and Corn ThinStillage, Anna Crolla, University ofGuelph - Campus d`Alfred, Alfred,ON2. Two-Stage Anaerobic DigestionProcess for H2 and CH4 Productionfrom High Strength Industrial OrganicStreams, Hisham Hafez, GreenfieldEthanol, Chatham, ON3. On-Farm Co-Digestion of Manureand Agricultural Wastes for MethaneProduction in a 2 m3 CSTR Digester,Jean-Claude Frigon, NationalResearch Council Canada, Montreal,QCGuest Speaker: Dave Simpson, GM, Marketing & Sales, Union Gas - “Renewable Natural Gas: A Perspective”

8:30 am –10:00 amConcurrentSession #410:00am –10:30am10:30 am –12:00 pmConcurrentSession #5Tuesday, March 5, 2013GRO A GRO B Biogas C Biogas DG4ABuilding GreenChair: Jim Todd, Ministry of Agriculture andFood Ministry of Rural Affairs1. Preparing your Home, Business orFarm for Smart Home and MicroGridSolutions, Jurgen Vandijken,ArntjenSolar NA Inc., Woodstock, ON2. Farmer-owned Solar Co-op Model,Jim Campbell, AGRIS Co-operativeLtd., Chatham, ON3. Energy Reduction through GreenRoofs and Walls, Alan Darlington,Nedlaw Living Roofs, Breslau, ON(invited)G4BBioproducts FeedstocksProduction and Supply: MovingMaterials to MarketsChair: James Fisher, Ontario BiomassProducers Cooperative1. Experiences Sourcing Biomass forUBC Gasifier and Logistics forBioenergy Feedstock Production andSupply in Ontario, HamidKhaleghihamedani, University ofBritish Columbia, Vancouver, BC2. Diversification of FeedstockMarkets - Refining the Bale, DeanTiessen, New Energy Farms,Leamington, ON3. Biomass to Agricultural Plasticsand Particle Board, Don Nott,WhiteCloud Innovations, Toronto, ONRefreshments – ExhibitionB4CBiomethane – Case StudiesChair: Sean Mezei, Greenlane Biogas1. Farm to Fuel Developer`s Guide toBiomethane, Stephanie Thorson,Biogas Association, Toronto, ON2. Biogas to Vehicle Fuel at the FairOaks IN Project, Bernard Sheff, UTSResidual Processing, Eaton Rapids,MI, USA3. Comparison of RNG and BiogasElectricity With and WithoutIncentives, CH2M Hill, Vancouver,BC(invited)B4DBiogas Systems – Case StudiesChair: Eric Camirand, ElectrigazTechnologies1. Making Biogas Systems WorkThroughout North America, BrandonMoffat, StormFisher Biogas, London,ON2. Anaerobic Digester Performance,Biogas Productivity and How toEnsure it, Michael Schuppenhauer,Farmatic Inc., San Francisco, CA,USA3. Ontario Biogas Farm-by-FarmInventory, Chris Duke, Ministry ofAgriculture and Food Ministry of RuralAffairs, Guelph, ONGRO A GRO B Biogas C Biogas DG5AStriving to be GreenChair: Murray McLaughlin, BioindustrialInnovation Centre1. Getting Greener in Dairy, GeorgeMacNaughton, Dairy Farmers ofOntario, Mississauga, ON2. A Greenhouse Gas Pilot Project onNew Brunswick and Alberta DairyFarms, Josh Lamont, Atlantic Dairyand Forage Institute, Fredericton, NB3. Integrating Green Chemistry intoTraditional Refining and ChemicalSystems, George Mallay,Sarnia-Lambton EconomicPartnership, Sarnia, ONG5BBiomass ConversionTechnologiesChair: Charles Lalonde, CJ AgrenConsulting1. Making Biomass Briquettes fromWheat Straw Biofiller ProductionWaste, James Kozlowski, OMTEC,Ridgetown, ON2. BioLiNE - An Innovative Processto Produce Biofuels and LiquidFertilizer from Agricultural Residues,Nick Ruzich, CENNATEKBioanalytical Services Inc., Sarnia,ON3. Pre-treatment - The Key toCommercialization of AdvancedBiofuels, Barry Wortzman,GreenField Ethanol, Toronto, ONB5CRNG and Natural Gas FuellingChair: Ed Seaward, Union Gas1. Evaluation of Options to GatherFarm Based Energy Inputs for aCentralized Biomethane Upgrader,Donald Hilborn, Ministry of Agricultureand Food Ministry of Rural Affairs,Woodstock, ON2. Biogas Energy Market in Quebec,Eric Camirand, ElectrigazTechnologies Inc., Trois-Rivieres, QC3. The Evolution of Technology’sInfluence on the AgriculturalCommunity: The Story of FourCorners Poultry Ltd., John Wilkinson,CNG Canada Inc., London, ONB5DOntario Biogas Research &RulesChair: Chris Duke, Ministry of Agricultureand Food Ministry of Rural Affairs1. Nitrogen Balance from the LandApplication of Digestate, Anna Crolla,University of Guelph - Campusd`Alfred, Alfred, ON2. Biogas GHG EmissionsMeasurements, Claudia Wagner-Riddle, University of Guelph, Guelph,ON3. Rules and Regs and their Impact,Jake DeBruyn, Ministry of Agricultureand Food Ministry of Rural Affairs,Guelph, ON

12:00pm –1:00pm1:00pm –2:30pmConcurrentSession #62:30pm -3:00pm3:00 pm –4:30 pmConcurrentSession #7LunchGuest speaker: John Wilkinson, President & CEO, Wilkinson Insight Inc. and former Ontario Cabinet MinisterThe 21st Century Belongs to AgricultureGRO A GRO B Biogas C Biogas DG6AMarketing Your GreennessChair: Jake DeBruyn, Ministry ofAgriculture and Food Ministry of RuralAffairs1. Why Voluntary Consumers BuyRenewable Energy, Tom Heintzman,Bullfrog Power, Toronto, ON2. Sustainable Net Energy ProductionWhen Producers and ConsumersWork Together, Ralph Martin,University of Guelph, Guelph, ON3. Financial and Marketing ReturnsThrough Sustainability, Helmi Ansari,PepsiCo Foods Canada, Mississauga,ON (invited)G6BBiomass CombustionOpportunitiesChair: Jim Todd, Ministry of Agricultureand Food Ministry of Rural Affairs1. Where is Ethanol Going? JimLane, Biofuels Digest, Miami, FL,USA (invited)2. State of Biomass CombustionTechnologies in Canada, AnimeshDutta, U of Guelph, Guelph, ON3. Agriculture Biomass for Heat,Terrence Sauve, Ministry ofAgriculture and Food Ministry of RuralAffairs, Alfred, ONRefreshments – ExhibitionB6CWhere Are Things Going?Chair: Don Hilborn. Ministry of Agricultureand Food Ministry of Rural Affairs1. A Look Ahead: The Policy andEconomic Drivers for AnaerobicDigestion, Wayne Davis, AmericanBiogas Council & Harvest Power,Waltham, MA, USA2. Organics Strategy for Ontario -Where is Waste Going? SusanAntler, Compost Council of Canada,Toronto, ON3. Sustainability in Urban Agriculturethrough Anaerobic Digestion,Thomas Gratz, EISENMANNCorporation, Crystal Lake, IL, USAB6DSolid ADChair: Jean-Claude Frigon, NationalResearch Council1. Harvesting Energy from HighSolids Manures and Crop Residues,Norma McDonald, Organic WasteSystems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH, USA2. Solid State Anaerobic Digestion ofPoultry Manure, Cameron Farrow,University of Guelph, Guelph, ON3. Preventive and Curative Solutionsto Avoid Risk of Acidogenesis DuringDry Anaerobic Digestion, ThierryRibeiro, Institut PolytechniqueLasalle Beauvais, Beauvais, FranceGRO A GRO B Biogas C Biogas DG7ACase Studies – Green ProductsChair: Nick Betts, Ontario Soil and CropImprovement Association1. Determining the Compatibility ofBiodegradable Plastics for AD andComposting, Norma McDonald,Organic Waste Systems, Inc.,Cincinnati, OH, USA2. Food Trays from Biomaterials,Dean Tiessen, New Energy Farms,Leamington, ON3. Feedstock Diversification viaBiomass, Derek Bezaire, Lanxess,Sarnia, ONG7BOn-farm Biomass Growing -Where’s It Going?Chair: Ian McDonald, Ministry ofAgriculture and Food Ministry of RuralAffairs1. Ontario Grower Experiences with C4Grasses Grown for Biomass, HeatherEngbers, Ontario Soil and CropImprovement Association, Guelph, ON2. Growing Switchgrass on MarginalFarmland, Urs Eggimann, OntarioBiomass Producers Co-op, HollandCentre, ON3. Comparison of Yield, Calorific Valueand Ash Content in Woody andHerbaceous Biomass Used forBioenergy Production in SouthernOntario, Mahendra Thimmanagari,Ministry of Agriculture and Food Ministryof Rural Affairs, Guelph, ONB7CBiogas and BiorefineriesChair: Charles Lalonde, CJ AgrenConsulting1. Today’s Commercial Solutions toKey AD Development Challenges,Trevor Nickel, Himark Biogas Inc.,Edmonton, AB2. Advanced Integrated ResourceRecovery through Biorefineries,Christopher Bush, ACES AgriculturalCentre of Excellence in Sustainability,Abbotsford, BC3. Integrated Biogas Refinery,Charles Clerecuzio, Solutions4CO2Inc., Toronto, ONB7DBiogas Operational BestPracticesChair: Chris Duke, Ministry of Agricultureand Food Ministry of Rural Affairs1. Ensiling Residential SourceSeparated Organics (SSO) for WinterFeed into Digesters, Eric Camirand,Electrigaz Technologies inc., Trois-Rivieres, QC2. Management History and Results -Georgian Bluffs/Chatsworth MunicipalSeptage & Organic WasteBiodigester, Ross Slaughter,GENIVAR Inc., Owen Sound, ON3. Converting Manure into Digestate,Vicki Elliott, PlanET Biogas Solutions,St. Catharines, ON

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Biogas to Vehicle Fuel at the Fair Oaks INPrimary Author: Bernard Sheff, PresidentUTS Residual ProcessingEaton Rapids, MI, USPhone: 517-6630663 Email: b-sheff@uts-residuals.com1AFair Oaks Dairy Farm in NW Indiana is the largest biogas to biomethane facility in North America fueling CNG vehicles. The site has ananaerobic digester fed with dairy manure from 12000 cows which produces approximately 2500 Nm3/hr of biogas. Anaergia, a Burlingtonbasedglobal pioneer in the generation of renewable energy from biogas, installed a Greenlane biogas upgrading system to produce renewablenatural gas suitable for vehicle fuelling to a co-located Clean Energy CNG station. The RNG can also be injected into the local natural gaspipeline network. Installation and operation of this system will be reviewed in this presentation. The system began operation September of 2012.Operational data from the site and the financial impact to the trucking fleet hauling the milk from the locate dairy operations of over 30,000cows. process diagrams and photographs are also provided.Overview of Alternative Fuels EnginesPrimary Author: Christoph Horn, Territory Manager, OntarioCummins Canada LimitedMississauga, ON, CAPhone: 905-795 1798 Email: christoph.horn@cummins.com1ADue to environmental and economic benefits natural gas engines are becoming increasingly prevalent in the on highway truck market. The everincreasing price of diesel and stringent environmental requirements placed on engine manufacturers and end users continue to increase demand.Cummins entered the natural gas truck market in 2001 through a joint venture with Westport. Since the creation of the Cummins Westport jointventure over 34,000 engines have been produced. The partnership is thriving in today’s marketplace allowing customer to reduce operating costsand greenhouse gas emissions. In the agricultural and municipal sectors vehicle owners can further reduce operating costs and well to wheelgreenhouse gas emissions by utilizing biogas to create fuel. Cummins Westport natural gas engines utilize proven Cummins diesel engines as abase along with Westport fuel technology to deliver reliable performance very similar to a diesel engine.Biogas to Fuel AbstractPrimary Author: Wes Muir, Director, Public Affairs And CommunicationsWaste Management of CanadaBurlington, ON, CAPhone: 905-633-3940 Email: mmuir4@cogeco.ca1AIn 2012, the Canadian waste industry witnessed an unprecedented increase in the number of waste and recycling collection vehicles powered bycompressed natural gas (CNG). It’s a growing trend that is playing out across North America as the waste industry is taking steps to improvefleet operations as well as help improve its carbon footprint. Since 2007, a number of companies in the waste industry have been steadilyincreasing the numbers of CNG powered vehicles in their fleet. In 2012, there were approximately 5,500 natural gas powered waste vehicles inoperation across North America and that number is estimated to increase to 8,000 in 2013. Companies are starting to investigate biofuels and thepossible expanded use of biomethane produced by upgrading waste biogas from landfills, agriculture digesters, sewage treatment, etc. Thepresentation will highlight select biogas to fuel projects in Ontario and North America.The First Canadian Green Chemistry ClusterPrimary Author: Murray McLaughlin, Executive DirectorBioindustrial Innovation CanadaSarnia, ON, CAPhone: 519-383-8303 137 Email: murraymclaughlin@gmail.com1BThe Bioindustrial Innovation Centre (BIC) is a CECR (Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research) in Sarnia, Ontario. BIC hasbeen focused on building a green and sustainable cluster in Sarnia and a national awareness around the opportunities for Canada to play aleadership role in the bioindustrial sector. BIC has established a Sustainable chemistry Alliance Fund to use as an investment vehicle to operateas a catalyst to move companies through the "Valley of Death". In the last four years there has been 13 investments of 5.4 million dollarsresulting in 145 million plus of leveraged funds, 256 direct jobs and more than 600 construction jobs. BIC also established an accelerator facilityat the Sarnia - Lambton Research Park, and now there are two companies that established their pilot/demonstration projects at the site. BIC isseeing the Sarnia bio-based chemical cluster establish beside the petroleum cluster, creating a biohybrid cluster. This includes the biomassactivities from our farming community as partners in the value chain. In its future focus BIC will be building out the cluster story to assist othercommunities in developing green and sustainable clusters. This will be done through partnerships, advisory groups, workshops and networks.The presentation will provide the story, lessons learned, and future plans.

1BMaking Green Products – Challenges and OpportunitiesPrimary Author: Amar Mohanty, ProfessorUniversity of GuelphGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-824-4120 56664 Email: mohanty@uoguelph.caRecent developments on biobased plastics and natural fibre composites are pulling new market pull in the manufacturing industries frompackaging to consumer products and housing to automotive parts. The use of renewable bio-carbon as possible substitute for the petro-carbon inthe design and engineering of the biobased materials looks to have cost-performance attribute with the added advantage of eco-friendliness. Thegoal of green technology is to use biobased resource to the maximum permissible content in a manufactured product thus to address someenvironmental challenges and in having a reduced carbon economy. The environmental claims of bioproducts should have reliable measures oftheir biobased content. The bio-content in a plastic-based product creates confusion on the terminology like “biodegradable”, “compostable”,‘biobased”, and “non-bidegradable” etc. The recycled content in a manufactured product should be appropriately defined if ‘post-consumer” or“post-industrial” or having both. In the sustainable development of “green products” in the market place, the various environmental claimsshould be claimed quite clearly and responsibly for a long term stay of these new products in the market place.Acknowledgements: OntarioMinistry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) – University of Guelph (Bioeconomy for Industrial Uses), OMAFRA-NewDirection Research Program, Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation – Research Excellence Grant, NSERC Biomaterials andChemicals Research Network, NSERC-Discovery Grant, NSERC-AUTO21 NCE and FedDev Ontario.1BEthanol Facilities as Anchor Tenants for Bioproducts ManufacturingPrimary Author: Gord Surgeoner, PresidentOntario Agri-Food TechnologiesGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-826-4195 Email: gord@oaft.orgThe Province of Ontario invested in a very successful Ethanol Growth Fund which helped create six commercial ethanol plants in the province.This investment was returned via tax revenue (i.e. jobs, corporate taxes, etc.). The Ontario Ethanol Growth Fund ends in 2016. It is time to useour ethanol infrastructure (i.e. zoning, rail, water, weigh stations, gas, etc.) as a base tenant for industrial biorefining complexes. We are alreadyseeing this process begin (i.e. Chatham – GreenField Ethanol and Cedarline Greenhouses).New Opportunities for the Biogas SectorPrimary Author: Jennifer Green, PresidentBiogas AssociationOttawa, ON, CAPhone: 613-822-1004 Email: jgreen@biogasassociation.ca1CThe Biogas Association will feature biogas sector developments and other emerging innovations that may advance biogas in the renewableenergy field and support agri-food market opportunities. In 2012, the Biogas Association hosted an Innovation Forum featuring new marketopportunities for biogas, including production of renewable natural gas, biogas as a vehicle fuel and biogas as a replacement of other stationaryheat sources. With a total of 50 stakeholders attending the Innovation Forum from a variety of sectors, the discussion focused on marketing,scale and economics, and policy integration assessing the challenges and opportunities within each area for the biogas industry.Recommendations resulting from Innovation Forum will be shared in addition to developments since the forum on two specific themes. Inparticular, a look at where opportunities exist for biomethane will be addressed given support by multiple stakeholders in developing thismarket. Biogas can be cleaned and injected into existing gas pipelines and delivered anywhere the network serves as renewable natural gas orbiomethane. Biogas can also be used as a vehicle fuel and has done so successfully in several countries. Areas are being explored on how biogascan be used effectively for fueling milk trucks, farm vehicles and tractors with some highlights on recent developments.Recommendations from the RNG Technology RoadmapPrimary Author: Paul Cheliak, Director, Sustainable GrowthCanadian Gas AssociationOttawa, ON, CAPhone: 613-6975964 Email: pcheliak@cga.ca1CCGA has been a vocal supporter of RNG and biogas as a sustainable energy solution and product for Canadians. A key initiative of the CGA for2012 and 2013 was the RNG Technology Roadmap. The RNG TRM is an industry led initiative that is managed by CanmetENERGY as theSecretariat and provider of technical information and expertise. The RNG TRM was a 12 month process to collect, develop and set the pathwayfor technology solutions that will result in RNG becoming an increasingly large portion of the Canadian natural gas mix. This presentation willsummarize the RNG TRM and discuss the key recommendations and the implementation plan that was set the by RNG TRM SteeringCommittee.

1COntario FIT UpdatePrimary Author: Jim MacDougall, PresidentCompass Renewable Energy ConsultingToronto, ON, CAPhone: 416-294 0803 Email: jim.macdougall.inc@gmail.comOntario’s landmark Feed-in Tariff Program under the Green Energy and Green Economy Act has been hailed as a huge success in stimulatingnew renewable energy projects across Ontario, while at the same time anti-democratic for local communities and rural land-owners. 2013 willsee a significant build out of many of the FIT 1.0 projects with contracts in place, mostly large wind and solar farms. Small FIT 2.0 is currentlyunderway and developers, mainly solar PV, are anxiously awaiting the results of the convoluted points based scheme developed by thegovernment of Ontario. How does the FIT 2.0 program try to address some of the criticisms of FIT 1.0? How did the government respond tothose criticisms and will the prioritization scheme in FIT 2.0 address those challenges? Where does all of this leave the biomass and biogasindustry in Ontario? How will the new, current minority government manage the turbulence and what does that mean for the biomass / biogassector? What does the current oversupply situation in Ontario mean for procurement of renewable or even clean combined heat and powerprojects? Jim MacDougall, President of his own consulting firm and with 20 years of public sector experience in managing these types of energyincentive programs will address many of these questions. He will provide background to the evolution of the FIT, rationale for the recentlyimplemented changes, and provide insight into where we may be going and why, and where there may be opportunities to influence thegovernment’s energy agenda.Getting Greener in a Competitive EnvironmentPrimary Author: Walter Kraus, Senior Director, Environment & Energy, CSRWeston Foods (Canada) Inc.Toronto, ON, CAPhone: 416-252-7323 2226 Email: Walter.Kraus@westonfoods.ca2AWeston Foods (Canada) Inc., a division of George Weston Limited, is one of North America’s largest baking companies, operating 42 bakerieswhich produce a variety of fresh, par-baked and frozen baked goods for the retail, wholesale and foodservice markets. Weston has been activelymanaging environmental and energy matters since 1989; first, through the establishment of environmental and energy management systems,including monitoring and tracking key performance metrics. The competition for capital within its business meant that environmental andenergy projects that did not meet the 2-year simple paybacks associated with most productivity improvement projects did not receive funding. Inmore recent years, intense competition at our retail customers, rising energy costs, increased regulation and cost recovery efforts by localgovernments has provided new impetus for projects that will improve environmental and energy efficiencies. Environmental and energy projectsthat can meet a 4-year simple payback now have a chance. Weston has been actively implementing such projects and has effectively usedgovernment and utility incentive programs to improve the odds for approval and implementation. As a result, Weston has been able to improveenvironmental and energy efficiency in a rising cost environment. Projects implemented to-date include enhanced waste diversion programs,source reduction to reduce wastewater loads, lighting retrofits and heat recovery. Weston is eager to pursue additional opportunities as theybegin to take hold in Ontario.2ALessons Learned from Sustainability Audits at Food ProcessorsPrimary Author: Bruce Taylor, PresidentEnviro-Stewards Inc.Elmira, ON, CAPhone: 519-578-5100 Email: btaylor@enviro-stewards.comSustainability audits at food processors create economic, environmental and social value. An independent assessment of audits at 27 small andmedium sized enterprises found that 90% of them indicated that they intend to implement all or most of the recommendations. Collectively, theywould save $5.8 million per year with a 1 year payback period and avoid 4,620,000 m3/yr of, natural gas, 9,280 megawatt hours/yr ofelectricity, and 685,000 m3/yr of water. This presentation uses case studies including Tim Hortons, PepsiCo, and Kraft Foods to outline astreamlined approach to sustainably increase margins and effectively address sewer compliance concerns. For example, at Constellation Brands’Jackson Triggs winery in Oliver BC, in-plant measures succeeded in cutting the volume of wastewater in half and the quantity of organicmaterial (wine by-products) in the effluent by 2/3 prior to design of effluent treatment facilities. The treatment facilities (commissioned for the2012 harvest) made use of anaerobic technology to further reduce organic loadings by more than 90% while generating methane gas forbeneficial reuse. The aforementioned in-plant measures reduced the installed capital cost of the treatment facilities by 50%.

Risk, Adoption and the Role of DemonstrationsPrimary Author: Michael Fagan, Senior Vice PresidentThe Bloom Centre for Sustainability (BLOOM)Mississauga, ON, CAPhone: 905-822-4133 246 Email: mfagan@bloomcentre.com2ACustomers are often not aware of what solutions are available or applicable to their needs, and technology providers are often not aware of thematerial drivers, success expectations and risk concerns of their target market. To facilitate greater adoption of innovative solutions, this“knowledge gap” must be addressed. One means of bridging the gap is to conduct demonstrations with early adopters. While the word“demonstration” has different meanings at the progressive stages of the innovation continuum, BLOOM is focused on the final stage –demonstrating commercially available or soon to be in-market solutions. In collaboration with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food andRural Affairs, BLOOM is managing the demonstration of a disruptive on-site wastewater treatment technology in five operations withindifferent sub-sectors of Ontario’s food and beverage processing industry. A key element of each of the pilot demonstration projects is tounderstand and quantify the various net impacts versus “business as usual” that would result if there was greater adoption of on-site solutions byOntario’s food processing sector. BLOOM is using these projects as examples in the development and execution of demonstrations that aremore than just showcasing a technology. A sector relevant demonstration involves: • Engaging all impacted stakeholders to understand theirissues and success expectations – economic, environmental and societal. • Designing the demonstrations to ensure that all relevant quantitativeand qualitative data is obtained. • Providing the analyses and communicating the outcomes in a compelling way to address stakeholder risk andhighlight opportunities for change – on the customer side, the solution provider side, and the regulatory and policy side. It is this approach ofembedding awareness building and knowledge transfer into demonstrations that is critical to increasing customer demand and driving broadmarket adoption of innovative technologies and solutions.2BAssessment of Bio-Energy Technologies for Agricultural BiomassPrimary Author: Katherine Albion, Bowman Centre ManagerWestern`s Sarnia-Lambton Research ParkSarnia, ON, CAPhone: 519-383-8303 240 Email: kalbion@researchpark.caBiomass is considered to be a renewable energy source. Farms traditionally produce grains, beans and meat for human consumption, feed forlivestock, and feedstocks for various industries. The agricultural sector can also offer purpose-grown biomass and crop residues for utilization inthe generation of electricity, heat and other co-products. There are a number of bio-energy technologies available for farm applications. Sometechnologies are mature with lower risks, while others are still under development with considerable risks. This presentation will review bioenergytechnologies which include anaerobic digestion, direct combustion, pyrolysis, gasification, bio-ethanol, bio-diesel, torrefaction, energystorage, bio-methane, and hydrogen enriched natural gas. This presentation will discuss the evaluated and quantified technical and commercialrisks of each bio-energy technology, biomass handling and logistics, and the estimated return on investment for selected technologies based onfinancial spreadsheet models. This presentation will also provide an analysis of the bio-energy value chain segments to determine the extent ofagricultural producers’ participation in the bio-energy industry.2BCarbon Sustainable Biomass Conversion TechnologiesPrimary Author: Don Harfield, Team Leader and ResearcherAlberta Innovates - Technology FuturesVegreville, AB, CAPhone: 780-632-8271 Email: don.harfield@albertainnovates.caBackground: The Thermochemical Processing (TCP) group is a research and technology team within the Alberta Innovates - TechnologyFutures (AITF) Bio and Industrial Technologies Division and is located in Vegreville, Alberta. TCP specializes in designing and prototypingbiomass based and carbon sustainable technologies, energy conversion and production development of: Carbon Based Filter MediaDevelopment, Pyrolysis (Carbonization, Torrefaction), Hydrothermal Carbonization (Synthetic Carbon), Agglomeration & Densification, SoilAmendments and Fertilizer Technologies, municipal solid waste and refuse derived fuels (RDF). AITF also has demonstration scaledecortication, chopping and pelletizing facilities as part of the Alberta Biomaterials Development Centre (ABDC) in Vegreville. AITF incollaboration with Lakeland College and industry partners established a three year Alberta Biochar Program in 2012 for the development ofvalue added biochar products and commercializing of these technologies. Included in this program are the production of biochar from variousclient feedstocks (forestry and agricultural residues), the establishment of quality standards and processing protocols for end productapplications, and analyses and applied research on the application of biochar production by-products (such as bio-oil), and specialty applicationsfor removal of toxic compounds from industrial waters and control of undesirable biological (such as algae) growth in lake waters. Abstract forPresentation: The Thermochemical Processing group specializes in biomass conversion and carbon sustainable technologies to produce energyand develop innovative products from agricultural and forest residuals. This presentation will discuss technologies of biomass feedstockpreparation, combustion (including agricultural biomass and municipal waste streams of newspaper/cardboard), demonstration scale biocharproduction (from pyrolysis), and the developing technologies of wet torrefaction (hydrothermal carbonization) of biomass, chemically modifiedbiochar for phosphate removal from lakes, and land application methods for biochar.

2BBiomass Crop Residues Availability for Bio-Processing in OntarioPrimary Author: Aung Oo, Commercialization ConsultantWestern Sarnia-Lambton Research ParkSarnia, ON, CAPhone: 519-383 8303 242 Email: aoo@researchpark.caCellulosic bio-fuels, bio-based chemicals and bio-composite materials are the emerging industries which could create demands for newagricultural products, including crop residues. Managing crop residues becomes an issue in some agricultural areas where fast growing cropssuch as grain corn represent a significant percentage in total agricultural products. While some residues must be left in the field to replenish thesoil organic matter, a certain percentage of crop residues could be sustainably harvested as feedstocks for emerging bio-processing industries.Livestock farming is an important factor in estimating the sustainably harvestable crop residues, since it provides manure to agricultural land forreplenishing the soil organic matter. The crop rotation and farming practices are also influential in determining the amount of harvestable cropresidues. The model for sustainable harvesting of crop residues will be presented. The sustainably harvestable quantities of agricultural cropresidues are estimated for counties in Ontario. The total quantity of harvestable crop residues in Ontario is 3.12 million tonnes/yr, which isapproximately 20% of total above-ground crop residues produced annually in the province. The study also identified a total of 11 counties inOntario as potential locations for medium to large bio-processing industries. The details of the findings and important considerations inharvesting crop residues will be discussed in this presentation.2CCHP Standardization To Reduce Cost and Increase RevenuesPrimary Author: Jan Buijk, President & CEOEuropean Power Systems LtdMississauga, ON, CAPhone: 416-8042203 Email: jbuijk@epsenergy.caThis presentation will outline the significant investment and development that takes place in order to standardize biogas fuelled CHP systems inorder to reduce the cost of biogas fuelled CHP systems, while improving the system reliability and increase the revenues generated from biogasCHP systems. This presentation will include project examples from across Canada, including BC, Alberta and Ontario.Biogas Electrical Connections Monitoring ProjectPrimary Author: Jennifer Green, PresidentBiogas AssociationOttawa, ON, CAPhone: 613-822-1004 Email: jgreen@biogasassociation.ca2CThe Biogas Association in partnership with Hydro One Networks Inc. undertook a monitoring project to assess the electrical performance ofthree biogas generators less than 500kW connected to Hydro One’s rural, 3-phase, 4-wire distribution feeders. A specific focus was directed tounderstanding the source of electrical interruptions to biogas generation, identifying power quality issues of the utility that affect biogas basedgeneration, and assessing protection mechanisms and performance. The project resulted in a comprehensive technical report that compiled sixmonths of data and thorough characterization of events from the both the utility and generator perspectives. The biogas generator sitesdemonstrated adequate protection measures using alternatives for interconnection that are technically sound and economically feasible. Findingsand recommendations from the study will be shared that illustrate the successful integration of biogas generation to the distribution system.Research resulting from this study has been profiled in other technical forums with utilities locally and internationally and has had oninternational standards and discussions.2CTSSA Approval Requirements for Biogas Plants - March 4, 2013Primary Author: Marvin Evans, Engineer - Fuels SafetyTechnical Standards & Safety AuthorityToronto, ON, CAPhone: 416-734-3519 Email: mevans@tssa.orgTSSA Approval Requirements for Biogas Plants. This deals with the production, transmission, storage and utilization of the biogas. Allenvironmental aspects including air emissions, substrate and digestate handling is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Environment (MOE).

Organics Processing & the Need for Pre-TreatmentPrimary Author: Kevin Matthews, PresientCCI BioEnergy Inc.Newmarket, ON, CAPhone: 416-230-9391 Email: kmatthews@ccibioenergy.com2DAnaerobic Digestion (AD) and the processing of organics is here, and is here to stay. On-Farm AD is by far the largest implementation butmunicipal AD is on the move. MOE regulations are becoming less onerous for the development of AD plants in support of this growth. Morefacilities means more demand and thus competition for organic feedstocks. As competition grows, the pressure is felt on facility revenues andthus the pressure to expand in the types / sources of organic feedstocks. Expansion of feedstocks means the growing amount of initialcontamination. The process of AD and the resulting end product of digestate need and like contamination free materials. Owners and investorsneed and like contamination free materials. This presentation will focus on the issues and need for pre-treatment of feedstocks and approacheson how to accomplish it. Kevin Matthews is the president of CCI BioEnergy (CCI). CCI has built two commercial AD plants and has beenoperating one for the past 10 years. CCI has processed organics from many sources and within this presentation, he will speak on the issues andchallenges. CCI’s second municipal facility will go into production in 2013, treating up to 75,000 tonnes per year of Source Separated Organics.2DImprovement of Anaerobic Digestion Kinetics Lipid-Rich Sludge by Aerobic PretreatmentPrimary Author: Thierry Ribeiro, Associate ProfessorInstitut Polytechnique Lasalle BeauvaisBeauvais, , FrancePhone: - Email: thierry.ribeiro@lasalle-beauvais.frIn a context of worldwide increasing energy demand, energy production by biomass (only renewable carbon source) appears to be essential fororganic waste valorisation. Anaerobic digestion, within in this context, is identified as a predominant problematic based on industry demands,constraint to reduce their environmental impact. Anaerobic digestion is a natural biological process which allows the degradation of organicmatter in anoxic, temperature and pH conditions by a bacterial consortium and leads to a production of biogas mainly [1]. Anaerobic digestionprocess is achieved through several stages : hydrolysis, acidogenesis, methanogenesis. The step which is often considered as the rate-limitingstep of the overall process is the organic matter hydrolysis [2]. Diversity of raw material is an asset for digesters feed, but is a drawback forprocess management (mixing strategies, microbial ecological disorder…). Substrates such as fats oil and grease (FOG) are composed oftriglycerides and long chain fatty acids, have high intrinsic methane potential in according to Symons and Buswell’s equation [3] (1.013NLCH4/g of glycerol trioleate). However, a high load in the digester induces process perturbations (inhibition of acetoclastic and methanogenicbacteria, sludge flotation, digester foaming…) and consequently a slow biodegradation kinetics of FOG [4]. Aerobic pre-treatment of FOG isstudied to enhance kinetics biodegradation as mono and co-substrat disgestion. Kinetics of aerobic biodegradation are faster than those underanaerobic conditions, the pre-treatment objective is the acceleration of the hydrolysis step, and therefore the reduction of residence time of FOGin digester. A Design of Experiment (DoE) is used to highlight effects of operating parameters, in the case of aerobic pre-treatment(temperature, aeration time…), on methane production under post-anaerobic digestion. Physico-chemical analyses are performed formechanisms understanding at stake during aerobic and anaerobic treatment. Moreover, energy balances are performed in order to evaluate theefficiency of aerobic pre-treatment of FOG. References [1]. L. Appels, J. Baeyens, J. Degrève, R. Dewil, Principles and potential of theanaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, (2008), Volume 34, Issue 6, Pages 755-781. [2]. C.Bougrier, J.P. Delgenès, H. Carrère, Effects of thermal treatments on five different waste activated sludge samples solubilisation, physicalproperties and anaerobic digestion. Chemical Engineering Journal, (2008), Volume 139, Issue 2, Pages 236-244. [3]. G.E. Symons, A.M.Buswell, The Methane Fermentation of Carbohydrates1,2. Journal of the American Chemical Society, (1933), Volume 55, Issue 5, Pages 2028-2036. [4]. J.H. Long, T.N. Aziz, F.L. Reyes III, J.J. Ducoste, Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Fat, Oil and Grease (FOG): A Review of GasProduction and Process Limitations, Process Safety and Environment Protection, (2011), DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2011.10.001.2DUltrasonic Pretreatment for Anaerobic Digestion: a Study on Feedstock, Methane Yield, and Energy BalancePrimary Author: Maxime Moisan, Master`s StudentUniversity of GuelphGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-824-4120 52441 Email: mmoisan@uoguelph.caThe research tempts to measure the utilization potential of ultrasonic waves on 6 different substrates: FOG, paper sludge, grinded switch grass,grinded hay, grinded wheat straw, and cut wheat straw. Several laboratories techniques were applied to determine the influence of sonication onbiogas production & yield, CH4 content in the biogas, and digestibility rate. With the data, mathematical definitions of Net Energy Balance andNet Economy Balance were compute to draw a first justification of the use or rejection of this pretreatment technology. Ultrasonic pretreatmenthas a significant effect on biogas production & yield and digestibility rate (p-value < 0.0001) from the early stages of digestion until as far as 50days of digestion. Sonication and particle size management did not influence significantly the CH4 content in the biogas (p-value = 0.1793).Also, the impact of ultrasonication on the substrate varies between all studied feedstock. The choice of sonication time and wave amplitude ofthe pretreatment has to be carefully chosen to avoid a negative Net Energy Balance and Net Economic Balance. Most of sonicated digestioncases studied provided a negative Net Energy and Economic Balance. In a context of a sonication process retrofit upgrade, the technology looksto be more useful for substrate that are hard to digest where the retention time is sufficient. In a context of new facilities, a design that includesan understood sonication technology has yet a small window of success depending on several variables. The objective of my presentation wouldbe to clearly define the potential and limits of ultrasonic pretreatment as well as explaining my understanding on anaerobic digestionpretreatment issues for energy recovery goals, more generally.

3AHarnessing Methane Energy - Emerging Supply Chain Opportunities in Rural & Agricultural SectorsPrimary Author: Joe Lyng, General ManagerWalker Environmental GroupThorold, ON, CAPhone: 905-680-1900 Email: jlyng@walkerind.comThis is the story of a company that entered the renewable energy business by harvesting methane gas from a single landfill to becomingCanada’s leading landfill gas developer. Renewable energy projects link the urban, rural, industrial and agricultural sectors. The presentationlooks at key landfill gas projects, including one at the Essex-Windsor Regional Landfill, and at opportunities for expansion that include directenergy supply to a greenhouse operation and other projects that would close the loop between urban kitchen waste, and the food processing andagricultural sectors. Topics covered will include the keys to a successful alternative energy project, lessons-learned from developing projectsthrough partnerships, and project economics. Walker Environmental Group (WEG) represent a full service environmental solutions providerbased in Ontario. WEG has developed supply chain partnerships and businesses links for methane gas recovery and generation projects throughIntegrated Gas Recovery Services Inc. (IGRS), a partnership company between WEG and Comcor Environmental Ltd. WEG recentlyannounced an offer to purchase Organic Resource Management Inc. (ORMI), which collects non-hazardous, liquid organic wastes from morethan 8,000 customers, including restaurants, grocery stores and other food processing facilities for processing and energy production throughanaerobic digestion.City of London’s Role in Positioning the Green EconomyPrimary Author: Jay Stanford, Director, Environment, Fleet & Solid WasteCity of LondonLondon, ON, CAPhone: 519-661-2500 5411 Email: jstanfor@london.ca3AIn 2003, London Municipal Council approved a strategy called Air Quality – Moving Forward Locally. As the strategy was being implemented,two major undertakings occurred the introduction of the Mayor’s Sustainable Energy Council (MSEC) and the launch of Rethink EnergyLondon in 2010, a project to increase public awareness, encourage stakeholder action, seek input on sustainable energy actions and highlight therole of green jobs and the green economy. To further emphasize the green direction, London’s 2011-2014 Strategic Plan has five key result areasincluding A Green and Growing City which recognizes the role for sustainable energy as a foundation of being green and an important part ofour local economy. In London, over $1 billion was spent on energy in 2012 and most of this money flows to people and companies outside ofLondon. Also important is that London’s energy use accounts for almost 3 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emission every year. Localsustainable energy actions can improve both these numbers and the City and MSEC just published Celebrating Progress – Sustainable EnergyLondon (2013), what Londoners and businesses are already doing to conserve energy, increase energy efficiency and to use renewable sourcesof energy. This celebration publication is also a chance to illustrate how the City of London works with community, business and institutionpartners to position for the green economy. This ranges from fleet greening and building efficiency to the role of the City’s landfill site forfuture business opportunities. The City of London is in the process of creating a Community Energy Action Plan that will bring together relatedissues like energy conservation, energy security, renewable energy, air quality, greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies, job creation andeconomic development.3AGuelph’s Community Energy Plan and Role in Economic DevelopmentPrimary Author: Rob Kerr, Corporate Manager Community EnergyCity of GuelphGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-822-1260 2079 Email: rob.kerr@guelph.caAbstract – Rob Kerr, City of Guelph “Guelph’s Community Energy Plan and Role in Economic Development” GRO3 - Growing the Margins –Green Rural Opportunities Green Communities and Business The City of Guelph’s Community Energy Plan, ratified by City Council in April2007, has just passed its fifth year of a 25 year implementation horizon. Now fully in implementation mode as the Community Energy Initiative,it is being increasingly seen and understood as a fundamental aspect of the City’s Economic Development Strategy. The development of thePlan was a highly collaborative effort with both community and external stakeholders. This collaboration has continued into the implementationphase through the Mayor’s Task Force on Community Energy and has been a key aspect of investment attraction to date. The Plan’s goal ofdeveloping significant local energy generation infrastructure has attracted development commitments of up to 60 MW of locally generatedpower. This represents 25% of the City’s current average demand. Many of these development applications are before the Ontario PowerAuthority seeking approval. The visible community-wide commitment to the goals of the Community Energy Plan and the collective efforts ofthe Initiatives local partnerships has had a visible impact on attracting local jobs to Guelph. Canadian Solar Solutions Inc. have been the first ofa number of companies that have chosen to, or are considering to locate in Guelph because of the advantages provided through the localcommitment to the Community Energy Initiative. A major aspect of the competitive economic advantage afforded by the Community EnergyInitiative is the commitment to the development of the thermal energy networks. These networks, typically referred to as District Energy providecompetitive and reliable energy sources, create a market for process-based waste heat and create supply chain opportunities for increasing bioenergyinputs from beyond the borders of the City of Guelph.

3BCrop Biomass, 2 Case Studies – (1) District Heating and (2) Large Commercial ApplicationPrimary Author: John Bootle, VPRenewable Energy ResourcesBennington, VT, USPhone: 802-3798553 Email: johnbootle@switchgrass-RER.comIn this paper Renewable Energy Resources, RER, will present two case studies that illustrate the application of crop biomass to two verydifferent applications. The presentation will describe the planning, financial and practical issues involved in the implementation of large cropbiomass projects. In the first case study we will describe the conversion of two local prisons from fossil fuel to locally grown crop biomasswhich is expected realize fuel cost savings of about $425,000 per year. This presentation will describe how RER solved the technology, fundingand local planning issues. The key enabling technology is a multi-fuel boiler that can successfully burn straw bales. The second case study willdescribe a large project where RER was tasked to develop a plan to provide 100,000 tons/year of crop biomass from within 100 mile radius ofthe customer’s facility. The presentation will describe how RER successfully meet the customer’s key requirements to provide “clean biomass”by the introduction of washing and nutrient extraction technology and how to prepare previous mined lands to grow switchgrass. We will alsodiscuss the issues encountered in the process of developing a new market for crop biomass. Key words, crop biomass, commercial projects,multi-fuel boilers.3BBiomass Fuel Pelleting Production and Export Opportunities in OntarioPrimary Author: Ian Moncrieff, President and CeoCanadian Biofuel Inc.Springford, ON, CAPhone: 877-826-7155 Email: imoncrieff@canadianbiofuel.caCanadian Biofuel Inc. began operations in March of 2012 in Springford, Ontario with one Muench pellet mill and very few customers. A secondMuench mill has been installed doubling the production capacity of our plant to 54,000 tons a year. Due to a growing demand in Europe for fuelpellets that is growing exponentially and the lack of ability to supply locally, countries like Italy are looking to Canada for sustainable suppliesof fuel pellets. The challenge is three fold, first logistics, second financing and finally quality control. European certification requires pellets andpellet manufacturers to meet the requirements of ENPlus specifications before pellets can be marketed in Europe. There are also draftspecifications for Agro Pellets that outline the quality required to meet European standards. Finally examine the opportunities for industrygrowth and expansion here in Ontario specifically in Agriculture.3BWho is Writing Cheques for Biomass Today.Primary Author: James Fisher, PresidentOntario Biomass Producers Cooperative IncMilton, ON, CAPhone: 905-8784955 Email: jfisher@fidale.comAn open and frank presentation on current agricultural biomass markets. What is it being used for? Who is buying it? And at what value?Presentation will explore both the challenges and the opportunities that are before producers today. Markets covered, and their economics,include feed, bedding, mushroom substrate, and thermal heat. Also other new and emerging markets will be briefly addressed.3CEuropean Biomass DriversPrimary Author: Charles Lalonde, PresidentCJ AgrenGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-837-1332 Email: charles.lalonde73@gmail.comThe EU brings together 27 countries with a shared history creating many similarities. Yet their economies range from being at world leadingedge to early stages of development. As a group of united nations, they share common goals when it comes to the development of newrenewable energy sources and lowering their collective dependency on fossil fuels. Fundamental to their approach, the word “waste” does notexist. Unwanted residue from a process becomes an opportunity. Given Europe’s rich history in technology development, a residue opportunityis dissected to optimize all value added possibilities. For example, wheat straw can be successfully used for cellulosic sugars for ethanol,molasses for livestock feed or as a feedstock for digesters and lignin for combustion. These are complex strategies and many require locatingprojects away from farms where synergies in energy input and outputs can be realized. Others have fine tuned the use of anaerobic digestersbased on local biomass resources to provide both heat and power. Assessing local resources is a critical step for them. Europe has successfullypriced carbon for greenhouse gas purposes. The resulting economic benefit accrues to those implementing green technologies to produceelectricity. This helps to sell biomass to energy projects. Despite these advantages, the EU countries also face constraints. Their land base ismore limited and focused towards food production and their environmental standards are very high. Consequently, many developing countriesare struggling to meet these challenges The presentation is based on the on-going work at the Ontario Federation of Agriculture to assess policyand program approaches in other jurisdictions, and specifically based on site visits and knowledge gained on a recent trip to Europe. Thepresentation will include an analysis of the European approaches, and a discussion of the potential lessons learned and implications for Ontario’sbiomass and cropping marketplace.

3DOn-Farm Co-Digestion of Manure and Agricultural Wastes for Methane Production in a 2 m3 CSTR DigesterPrimary Author: Jean-Claude Frigon, Project LeaderNational Research Council CanadaMontreal, QC, CAPhone: 514-496-6369 Email: jean-claude.frigon@cnrc-nrc.gc.caThe National Research Council Canada owns a mobile pilot unit (MPU) for on-site testing of various substrates through anaerobic digestion.The main component of that unit is a 2 m3 continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR) maintained at 35°C, with automated feeding and on-linemonitoring. In this project, the MPU was installed at a pig farm to treat a complex mix of agricultural wastes and manure. The substratesincluded pig manure, quail manure, waste onions, waste cabbage and vegetal oil, all collected within 2 km of the farm. The purpose of thisdemonstration study was to verify the potential for installing a centralized anaerobic digester to manage different issues (nuisance from piles ofwaste vegetables on the fields, excess of manure, energy costs). Preliminary methane potential assays on individual substrates revealed someissue, including mild inhibition of the methanogenic population by the pig manure, strong VFA and ammonia content in the quail manure, andstrong inhibition of the AD process from the vegetable oil used at a relative volumetric load higher than 1 %. Nevertheless, a recipe wasdeveloped and fed to the digester. The MPU was operated during 119 days, at an average organic loading rate of 1.2 kg TVS/m3.d or 2.26 kgCOD/m3.d and retention time of 33 days. The co-substrates were digested successfully, with an efficiency of 78 and 89 % for the total andsoluble organic fractions, respectively. This resulted in an average methane production of 1121 L STP methane/d with a peak at 1561 ± 95 LSTP methane/d during the highest OLR tested (1.5 ± 0.2 kg TVS/m3.d). In conclusion, the mobile pilot unit successfully co-digested aheterogeneous mix of manure and agricultural wastes.4APreparing your Home, Business or Farm for Smart Home and Micro-Grid SolutionsPrimary Author: Jurgen van Dijken, Operations ManagerArntjen Solar NAWoodstock, ON, CAPhone: 519-913 2346 Email: jurgen.vandijken.na@arntjensolar.comThe future of Electricity cost in Ontario The Ontario Energy Board issued a report on March 21, 2012 forecasting customers are facing a priceincrease over the next 5 years ranging between 46% and 58% by 2016. The answer to increased energy prices is Smart Homes & Farms andMicro Grid Solutions, which produce and store energy of their own and still connected to the Grid. Also, by having an integration of electricaldevices in the Smart Home & Farm, the owner will conserve energy and only buy energy from the Grid at off peak hours. The Home or Farmwill be equipped with a solar installation, batteries and a smart controller, which manages the energy production, storage and consumption. Howdoes it work? During the day the Solar Panels are producing energy and will run the electrical devices. Excess power will be stored in thebatteries and used at night. Electrical energy will only be bought from the Grid at night to top up the batteries if a non-productive (overcast) dayis expected the next day. Also, power is shared within the Micro Grid before buying from the LDC. Existing projects have been operational inseveral countries, one of them in the Netherlands since 2010. The Micro Grid has 25 houses interconnected and they are all equipped with solarpanels. A video will be shown how this Smart Grid operates. How to get ready? Invest in Solar! Still microFIT contracts available, but they arerunning out. Solid investment for the next 20 years and after the contract, you can switch over to Smart Grid.Farmer-owned Solar Co-op ModelPrimary Author: Jim Campbell, SecretaryAGRIS Solar Co-operative LtdChatham, ON, CAPhone: 519-380-2371 Email: jimc@agris.coop4AAGRIS Solar Co-operative is one of largest participants in the Ontario microFIT program. AGRIS Solar formed in March 2010 to participate inthe Green Energy Act’s newly established Feed In Tariff Programs. The Co-operative quickly grew from its 5 founding members to become akey player in the microFIT sector . Jim Campbell, a founding member and current Board Secretary will present the history of the co-operative,its structure and its challenges. The co-operative has faced the same technical, regulatory and capacity issues as other renewable energyparticipants. Approximately 1/3 of the Co-operatives projects are currently operating with the balance awaiting relocation into its Solar Gardensprogram. Jim will provide highlights of what the co-operative has learned from its operating units and how it has dealt with the capacityconstraint issues. Co-operatives are a unique business structure and have a unique position within the FIT 2.0 program. Jim will share his broadco-operative experience and how it has been successfully applied into the green energy sector.

4AEnergy Reduction Green Roofs and WallsPrimary Author: Alan DarlingtonNedlaw Living RoofsBreslau, ON, CAPhone: 519-648-9779Email: alan@nedlaw.caAgriculture has traditionally focussed on the generation of a product such as food however there is an opportunity for agriculture to beintegrated into the built environment as processes rather than the generation of a product. The maintenance of adequate environments in thebuilt environment is energy intensive and expensive process and increasingly biological solutions are being developed as an alternative totraditional ways of dealing with conditions in the built environment. This can represent a big opportunity for the agricultural sector. Thesebiological solutions offer less of an environmental impact than traditional approaches requiring less energy and frequently generate a product ofvalue from the process, using the ‘refuge’ the traditional approaches. Examples of the new agriculture will include indoor air biofiltration, greenroofs, composting, urban agriculture and land remediation.4BExperiences Sourcing Biomass for UBC Gasifier and Logistics for Bioenergy Feedstock Production and Supply in OntarioPrimary Author: Hamid Khaleghihamedani, Graduate student and Reasearch Assistant at UBCUniversity of British ColumbiaVancouver, BC, CAPhone: 778-7070979 Email: hhamedani@chbe.ubc.caThe objective in this study is to develop datasets to enable the running of the Integrated Biomass Supply and Logistics (IBSAL) model underOntario conditions. The process of acquiring biomass as feedstock for bio energy or bio processing requires planting, harvesting, storage andorganizing a supply chain, and investing in new equipment and buildings. IBSAL simulates and integrates the supply chain operations andenables detailed planning to understand how the biomass supply chain can be optimized. We plan to adapt and develop the IBSAL model tooptimize the supply of biomass for bio energy and bio processing applications in Ontario. Progress will be reported on the development ofOntario-specific datasets and modules in IBSAL for biomass crops, harvesting equipment, weather, and other input parameters. Data fromexisting Ontario research will be synthesized for use in the model. Results of our first step collecting and synthesizing data will be reported. Inaddition we will identify specific operations or scenarios that use biomass for energy production (e.g. a greenhouse, rural school, etc.). Using theIBSAL model, we can identify and optimize the potential sources of biomass, quantities available, moisture contents, on farm storagerequirements, transport equipment, distances and storage requirement. The result of this phase of research will set the ground work for applyingthe same procedures for other biomass scenarios, leading to a better understanding of the biomass supply chain from field to end-user. Thisproject is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.4BDiversification of Feedstock Markets - Refining the BalePrimary Author: Dean Tiessen, PresidentNew Energy FarmsLeamington, ON, CAPhone: 519-3267293 Email: d.tiessen@newenergyfarms.comIn today`s commodity markets many of the products from Oil to Agricultural commodities are refined to create more value. For the biomassindustry to develop and provide bankable feedstock solutions to end users, refining and creating more value will be required. NEF is working ona number of projects creating these relationships. From FEED to FIBRE, to FOOD and FUEL, combining these industries creating robustbankable solutions. From Genetics to products NEF has invested in developing this market.Biomass to Agricultural Plastics and Particle BoardPrimary Author: Don NottWhiteCloud InnovationsToronto, ON, CAPhone: - Email: -4BBeing one of the earliest switchgrass growers in Ontario, Don has a strong understanding of the agronomics and economics of how to effectivelyproduce a consistent crop for multiple end=uses. This presentation will illustrate how he has developed the crop and how the growth ofpurpose-grown switchgrass has led him to a partnership with WhiteCloud Innovation to develop into a value-added product with extremepotential. Don will discuss how SwitchEnergy, his company, has developed and where, as an industry expert, he sees the industry develop in thenear future

Farm to Fuel Developer`s Guide to BiomethanePrimary Author: Stephanie Thorson, AssociateBiogas AssociationToronto, ON, CAPhone: 416-489 9388 Email: sthorson@biogasassociation.ca4CThe Farm to Fuel Developers’ Guide to Biomethane was developed to help farmers understand the biomethane opportunity, and evaluate it fortheir own farm operations. In Canada, there is some opportunity for biomethane producers to be paid a premium over regular natural gas bynatural gas utilities for their renewable fuel. Producing biomethane helps farmers earn revenue, reduce emissions, improve water quality, reduceodour, and create green jobs. For those farmers considering developing biogas systems, and upgrading the biogas to biomethane, the Guidewalks them through the planning process, offering a check-list of questions to ask relevant technology and service providers. It also alertsfarmers to important considerations, such as feedstock, financing, permits and safety. The presentation will put the Guide into the context of theRNG Roadmap being undertaken by the Canadian Gas Association, and other developments related to biomethane in Canada. It will also touchon biomethane as an emerging vehicle fuel.Biogas to Vehicle Fuel at the Fair Oaks INPrimary Author: Bernard Sheff, PresidentUTS Residual ProcessingEaton Rapids, MI, USPhone: 517-6630663 Email: b-sheff@uts-residuals.com4CFair Oaks Dairy Farm in NW Indiana is the largest biogas to biomethane facility in North America fueling CNG vehicles. The site has ananaerobic digester fed with dairy manure from 12000 cows which produces approximately 2500 Nm3/hr of biogas. Anaergia, a Burlingtonbasedglobal pioneer in the generation of renewable energy from biogas, installed a Greenlane biogas upgrading system to produce renewablenatural gas suitable for vehicle fuelling to a co-located Clean Energy CNG station. The RNG can also be injected into the local natural gaspipeline network. Installation and operation of this system will be reviewed in this presentation. The system began operation September of 2012.Operational data from the site and the financial impact to the trucking fleet hauling the milk from the locate dairy operations of over 30,000cows. process diagrams and photographs are also provided.4CComparison of RNG and Biogas Electric With and Without IncentivesCH2M HillVancouver, BC, CAPhone: - Email: -No Abstract Submitted4DMaking Biogas Systems Work throughout North America – A StormFisher PerspectivePrimary Author: Brandon Moffatt, VPStormFisherKitchener, ON, CAPhone: 519-5738719 Email: bmoffatt@stormfisher.comStormFisher Biogas has been working on the development of biogas projects in North America for over 5 years. It has successfully developed aproject in Ontario and another one in the United States with each project being approximately 3MWs in size using food waste from the ICIsector, Biosolids, fats/oils/ greases and other organic feedstocks. Over the years, it has looked at the current disposal options for the varioustypes of feedstocks including composting, land application, animal feed and landfilling and has developed a matrix to show what is the potentialfor the biogas to grow through the diversion of these materials. It has also evaluated a variety of biogas utilization options such as cogeneration,injection in the natural gas pipelines as well as CNG. In this presentation, StormFisher will provide a details on making biogas projects work inNorth America and will provide further insight into two critical components of a biogas project – feedstock sourcing and biogas utilization.

4DAnaerobic Digester Performance, Biogas Productivity and How to Ensure itPrimary Author: Michael R. Schuppenhauer, Presient & CEOFarmatic Inc.San Francisco, CA, USPhone: 650-4408484 Email: schuppenhauer@farmatic.comThe past forty years of biogas development and deployment has seen a lot innovation and generated a lot domain experience, distinguishing thetechnology leaders and the successful project developers. Yet, biogas is still frequently considered an emerging technology. This presentationwill look at the key parameters of biogas / AD performance and what turnkey EPC firms have learned about biology, equipment and how tosupport the financial success of the project. It will include a meta analysis of cost and efficiency of biogas systems from across the world.Specifically it will address: * What parameters influence performance? * Opening the black box on biology * Benchmarking financialperformance of biogas systems * European experiences on performance and warranties * Performance warranties that work * Backingperformance guarantees with insurers to secure a more predictable return on investment.Ontario Biogas Farm-by-Farm InventoryPrimary Author: Chris Duke, Program AnalystMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry of Rural AffairsGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-826-3557 Email: chris.duke@ontario.ca4DWith over 30 biogas systems in Ontario built by several companies, we have seen an evolution of designs and ideas. This continuousimprovement aids future biogas system developers to build reliable systems that are well suited to their farm needs and for different sources ofco-substrates. Farmers are gaining practical experience that can be shared with future system owners and operators. This presentation willprovide a survey of biogas systems across the province and highlight important features that are innovative, reliable, safe, and practical. Thedesire is for potential biogas system developers to adapt and adopt design features that will improve the economics, safety, reliability, andefficiencies of their biogas system.Getting Greener in DairyPrimary Author: George MacNaughtonDairy Farmers of OntarioMississauga, ON, CAPhone: - Email: -5ANo Abstract Submitted5AA Greenhouse Gas Pilot Project on New Brunswick and Alberta Dairy FarmsPrimary Author: Josh Lamont, Project ManagerAtlantic Dairy and Forage InstituteFredericton, NB, CAPhone: 506-474-1239 Email: josh.lamont@adfi.caThe entire agricultural sector, including Canadian dairy have an important role to play in Canada’s efforts to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG)emissions. With the continued development of the Cap-and-Trade Markets in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, AtlanticCanada, and with Alberta being the only current operating Carbon Market, the dairy industry must focus on decreasing carbon emissions. Theagriculture sector has the opportunity to benefit from increased farm revenue, not only through the potential sale of carbon offset credits but alsoby the identification of inefficiencies that cause the increase in emissions. The Atlantic Dairy and Forage Institute (ADFI) has undertaken anambitious project to validate and verify the ability of Canadian Dairy farms to participate in emerging carbon markets. With field testing the“Quantification Protocol for Emission Reductions from Dairy Cattle” on 50 dairy farms in Alberta and 50 dairy farms in New Brunswick. ADFIis identifying the current data gaps that exist both at the farm level and within the industry. Through collaboration with dairy industry partners(nutritionists, milk recording agencies, and provincial organizations) ADFI has been able to tabulate third party data to undergo verificationaccording to the specification of the Alberta Offset System. This verification will provide ADFI and the industry with an understanding of whatfarm/industry data is required, to undertake an emission reduction project on Canadian dairy farms. This presentation will show themethodology of this project along with a systematic description of the roll out to the Alberta and New Brunswick industry. It will outline anumber of road blocks the project team encountered and the initiatives that have spun out of this project to aid producers to overcome these roadblocks. This project was selected as a finalist to the International Dairy Federation – 2011 Dairy Innovation Awards for Best EnvironmentalSustainability Initiative.

5AIntegrating Green Chemistry into Traditional Refining and Chemical SystemsPrimary Author: George Mallay, General ManagerSarnia-Lambton Economic PartnershipSarnia, ON, CAPhone: 519-332-1820 Email: mallay@sarnialambton.on.caThe presentation will focus on building a bio-hybrid chemistry cluster in Sarnia. Topics discussed will include: repurposing chemical plant sites,building new workforce competencies, integrating new biobased feedstock and accommodating scale-up. Lessons learned and new opportunitiesand challenges will be highlighted.5BMaking Biomass Briquettes from Wheat Straw Biofiller Production WastePrimary Author: James Kozlowski, Director, R&DOMTECRidgetown, ON, CAPhone: 519-488-1421 Email: jkozlowski@omtec.caBiofillers are biological based materials used to reduce the carbon footprint of plastic materials (since they decompose), as well as to reduce theraw material cost of the plastic. Organic Biofillers are made from agricultural residue such as wheat straw. OMTEC manufactures wheat strawbiofiller by grinding or milling, followed by particle size separation using a cyclone, then sieving to separate the particles into different sizes.OMTEC’s biofiller manufacturing process produces about 75% waste. This waste wheat straw can be compacted, and made into briquetteswhich can be burned for space heating. We describe our Briquetting System which produce 4” diameter briquettes from wheat straw waste fromour biofiller production system, and results from burning the briquettes in a commercial multi-fuel furnace.5BBioLiNE - An Innovative Process to Produce Biofuels and Liquid Fertilizer from Agricultural ResiduesPrimary Author: Nick Ruzich, Director, Research and DevelopmentCENNATEK Bioanalytical Services Inc.Sarnia, ON, CAPhone: 519-479-0489 Email: nruzich@cennatek.caCENNATEK has developed the BioLiNE process, an innovative, patent pending method to extract nutrients from agricultural residues andrecycle the nutrients to formulate a commercially viable line of liquid fertilizers. The residual biomass fibre is used to produce high quality fuelpellets. The BioLiNE process is a disruptive technology that will transform the pellet fuel market by increasing the margins for producerswhile reducing the overall cost to the end-user. This presentation will outline the development and advantages of the process, as well as thecurrent status of the BioLiNE pilot plant facility.5BPre-treatment - The Key to Commercialization of Advanced BiofuelsPrimary Author: Barry Wortzman, Vice President Business DevelopmentGreenField Ethanol Inc.Toronto, ON, CAPhone: 416-304-1700 8420 Email: b.wortzman@greenfieldethanol.comCellulosic ethanol is real. At least 8 commercial scale projects are underway for start-up in 2013. This is a very good beginning. but many moreplants will have to be built to satisfy RFS2 in the U.S. which mandates 30 billion gallons of biofuels by 2022, of which 21 billion gallons mustbe derived from advanced biofuels. GreenField can make a significant contribution to this build-out. We are experts in pre-treatment. Our pretreatmentprocess recovers the most C5 and C6 sugars, in their cleanest form, for optimal downstream hydrolysis and fermentation. In the result,we consistem tly achieve the highest yields of cellulosic ethanol from a variety of low-to-high lignin feedstocks - on average 309 liters ofethanol per tonne of biomass on a dry matter basis. and, we do so without acid, and in an opex efficent manner, driven by, for example, very lowdoses of enzymes and yeasts. however, there is also the capex (equipment cost) to address. And, we have developed our own unique equipment -our Modified Twin Screw Extruder - to execute our pre-treatment process for a cost substantially less than other off-the-shelf equpment. Tovaidate the efficacy of thsi equipemnt, we undertook an extensive project to incorporate our Modified Extruder into our i tonne per day PilotPlant in Chatham, with the capability to operate on a continuous basis. We have since validated proof of concept, are focussed on optimization,and expect to be in commercial application shortly. apart from the technology challenges, the other material challenge is having a sustainablefeedstock supply. To tht end, we are working individually and with collaborators to establish the feedstock chain, without which no project iscommercially viable.

5CEvaluation of Options to Gather Farm Based Energy Inputs for a Centralized Biomethane UpgraderPrimary Author: Donald Hilborn, Engineer, ByproductsMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry of Rural AffairsWoodstock, ON, CAPhone: 519-537-7928 Email: don.hilborn@ontario.caBiomethane production may be a viable utilization option for rural biogas plants especially when electrical grid connections are not available.To produce biomethane from biogas an upgrading plant must be used. Current technology for biomethane upgrade units requires larger sizes(750 kW(el equivalent)) to be economically feasible. If farm sourced inputs are to be used, it will be necessary (in most cases) to utilize inputsfrom several farming operations. There are a number of options to move either the primary inputs (typically manure) to a centralizeddigester/upgrader or to move an intermediate product (biogas) from smaller digesters to a centralized biomethane upgrader. This talk comparestransfer options, considers entry of off farm source materials, evaluates automation options, reviews obstacles, considers methods to facilitateapprovals and develops an economic analysis. Examples of transfer systems used in Denmark and Germany will be demonstrated.Biogas Energy Market in QuebecPrimary Author: Eric Camirand, PresidentElectrigaz Technologies inc.Trois-Rivieres, QC, CAPhone: 819-840-3589 112 Email: eric@electrigaz.com5CIn 2009 the Quebec government launched a $600M subsidy program to assist municipalities in the development of alternatives to landfilling oforganic waste. One of the challenge of this program is how to market biogas energy produced by these waste treatment systems. In thispresentation we present current options and economics offered to biogas project developers for the resell of their biogas energy in the currentQuebec energy market.5CThe Evolution of Technology’s Influence on the Agricultural Community: The Story of Four Corners Poultry Ltd.Primary Author: John Wilkinson, PresidentCNG Canada Inc.London, ON, CAPhone: 519-301-8451 Email: jwilkinson@cngcanada.caCNG CANADA’S INSTALLATION OF A COMMERCIAL-GRADE COLTRI MCH 10 NATURAL GAS COMPRESSION SYSTEM Thestory of Four Corners Poultry Ltd. is perhaps not dissimilar to other readily available testimonials of a Canadian family-run farm’s adoption ofnew and better ways to harness technology to improve farm operations and overall performance—except for one really important difference.Four Corners Poultry is the first Farm in Ontario to install a high-pressure, commercial-grade, TSSA/CSA Approved Natural Gas Compressorand Quick-Fill CNG Storage System to fuel its farm service vehicles, in parallel with Natural Gas warming the family’s chicken barns, theirhome, and running approximately 100 essential appliances. This presentation chronicles the journey and associated costs borne by the BrockFamily throughout the 10 month gas line infrastructure project, and subsequent installation of CNG Canada Inc.’s, and its Technical & ServicePartner Hi-Tech Fuel Systems’ first agricultural use commercial-grade compressor at the Brock Family Farm. It features testimonial ROI Datato demonstrate the dollars and sense value realized by Four Corners Poultry in transitioning the farm to CNG; and, the many challenges facedand met throughout the entire journey by the Four Corners Poultry and CNG/Hi-Tech Teams during the approval phases, gas line serviceextension, the appliance transitions, and refueling compressor system installation.Nitrogen Balance from the Land Application of DigestatePrimary Author: Anna Crolla, ProfessorUniversity of Guelph - Campus d`AlfredAlfred, ON, CAPhone: 613-679-2218 610 Email: acrolla@alfredc.uoguelph.ca5DA 4-year study was conducted to quantify the nitrogen mass balance associated with the land application of anaerobically digested dairy manure.Land application trials were conducted on hydraulically isolated plots, where soil and subsurface drains were monitored for nitrate migration.Both 1x and 2x the agronomic nitrogen application rates were investigated. N2O emissions were measured using the flux-gradient techniqueequipped with closed-path single optical pass tunable diode laser. Crop yields were also quantified. Flow-weighted mean nitrate concentrationsin drainage waters 60 days after the land application of raw and digested manure were measured over the 4-year study. The digested manureplots had higher flow-weighted mean nitrate concentrations in the subsurface drains. This could be attributed to the higher concentration ofammonium-nitrogen in digested manure. The study results suggest N2O emission factors from plots receiving digested manure to be slightlyhigher than plots receiving raw manure. A preliminary nitrogen balance (air, soil, water, plant) about the plots will be presented. The improvedBest Management Practices (BMPs) developed as an outcome from this study will help producers and government regulators with their NutrientManagement planning in reducing nitrogen losses to air and groundwaters with the land application of raw manure and digestate.

5DCharacterizing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Associated with an Anaerobic DigestorPrimary Author: Claudia Wagner-Riddle, ProfessorUniversity of GuelphGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-824-4120 52787 Email: cwagnerr@uoguelph.caThe increasing evidence that current climate change is caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gases has led to interests in alternative options forlowering greenhouse (GHG) emissions. Anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic waste is a promising solution that offers wide benefits as it dealswith waste management, renewable energy and climate change mitigation. On-farm measurements considering all potential sources of GHGemissions in AD and conventional manure management systems are clearly needed in order to assess environmental attributes associated withAD. For example, a recent study on emissions from ten biogas plants located in Germany concluded that emissions of the cogeneration unit andfrom the digestate tanks were higher than the assumed. The objective of this study is to determine the methane emissions from a barn andmanure storage tank at a dairy farm with a recently installed AD. These emissions are compared to measurements taken before AD installation.The research site is located at a 160 cow dairy farm in Ontario. Methane emissions from the manure storage tank are being determined a usingmicrometeorological mass balance method. For the baseline project (conventional manure management practice), methane fluxes from theuntreated manure storage tank were measured at the same farm in 2011, before the AD system operation. The AD became operational in August2012, and emissions from digestate over the Sep to Oct period averaged 58 ±6.9 (SE) micrograms m-2 s-1, in comparison to 442 ±10.4 (SE)micrograms m-2 s-1 measured from untreated manure over the same period (Sep-Oct) in 2011. These preliminary results show that GHGemissions from the digestate are lower than GHG emissions from an untreated manure storage. An overview of the approach taken to measurethe overall GHG emissions will be given.5DOntario Biogas Rules and Regulations: Project ImplicationsPrimary Author: Jake DeBruyn, Engineer, New Technology IntegrationMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry of Rural AffairsGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-826-4584 Email: jake.debruyn@ontario.caThe biogas marketplace in different jurisdictions develops in part based on the types of rules, regulations, and incentives in place. This talk willlook at Ontario rules and regulations, including the Feed-in Tariff Program, the Renewable Energy Approval, and mostly the NutrientManagement Regulated Mixed AD Facility (RMADF) rules. Implications of proposed changes to the 25% off-farm materials threshold will bediscussed. Details from on-the-ground Ontario projects will be used to provide further context.6AWhy Voluntary Consumers Buy Renewable EnergyPrimary Author: Tom Heintzman, Co-Founder and PresidentBullfrog PowerToronto, ON, CAPhone: 416-360.3464 Email: linda.pauderis@bullfrogpower.comAmong Canadian individuals and businesses there is a growing trend to support more sustainable and environmentally friendly products andservices, including the most significant contribution to their environmental footprint, their energy choices. Renewable electricity has been at theforefront of a shift in energy supply but green natural gas, renewable natural gas and biomethane are all relatively new terms to the Canadianenergy consumer. The Voluntary market can play a significant role in growing the renewable natural gas market. Making the case to support thedevelopment of new renewable natural gas projects in Canada will require a significant amount of effort by the industry to initially raiseawareness and educate the consumer about the environmental benefits of biomethane and then to convince them to make the choice tovoluntarily support this new alternative energy source.6ASustainable Net Energy Production when Producers and Consumers Work TogetherPrimary Author: Ralph C. Martin, ProfessorUniversity of GuelphGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-824-4120 52460 Email: rcmartin@uoguelph.caThe potential to sustain food production will be realized as producers and consumers, and other actors in the value chain, balance inherentcompetition with collaboration. Consumers try to buy at the lowest price and producers want to sell at the highest price and both wantconvenience and reduced complications. However, as consumers request food attributes such as ‘local’ and ‘organic’, there is a marketingchallenge to convince them to pay more as efficiencies of scale along the value chain are shifted to meet requirements. Nevertheless, local andorganic sales have been growing. About one third of the overall agricultural energy budget is for the production, distribution and use of nitrogen(N) fertilizer. For consumers to support reduced energy inputs to agriculture and thus mitigate climate change, they could select products withlower N fertilizer requirements, if they were labeled as such by marketers. There may also be energy efficiencies by consuming products whichare less processed. Land is increasingly farmed for feed, fibre and fuel, as well as for food. While addressing these demands farmers must alsomaintain functions of ecosystems with clean air and water and healthy soil. Marketing has not distinguished the ecological advantage of farmbio-products to replace fossil fuel based products from the potential toll on soil organic matter or other ecological functions. It will be importantfor agronomists to address these issues before they become a marketing liability. On-farm regenerative energy such as anaerobic digestion andenergy efficiency, including building design and seasonal adaptations can also displace off-farm energy inputs and thus appeal to consumers.

Financial and Markting Returns Through SustainabilityPrimary Author: Helmi AnsariPepsoCo Foods CanadaMississauga, ON, CAPhone: - Email: -6ANo Abstract SubmittedWhere is Ethanol Going?Primary Author: Jim LaneBiofuels DigestMiami, FL, USAPhone: - Email: -6BBiofuels continue to rise — but where, when, by whom and how. In this presentation, we'll explore the feedstocks, processing technologies anddownstream molecules that offer the most promise in the 2013-15 near term, and in the 2016-20 mid term, and the long term beyond 2020. Willdrop-ins or more traditional biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel rule? Will fermentation continue to drive the market - what is the role ofgasification and thermocatalytic technologies. What feedstocks will continue strong - which are the new energy crops and residues that may riseto great heights, and when. What markets will drive demand and which will drive supply?6BState of Biomass Combustion Technologies in CanadaPrimary Author: Animesh Dutta, Assistant ProfessorUniversity of GuelphGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-8244120 52441 Email: adutta@uoguelph.caRenewable biomass sources, including agricultural biomass, are attractive sources of energy that can be greenhouse gas emission neutral andcan provide sustainable energy to meet human energy consumption needs. In recent years, there have been significant advancements in thecommercialization of biomass processing technologies related to thermal conversion processes (i.e. direct combustion, co-firing, gasification, orpyrolysis) for the production of power and electricity. However, Combustion is still the most mature conversion technology utilized for biomass.The paper presents an overview of the state of the art of biomass combustion systems for producing heat and power. The qualitative analysisfocuses on the following technologies: pile, grate (sloping, travelling, vibrating), suspension (pulverised) and fluidised-bed (bubbling,circulating) combustion. Brief summaries of the basic concepts involved in the combustion of biomass fuels and experimental results for a largevariety of biomass fuels and conditions are also presented. The compositions of biomass especially the agricultural biomass among fuel typesare variable. Ash composition for the agricultural biomass is fundamentally different from ash composition for the coal. Especially inorganicconstituents cause to critical problems of toxic emissions, fouling and slagging. Metals in ash, in combination with other fuel elements such assilica and sulfur, and facilitated by the presence of chlorine, are responsible for many undesirable reactions in combustion furnaces and powerboilers. Elements including K, Na, S, Cl, P, Ca, Mg, Fe, Si are involved in reactions leading to ash fouling and slagging in biomass combustors.Chlorine in the biomass may affect operation by corrosion. Ash deposits reduce heat transfer and may also result in severe corrosion at hightemperatures. Other influences of biomass composition are observed for the rates of combustion and pollutant emissions. Finally case studies oftwo biomass combustion systems in Ontario and regulatory guidelines are presented.Agricultural Biomass for HeatPrimary Author: Terrence Sauve, Farmstead Optimization and Safety EngineerMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry of Rural AffairsAlfred, ON, CAPhone: 613-679-4703 Email: terrence.sauve@ontario.ca6BThe Project to Commercialize Agricultural Biomass for Combustion Energy has spurred a niche expertise in developing the supply ofagricultural biomass. A new value chain can be created from this project; the use of agricultural biomass for heat. Municipal or institutionalbuildings in rural areas not serviced by the natural gas grid could benefit from the use of this biomass supply to provide heat by replacing agedfossil fuelled heating systems with densified agricultural biomass. As well, agricultural operations could benefit from that new value chain andproduce their own supply of biomass and heat their homes and barns by using hot water boilers compatible with agricultural biomass. Thispresentation will attempt to cover questions regarding compatible technology for smaller and medium scale heating systems using agriculturalbiomass and cover basics of combustion and operation of such equipment.

6CA Look Ahead: The Policy and Economic Drivers for Anaerobic DigestionPrimary Author: Wayne Davis, Vice President, Government and Community AffairsHarvest Power, Inc.Waltham, MA, USPhone: 781-314-9504 Email: wdavis@harvestpower.comThe U.S. biogas market was buoyed in recent years by the availability of grants from the U.S. Treasury under the Section 1603 program. Whilefederal support has diminished, several U.S. states have adopted new laws and regulations that may provide a new and more sustainablefoundation for industry growth. Mr. Davis will review the shifting policy landscape and discuss industry efforts to create a more favorableregulatory environment.Organics Strategy for Ontario – Where is Waste Going?Primary Author: Susan AntlerCompost Council of CanadaToronto, ONPhone: - Email: -6CNo Abstract SubmittedSustainability in an Urban EnvironmentPrimary Author: Thomas Gratz, Regional Sales ManagerEisenmann CorporationCrystal Lake, IL, USPhone: 815-477-8884 Email: thomas.gratz@eisenmann.com6CThe plant, a vertical farm and food incubator in Chicago, will use anaerobic digestion to be a zero waste, self sustaining facility. The purpose ofThe Plant is to bring sustainable, urban agriculture to a vacant industrial building while improving health and vitality and creating green-collarjobs. The benefits of using an anaerobic digester are to create renewable energy as well as divert organic waste from landfills. By diverting over10,000 tons of food waste from landfills yearly, The Plant will generate enough electricity and thermal energy from biogas to power and heat thebuilding. Other benefits include reducing green house gas emissions and reducing the carbon footprint. The plant will be using EISENMANN`sBIOGAS Green Waste technology, a continuously mixed, horizontal, plug flow digester. This high solids system is capable of digesting a widerange of feedstocks. It features robust, durable plant technology in a small footprint suitable for urban environment. By digesting 27 tons of foodwaste per day, over 2 million Btu per hour of biogas will be produced, captured and burned in the CHP unit resulting in 250 kWh of electricityand the required process heat for building operations. The system is fully automated for ease of operation and ensures maximum outputincluding 4.5 tons/day of press cake for composting and 19 tons/day of liquid soil amendment to replace fossil fuel based fertilizer.EISENMANN technology is used in more than 90 biogas plants throughout the world, ranging in processing size from 12 tons to over 80tons/day. EISENMANN offers the strength and experience of a global solutions provider combined with local experience in executing over1000 projects in North America over the past 35 years.6DHarvesting Energy from High Solids Manures and Crop ResiduesPrimary Author: Norma McDonald, North America Sales ManagerOrganic Waste Systems, Inc.Cincinnati, OH, USPhone: 513-5356760 Email: norma.mcdonald@ows.beEXPERIENCES IN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF HIGH SOLIDS MANURES AND ENERGY CROPS Norma S. McDonald, OrganicWaste Systems, Inc. Biomass combustion is responsible for over 90% of the current production of renewable energy from biomass. Althoughstill growing in the US, worldwide liquid biofuels cover only a small part and the most used are ethanol and biodiesel. Currently biogas plays asmaller, but steadily growing role. In Europe, biogas has become a well established energy resource, especially through the use of renewablebiomass including manure and purpose-grown energy crops. Anaerobic digestion can take place under wet or dry conditions. Dry systems canwork at higher total solids content (15% and higher), allowing for much higher loading rates. Dry anaerobic digestion plants can be operated in abatch or in a continuous mode. A continuous system is fed at a constant rate and requires more handling and process control. This increasedeffort is compensated by increased digestion rates and a more reliable digestion. The extra precautions for explosion need to be taken onlyduring the first time that the plant is started up. Both systems require of course constant monitoring to make sure no biogas is leaking into theatmosphere. Long term measurements of full scale energy crop digesters give insight in the process performance. In an Austrian project, 41representative digestion plants were monitored over extended periods of time. A broad variety of substrates was used for biogas production. Asimilar, earlier evaluation of German biogas plants showed comparable results. Continuous dry digestion can reach very high constant biogasproduction rates of 10 times the volume of the digester per day, more than 5 times the average production rates achieved in other systemsdigesting comparable feedstock. Recently, the plant was expanded with the addition of a post-fermenter.

Solid State Anaerobic Digestion of Poultry ManurePrimary Author: Cameron Farrow, PhD CandidateUniversity of GuelphGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-837-7612 Email: cfarrow@uoguelph.ca6DPoultry manure contains a high fraction of biodegradable organic matter. However, the high nitrogen content of poultry manure, causedprimarily by the high concentration of uric acid, makes anaerobic digestion (AD) difficult due to the accumulation of ammonia. Thus, toeffectively utilize poultry manure as a substrate for conventional AD, substantial dilution must occur. Conventional slurry digestion processesrequire a pumpable substrate and operate at total solids (TS) concentrations 10% TS. Poultry manure typically contains >25% TS. The dilutionrequired to obtain a pumpable substrate, thereby reducing the accumulation of ammonia, results in an economically infeasible process. Dryanaerobic digestion, also termed solid state anaerobic digestion (SSAD), typically occurs at total solid (TS) concentrations greater than 15% TS.SSAD has many economic advantages over conventional AD, including: smaller reactor sizes (decreased capital investment), decreasedparasitic energy losses and reduced heating costs, as well as decreased volumes of waste production resulting in reduced waste transport costs,dewatering costs, storage space requirements and fuel consumption. The low moisture content of SSAD digestate results in an attractivefertilizer, as it is much easier to transport and land apply than the digestate of conventional AD processes. Disadvantages include: increasedvolumes of required inocula, longer retention times, and more rapid build up of inhibitory substances. The implementation of leachate collectionand recirculation processes during digestion has the potential to enable solid state anaerobic digestion (TS 20%) of poultry manure. Continuouson-line leachate treatment options present a method of ammonia control. Air stripping and chemical precipitation are the two methods currentlybeing investigated for ammonia removal. Preliminary experimental results, focused on evaluating and quantifying ammonia removal methods,as well as optimization of digester parameters during dry fermentation of poultry manure, will be presented.6DPreventive and Curative Solutions to Avoid Risk of Acidogenesis during Dry Anaerobic DigestionPrimary Author: Thierry Ribeiro, Associate ProfessorInstitut Polytechnique Lasalle BeauvaisBeauvais, , FrancePhone: -Email: thierry.ribeiro@lasalle-beauvais.frAnaerobic digestion process, specialy dry anaerobic digestion, required specific conditions like humidity. At the beginning, the solid substrateneeds to be inoculated with a microbial consortium and a recirculation of the liquid phase is mandatory during the different stages of digestionto avoid dessication and loss of efficiency (low level of methane production). The inoculation is done by spraying the solid substrate with a`juice` from a previous digestion cycle. Leachate or “Juice” is then recirculated periodically on the substrate for the duration of the anaerobicdigestion. Anaerobic digestion is divided in four major steps involving several microbial communities. In a discontinuous process (batch), apredominance of specific microbial species (or group of species) can be observed for each step, during the different phases of the process(hydrolysis, acidogenesis, acetogenesis and methanogenesis). The kinetics of successive stages being different, the optimal driving may need toencourage the development of specific bacterial families according to the phases of the cycle. Thus the digestion can be controlled and regulatedby adding significantly specific microbial populations. The anaerobic digestion of easily and rapidly degradable substrates can provoke anaccumulation of organic acids during the initial steps (hydrolysis and acidogenesis), that the populations of the following phases, acetogenesisand methanogenesis, do not have time to metabolise. The aim of this study is to propose solutions in order to prevent or to avoid risk ofacidegonesis during the anaerobic digestion of substrates, especially during dry anaerobic digestion (discontinuous process). The assays werecarried out on a mix of fast and easily degradable substrates, for which an acidogenesis is observed during a classical process of anaerobicdigestion with a recirculation of leachate in a closed system. This study shows that the acidogenesis can be avoided by two means: - Preventiveaspect: from the beginning of digestion, the percolate is crossed with another one provided by another batch in methanogenic phase (end ofcycle) - Curative aspect: when acidogenesis appears (drastic decrease of pH and biogas production), the leachate is changed by another oneprovided by another batch in methanogenic stage (end of cycle), wherein microbial populations are able to degrade rapidly and massively theacids produced in large excess in the first digester. Implementation of modular and dry anaerobic digestion installations where digesters operatesimultaneously with different phases of the cycle of digestion allows to secure operations and the process exploitation, by reducing the risk ofearly acidogenesis. This work contributes to secure the exploitation of anaerobic digestion process.7ADetermining the Compatibility of Biodegradable Plastics for AD and CompostingPrimary Author: Norma McDonald, North America Sales ManagerOrganic Waste Systems, Inc.Cincinnati, OH, USPhone: 513-535-6760 Email: norma.mcdonald@ows.beThe key to increasing organics recycling operations is diverting the maximum amount of organics, and then processing them in the mosteffective way possible. Residential and commercial food waste streams in particular will increasingly be co-mingled withbiodegradable/compostable plastic food service ware and food packing. There are an increasing array of biodegradable/compostable productscoming to the market, creating confusion for many. The presentation will provide information about these materials, as well as the internationalstandards and test methods for determining the compatibility of these materials for composting and AD. Accepting food waste co-mingled withbiodegradable/compostable plastics must be balanced with measures to ensure that contamination does not become a processing issue, nor anobstacle to obtaining a high value for final compost and fertilizer products.

7AFeedstock Diversification via BiomassPrimary Author: Derek Bezaire, Global Business StrategistLANXESS Inc.Sarnia, ON, CAPhone: 519-337-8251 5299 Email: derek.bezaire@lanxess.comLANXESS is a specialty chemicals company and one of the largest butyl rubber and polybutadiene rubber manufacturers in the world,consuming significant quantities of butadiene and isobutene raw materials. LANXESS’ C4 business line produces butadiene and isobutene at itsSarnia facilities and isobutene and MTBE at its Singapore site. Sustainability is a significant component of LANXESS’ CorporateResponsibility. LANXESS has made a commitment to improve our carbon footprint. Developing bio renewable alternatives to substitutepetroleum-based raw materials not only allows us to diversify raw material sourcing, it is also an important means to achieve our sustainabilitygoals. LANXESS is actively supporting the development of the local agricultural residue market and infrastructure to produce cellulosic sugar.Overcoming logistical challenges is fundamental to the successful commercialization of cellulosic sugar. LANXESS Inc. Canada has been veryinvolved in the development of a Bio-hybrid Chemistry cluster in the Sarnia-Lambton area, and has been an active participant in promotinginterest in the South Western Ontario region. If the endeavour to develop commercial cellulosic sugar facility is successful, the cellulosic sugarwill become a feedstock for intermediate bio chemical producers establishing commercial operations in this region, who could ultimately supplyoperations such as LANXESS. Together we can provide full value chain benefits from agriculture to chemical manufacturing and live the ‘thinkglobally, act locally’ mantra.7BOntario Grower Experiences with C4 Grasses Grown for BiomassPrimary Author: Heather Engbers, Biomass Project Field CoordinatorOntario Soil and Crop Improvement AssociationGuelph, ON, CAPhone: 519-2121765 Email: hengbers@ontariosoilcrop.orgDedicated perennial C4 grasses have the potential to produce large quantities of biomass with minimal inputs and low nutrient removal. Beyondthe research scale, very little is known about how biomass crops could fit into full field scale agriculture in Ontario. Studies by the Ontario Soiland Crop Improvement Association were conducted with 28 growers across the province, who established 400 ha of C4 biomass grasses. Thestudy focused on Miscanthus (Miscanthus x giganteus), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) and mixed native tallgrass prairie. Fields rangingfrom 0.25 ha to 80 ha were established by growers from 2005 to 2011 to assess their potential on different soil types and climates. Agronomicinformation including establishment, variety selection, yield, harvest moisture, weed control, fertility and issues relating to harvesting, storageand transport have been observed from 2010 and 2011 and will be shared. Currently growers are marketing their material for numerous differentend uses based on their local markets, including mulches for crops such as strawberries, compost material for mushroom production, and use forlivestock and pet bedding. However, as the industry evolves, markets are expanding to include biocomposites and bioplastics, pellets for bothresidential and commercial heating and cellulosic ethanol. Updates on markets accessed by these 28 growers will be presented.Growing Switchgrass on Marginal FarmlandPrimary Author: Urs Eggimann, OwnerEggimann FarmsHolland Centre, ON, CAPhone: 519-794-0313 Email: urs@eggimann.ca7BSwitchgrass is often stated as a crop that can grow on marginal farmland. The fact is that there is hardly any documented information aboutsuccessful cultivation of switchgrass on truly marginal land. I wanted to know and I made it my challenge to prove what is realistically possibleand what might be fiction. The presentation is a practical story of switchgrass production 101 using “retired” farmland with shallow topsoil,plenty of stones, incredible weed pressure, in a climate zone, which is typically below 2’500 CHU’s. My planting efforts are based on threedifferent switchgrass cultivars, Cave-in-Rock, Sunburst and Tecumseh II (a recent breeding effort of REAP-Canada) and a Big Bluestemvariety. The presentation starts with a brief description of my farms and provides an introduction of switchgrass and its characteristics. Plantingmethods, using different seeding approaches, based on direct experience are covered in detail. Major emphasis is put on a variety of weedcontrol options, including the use of herbicides and mechanical methods. During my battle with extremely weedy fields I made someunexpected discoveries, which I will share. Another core segment of the presentation is my experience and recommendations of switchgrassharvesting options that are practical for smaller operations. The final part covers current market opportunities, considering handling andtransportation issues. The presentation wraps up with some financial opportunities and considerations for hobby farmers and ends withacknowledgements and useful references for the audience.

7BComparison of Yield, Calorific Value and Ash Content in Woody and Herbaceous Biomass used for Bioenergy Productionin Southern Ontario, CanadaPrimary Author: Mahendra Thimmanagari, Crop Bioproducts SpecialistMinistry of Agriculture and Food Ministry of Rural AffairsGuellph, ON, CAPhone: 519-826-4593 Email: mahendra.thimmanagari@ontario.caThe study investigated the differences between five biomass species in terms of their use as a bioenergy fuel for combustion purposes. Thespecies in the study were: switchgrass, miscanthus (nagara), a native polyculture (big bluestem, little bluestem, indiangrass and switchgrass),willow (SX67), and poplar (2293-19). The uniqueness of this study is that it directly compared performances and fuel characteristics of listedspecies on the same land under similar climatic conditions. In this study, both herbaceous and woody species showed promise as potentialbioenergy feedstocks for the production of heat. While this study just examined these potential feedstocks during the establishment stage, it doeshighlight a few key differences between the species: 1) all species are able to produce similar yields on marginal land with no fertilizer orirrigation inputs; 2) poplar and willow had the highest energy per unit mass, ; and 3) the chemical makeup of woody and herbaceous biomass isvery different. Based on this study all species should be considered as potential bioenergy crops, although with yield being close to equal duringestablishment, focus should be applied to poplar, willow and Miscanthus, as percent ash was low, while GCVs were high compared toswitchgrass and the polyculture. The establishment phase research has been completed and in future years mature stand data will be collected toevaluate yield and fuel characteristics of mature stands. This has been an important step in determining what bioenergy species are worthpursuing and what characteristics make them better for various applications, and continued research will provide further steps toward theadoption of biomass as a productive and cost-effective energy source for the near future.7CToday’s Commercial Solutions to Key AD Development ChallengesPrimary Author: Trevor Nickel, General ManagerHimark Biogas Inc.Edmonton, AB, CAPhone: 780-603-8090 Email: tnickel@himarkbiogas.comOne of the key challenges facing AD development today is the capital cost per unit of output. To construct a facility that is robust enough thatoperability will be very high requires a very large capital investment per unit output. A solution to this is to access very significant returns toscale by developing a larger scale biogas plant. Larger scale biogas plants require very large amounts of feedstock; it becomes increasinglydifficult to manage the purity or contamination levels of waste material as the number of sources increases. Fortunately, there is a technologicalsolution available that allows processing of contaminated, comingled waste at the very large scale, in turn allowing for very high operabilitybiogas plants with minimized capital cost per unit output. Take, for example the case studies we will discuss: 1) Growing Power Hairy Hill(GPHH - an Integrated Bio Refinery with Canada’s largest AD facility as a key process within). GPHH processes organic fraction MSW, Beefcattle manure, slaughterhouse waste and other organics to produce up to 1,000GJ/day of biogas, used to produce electricity and process heat fora co-located ethanol plant. 2) Western Plains Energy (WPE - an Integrated Bio Refinery in Kansas with North America’s largest AD facility as akey process). WPE processes beef cattle manure, ethanol production residuals, and organic fraction MSW to produce over 2,500GJ/day ofbiogas, used to provide process steam for the co-located ethanol plant. The facilities have in common the ability to process very contaminated,very heterogenous feedstock. Making this work opens up feedstock opportunities from beef cattle manure, to sand-bedded dairy manure, organicfractions of various waste streams including MSW, and industrial food processing waste. Once the feedstock handling issues were overcome, itbecame much more feasible to develop large-scale, and thereby much more economic biogas facilities.7CAdvanced Integrated Resource Recovery through BiorefineriesPrimary Author: Christopher Bush, PresidentACES Agricultural Centre of Excellence in SustainabilityAbbotsford, BC, CAPhone: 604-999-2653 Email: chris@ACES-BC.caThe “Technology meets Permaculture” program is build around the launch project which used preprocessing techniques to optimize biogas yieldand discharge fertilizer values. The effluent is transferred directly as influent in a phyto-remediation system using duckweed (Lemna Minor) toclean the water. The duckweed is harvested and with little preprocessing moved into fermentors for the extraction of starch as ethanol. Thebiomass is then used as high protein, high nutrient bioavailability animal feed. All resources in the process move cradle to cradle in the cycle.Manure and energy are the only inputs, and the outputs are biogas, ethanol, animal feed and reusable water. All this can be done directly on thefarm, elimination logistics, reducing or elimination emissions, and allowing farms to drastically reduce the required acreage required for theirnutrient management plan. From this core project at least 10 detailed paths of research have been identified for advancement.

Integrated Biogas RefineryPrimary Author: Charles Clerecuzio, PresidentSolutions4CO2 Inc.Toronto, ON, CAPhone: 416-803-9435 Email: dil.vashi@s4co2.com7CS4CO2’s Integrated Biogas RefineryTM (IBR) addresses the economic and environmental hurdles facing the development of a robust ADindustry in North America by integrating AD platforms with higher value added co-product platforms to form an integrated “Waste to Co-Product” solution. The IBR can be integrated with any form of AD technology (plug flow, mixed, fixed film) and with numerous algaecultivation and production platforms for the extraction of high value added co-products. The microalgae cultivation and production systememploys large scale indoor photo bioreactors to grow specialized strains of microalgae for extraction of high value nutraceutical andpharmaceutical co-products. The enabling technology in the IBR platform is S4CO2’s modular and linearly scalable Biogas Purifier andInfusion SystemTM (BPIS) which efficiently and effectively links the AD frontend with the backend value added co-product platform.7DEnsiling Residential Source Separated Organics (SSO) for Winter Feed into DigestersPrimary Author: Eric Camirand, PresidentElectrigaz Technologies inc.Trois-Rivieres, QC, CAPhone: 819-840-3589 112 Email: eric@electrigaz.comIn the summer, in semi-urban municipalities residential SSO volumes are more significant due to grass clippings and garden waste. Designingbiogas plants for this summer peak result in oversized systems in the winter. In this study, we tested the possibility to ensile summer residentialSSO, mainly composed of garden waste, to even out the feedstock supply to the digesters. We present present results of this lab scale studywhere we used different ensiling technics to ensure conservation of the biomass without significant odor issues.7DManagement History and Results - Georgian Bluffs/Chatsworth Municipal Septage & Organic Waste BiodigesterPrimary Author: Ross Slaughter, Senior Water Resources EngineerGENIVAR Inc.Owen Sound, ON, CAPhone: 519-376-7612 13226 Email: ross.slaughter@genivar.comThe Townships of Georgian Bluffs and Chatsworth completed the construction of a $4M Biodigester and 100 kW generator to treat septage andother organic wastes at the Derby wastewater treatment plant in the Township of Georgian Bluffs, near Owen Sound, Ontario, in January 2011.By March 2011, the digester was up and running, and producing electrical power up to 100 kW. The biodigester is currently producingsufficient biogas to produce 80 to 100 kW of electrical power. There have been problems at times since start-up to effectively dewater septagewhile maintaining the correct `recipe` and suspended solids in the digester, since there are numerous diverse sources of organic waste beingaccepted at the plant. Additional digestate storage has been added since start-up to in part allow timely disposal on agricultural land. Digestate isa good agricultural fertilizer for N, P, K, micronutrients and organic matter valued at +/- $12/m3 with a total fertilizer value of $60,000 to$84,000 per year. Odours from digestate have been problematic and may be caused by the types of organic waste being received. We arecurrently working on procedures to reduce and/or eliminate odours. The digestate quality is low in bacteria and high in nutrients, particularlyTKN and ammonia. This facility provides a greatly improved method for treatment of septage for disposal on agricultural land including a largereduction in bacteria. A summary of the operating costs for the past 1� years, along with revenues from tipping fees and electrical sales willbe presented. For the future, it is proposed to improve the septage handling and dewatering, increase the electrical output to the Hydro One gridto 340 kW, improve the financial efficiency of the system and consider a Marnock thermal engine to produce an additional 70 kW of electricityfrom waste heat.Converting Manure into DigestatePrimary Author: Vicki Elliott, Microbiology ManagerPlanET Biogas SolutionsSt. Catharines, ON, CAPhone: 905-9351969 Email: v.elliott@planet-biogas.ca7DThis session will discuss the start-up of two Anaerobic Digesters within Ontario. During the heating process, weekly samples were taken toobserve the changes in the manure as it was heated and converted into digestate. Once full temperature was reached, bi-weekly tests were takento observe the system as it was first fed co-substrates and started to produce biogas. This session will include the actual lab results and on-farmanalysis.

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Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber1 Scott Abercrombie scott@gildalefarms.ca Gildale Farms Product Engineer St. Marys ON 519-284-09602 Bimal Acharya bacharya@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph Student Guelph ON3 Laurie Adrien4 Mark Ahrendt mahrendt@dcl-inc.com DCL International Inc. Business Development Concord ON 905-6606450Manager2315 Michael Albanese H2Flow Tanks & Systems Inc. 512-834-60476 Katherine Albion kalbion@researchpark.ca Western Sarnia-Lambton Research Bowman Centre Manager Sarnia ON 519-383-8303Park2407 Alex Anderson athlone@cyg.net Athlone Bio Power Inc Operator Tavistock ON 519-271-74588 Andrew Anstey University of Guelph Student Guelph ON9 Susan Antler santler@compost.org Composting Council of Canada Executive Director ON 416-535-024010 David Armitage david.armitage@ofa.on.ca Ontario Federation of Agriculture Director, Regulatory Guelph ON 519-821-8883Modernization11 Michael Arnkvarn Greatario Engineered Storage /ON 519-469-8169Ontario Harvestore Systems12 Imran Atcha iatcha@enduraenergy.ca Endura Energy Engineering Manager Toronto ON 416-789465513 Eunice Badu eunicebadu@hotmail.com University of Guelph Student Guelph ON 519-82441205348814 Joe Bahula15 Diane Balcerczyk diane.balcerczyk@netzsch.c Netzsch Canada IncAdvertising / Marketing Barrie ON 705-797-8426omManager16 Jason Balcerczyk diane.balcerczyk@netzsch.comNETZSCH Canada Inc.Product Mgr. Tornado/Oil& GasBarrie ON 705-797-842624817 Scott Banks scott.banks@ontario.ca OMAF Crop Specialist Kemptville ON 613-294443618 Andrew Barrie andrew.barrie@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Environmental Specialist Walkerton ON 519-881-1457Ministry of Rural Affairs19 Nick Betts nick.betts@ontariosoilcrop.o Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Outreach Coordinator Guelph ON 519-826-4219rgAssociation20 Derek Bezaire derek.bezaire@lanxess.com LANXESS Inc. Global Business Strategist Sarnia ON 519-337-8251529921 Björn Blankespoor I.lanz@bts-biogas.com BTS Biogas International Sales Brunico BC 047-437-0119Department22 Wayne Blenkhorn wayne@stonecrestengineerin Stonecrest Engineering President Shakespeare ON 519-625-8025g.com23 Frank Boere fbboere@gmail.com Boere Custom Irrigation Kerwood ON 519-247 301424 John Bootle johnbootle@gmail.com Renewable Energy Resources Engineering Bennington VT 802-3798553** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 1

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber25 Sonja Bosshard sonja@cameroninstruments. Cameron Instruments Inc Marketing Guelph ON 519-824-7111com26 Britt Bowra bbowra@cgwellington.com CG Wellington Marketing & Business Waterloo ON 519-746 6150Development27 Sam Bradshaw sam.bradshaw@ontariopork. Ontario Pork Environmental Specialist Bayfield ON 519-482-8778on.ca28 Earl Brubacher earlb@marbro.com Bio-en Power Inc. Manager of Operations Elmira ON 519-669-517129 Mary-Anne Buchanan30 Roy Buchanan31 Jan Buijk jbuijk@epsenergy.ca European Power Systems Ltd. President & CEO Mississauga ON 416-804-220332 Emily Burgess emily.burgess@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and FoodMinistry of Rural Affairs/Uni ofWaterlooJr. CommunicationsAssistant/Co-op StudentGuelph ON 519-826-744633 Ian Burgess burgess@seva.de SEVA Energie AG Sales Department Germany 49-4473-928149034 Dagmar Burhop dagmar.burhop@fcc-fac.ca Farm Credit Canada Senior Credit Manager Ottawa ON 613-271719735 Scott Burn Greatario Engineered Storage / President Innerkip ONOntario Harvestore Systems36 Christopher Bush chris@ACES-BC.ca Catalyst Agri-Innovations Society President Abbotsford BC 604-999-265337 Scott Butler scott@ogra.org Ontario Good RoadsPolicy and Research Oakville ON 289-291-6472Association/ROMA38 Eric Camirand eric@electrigaz.com Electrigaz Technologies Inc. President Trois-RivieresQC 819-840-358911239 Jim Campbell40 Stephany Capogna scapogna@ormi.ca Organic Resource Managment Customer Service Woodbridge ON 905-2647700Manager41 Patrick Carr pcarr@epsenergy.ca European Power Systems Ltd Account Manager - On- Mississauga ON 519-584-1704Site Power Applications42 Douglas Carruthers dcarruthers@ormi.com Organic Resource Management Inc Sr Vp CorporateDevelopmentWoodbridge ON 905-264-770011343 Jeffrey Carter jcarter@ciaccess.com Ontario Farmer Journalist Dresden ON 519-683-276444 Darren Cash dcash@harvestpower.com Harvest Power Plant General Manager London ON 519-685-659745 Domenic Cavallo domenic@sierrautilies.ca Sierra Utilities Inc President Mississauga ON 905-564-900946 Paul Cheliak khendsbee@cga.ca Canadian Gas Association Director, MarketOttawa ON 613-748-0057Development31647 Kayla Chornaby kayla@iebiolab.com Integrated Explorations Inc. Laboratory Technician Guelph ON 519-8222608** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 2

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber48 Steve Clarke steve.clarke@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Energy /Crop Engineer Kemptville ON 613-258 8305Ministry of Rural Affairs49 Louise Clement lclement@avensys.com Avensys Solutions MarketingMontreal QC 514-428-6766Communication Manager680350 Charles Clerecuzio dil.vashi@s4co2.com Solutions4CO2 Inc. President Toronto ON 416-803-943551 Ron Cocking rcocking@toromont.com Toromont Cat Power Systems Account Manager Brampton ON 905-488-250052 Anna Crolla acrolla@alfredc.uoguelph.ca University of Guelph - Campusd`AlfredProfessor Alfred ON 613-679-221861053 Conor Cronin ccronin@dohertyengineering.caDoherty Engineering Project Engineer Mississauga ON 855-334-36441654 Becky Cruz bcruz@greatario.com Greatario Engineered Storage Marketing / Sales Innerkip ON 519-469-8169Systems LtdCoordinator55 Kent Cunnington kent.cunnington@fcc-fac.ca Farm Credit Canada Senior Relationship London ON 519-681-6712Manager56 Jeff Curran jeff@penguinpower.ca Penguin Power General Manager Milverton ON 888-900-453557 Alan Darlington alan@nedlaw.ca Nedlaw Living Walls President, Founder Breslau ON 519-648-977958 Wayne Davis wdavis@harvestpower.com Harvest Power, Inc. Vice President,Waltham MA 781-314-9504Government andCommunity Affairs59 Norma Debono ndebono@lfpress.com London Free Press London ON 416-535-870160 Jake DeBruyn jake.debruyn@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Engineer, NewGuelph ON 519-826-4584Ministry of Rural AffairsTechnology Integration61 William DeJong bdejong@sympatico.ca N.B.F. Farms Inc Director Spencerville ON 613-658-585262 Mike Deleary mike.deleary@cottfn.com Chippewa of the ThamesDevelopment CorporationBusiness DevelopmentOfficerMuncey ON 519-289-266221663 Bill Dewaele bdewaele@vandenbussche.c Vanden Bussche Irrigation Delhi ON 519-582-2380om64 Jim DeWitt j.dewitt@bauer-at.com Bauer North America Michigan IN 630-750-3482City65 Dennis Dick dennis@seacliffenergy.com Pelee Hydroponics Owner Leamington ON 519-326-229466 Philip Dick phil.dick@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and FoodMinistry of Rural Affairs67 Frank Dietrich68 Michael DiPaul m.dipaul@afmcanada.ca Advanced Foods and MaterialsCanada Inc.69 Aline Doherty adoherty@dohertyengineerin Doherty Engineeringg.caBusiness ResourceSpecialistBusiness DevelopmentOfficerEnergy & SustainabilitySpecialistGuelph ON 519-826 4385ON 519-824-4120Mississauga ON 855-334-36447** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 3

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber70 Cian Doorley derek.riley@yieldenergy.co Yield Energy Inc. Business Development Toronto ON 416-365-9990m27671 Sid Doornbos sid@prolineinc.ca Pro-Line Manufacturing Inc. General Manager Blackfalds AB 403-885-252772 Andrew Drury adrury@alltreat.com All Treat Farms Limited Marketing Manager Arthur ON 519-848-314573 Chris Duke chris.duke@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Program Analyst Guelph ON 519-826-3557Ministry of Rural Affairs74 Charlie Dunsmore charlie@qualityfertilizers.co Quality Fertilizers Incorporated Plant Manager Shakespeare ON 519-625-1166m75 Raphaël Duquette raphael@electrigaz.com Electrigaz Technologies Inc. Engineer Trois-RivieresQC 819-840-358911476 Animesh Dutta adutta@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph Assistant Professor Guelph ON 519-824-41205244177 Hank Duwe hankduwe@aol.com Terra Viva President Springville NY 716-864-726978 Urs Eggimann urs@eggimann.ca Eggimann Farms Owner Holland ON 519-794-0313Centre79 Vicki Elliott v.elliott@planet-biogas.ca PlanET Biogas Solutions Microbiology Manager St.ON 905-935-1969Catharines80 Heather Engbers hengbers@ontariosoilcrop.orgOntario Soil and Crop ImprovementAssociationBiomass ResearchAssistantGuelph ON 519-824-41205662481 Marvin Evans mevans@tssa.org Technical Standards & Safety Engineer - Fuels Safety Toronto ON 416-734-3519Authority82 Michael Fagan mfagan@bloomcentre.com The Bloom Centre for Sustainability(BLOOM)Senior Vice President Mississauga ON 905-822-413324683 Cameron Farrow cfarrow@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph Student Guelph ON 519-837761284 Tom Ferencevic derek.riley@yieldenergy.com85 Dave FergusonYield Energy Inc. Technical Director Toronto ON 416-365-999086 Saulius Fidleris silta@sttranslation.com STT Residential Green Heat Executive Director deep river ON 613-584-983587 James Fisher jfisher@fidale.com Ontario Biomass ProducersPresident Milton ON 905-878-4955Cooperative Inc88 Tod Forquer travish@vogelsangus.com Vogelsang Regional Sales Manager Ravenna OH 330-296-382089 Jean-Claude Frigon Jean-Claude.Frigon@cnrcnrc.gc.caNational Research Council Canada Project Leader Montreal QC 514-496-636990 Carl Frook carlfrook@xplornet.com Marl Creek Renewables Inc. Owner Elmwood ON 519-881 675291 Darren Fry slocke@walkerind.com Walker Environmental Group Business Manager Thorold ON 905-680-372392 Joel Gardiner gardiner.joel@gmail.com Ben Gardiner Farms Inc. Project Manager Kirkton ON 519-878-8643** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 4

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber93 Helma Geerts helma.geerts@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Policy Advisor,Guelph ON 519-826-6377Ministry of Rural AffairsEnvironmental and LandUse Policy94 John Geurtjens john.geurtjens@fac.ca Farm Credit Canada Senior Director Guelph ON 519-826203995 Scott Gill sgill@cst-storage.com CST Industries National Accounts Sales Lenexa KS 913-609-1317Manager96 Steve Glickman sglickman@ledc.com London Economic Development Director, Business London ON 519-661-4524CorporationGrowth and Retention97 Oscar Gonzalez University of Guelph Student Guelph ONValerio98 Peter Gorrie peter@petergorrie.ca BioCycle ON 416-535-870199 Justin Gouthreau jgouthreau@layfieldgroup.co Layfield GeosyntheticsBusiness Development Vaughan ON 647-999-7277mManager100 Thomas Gratz thomas.gratz@eisenmann.co EISENMANN Corporation Regional Sales Manager Crystal IL 815-477-8884mLake101 Gregory Gray gregory.gray@mtenergie.comMT-Energie Canada Inc.Business Development Moffat ON 289-2750436Manager102 Nick Grayson Cameron Instruments Inc. Guelph ON 888-863-8010103 Gord Green greenholm@execulink.com Greenholm Farms Ltd. ON 519-475-4690104 Jennifer Green jgreen@biogasassociation.ca Biogas Association President Ottawa ON 613-822-1004105 Richard Gruener Richard.Gruener@fcc-fac.ca FCC Agribusiness and AgriFood Marketing Program Guelph ON 519-826-2007Manager106 Derek Guberney dmattson@anchorconcrete.c Anchor Concrete Products Ltd. Business Development Kingston ON 613-5466683omManager107 Elin Gwyn elin.gwyn@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Research Analyst - Guelph ON 519-826-6120Ministry of Rural AffairsResearch and KnowledgeManagement108 John Haanstra jhaanstra@maple.ca Maple Reinders Vice President Mississauga ON 905-821-4844109 Hisham Hafez hisham.hafez@greenfieldeth GreenField Ethanol Inc.Civil Engineer-Chatham ON 519-7846230anol.comWastewater Specialist110 Jim Halpin travish@vogelsangusa.com Vogelsang Northeast Regional Sales Ravenna OH 330-296-3820Manager111 Ricardo Hamdan ricardo.hamdan@greenlaneb Greenlane Biogas Sales Manager Burnaby BC 604-5683059iogas.com112 Aron Hamm ahamm@harvestpower.com Harvest Power Inc. Facility Operator London ON 519-685-6597113 Colin Harding charding@sterlingep.com Sterling Energy & PowerCorporationVP Engineering Elora ON 519-803 1686** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 5

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber114 Don Harfield don.harfield@albertainnovat Alberta Innovates - Technology Team Leader,Vegreville AB 780-632-8271es.caFuturesThermochemicalProcessing115 Dave Harrison greenhouse@annexweb.com Greenhouse Canada Editor Simcoe ON 519-429-5185116 John Hawkes john.hawkes@anguspower.c Angus Power President and CEO Toronto ON 416-443-8363om117 Kyle Hawley dmattson@anchorconcrete.c Anchor Concrete Products Ltd. Sales Rep Kingston ON 613-5466683om118 Rajib Hazarika rajib.hazarika@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Research Analyst, Guelph ON 519-826-4090Ministry of Rural AffairsResearch ProgramCoordinator119 Brian Healy brian.healy@gwande.com Global Water & Energy (GW&E) Manager, Business Denver CO 303-843-9998Development120 Tom Heintzman linda.pauderis@bullfrogpow Bullfrog Power Co-Founder and President Toronto ON 416-360.3464er.com121 Nick Hendry nick@faromor.com Stonecrest Engineering Project Engineer Shakespeare ON 519-625-8025122 Jaret Henhoeffer jaret@penguinpower.ca Penguin Power CEO Milverton ON 888-900-4535123 Gerald Herrmann g.herrmann@organicservices.comOrganic Services Director Munchen Germany 898-2075906124 Donald Hilborn don.hilborn@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Engineer, Byproducts Woodstock ON 519-537-7928Ministry of Rural Affairs125 Dave Hitchon dave.hitchon@milk.org Dairy Farmers of Ontario Manager, Transportation Mississauga ON 905-821-8883126 David Hofbauer david.hofbauer@rwdi.com RWDI Project Manager Guelph ON 519-823-1311127 Frank Hoftyzer Frankford ON 613-398-6834128 Brett Hogarth brett.hogarth@ecostrat.com Ecostrat Inc Head of Business Toronto ON 416-968-8884Development129 Ingmar Holst ingmar.holst@mtenergie.comMT-Energie Canada Inc. Project Manager Moffat ON 289-2370356130 Darrin Hopper darrin@h2flow.com H2Flow Tanks & Systems Inc. National Sales Manager Concord ON 905-660-0649131 Christoph Horn christoph.horn@cummins.co Cummins Canada LimitedTerritory Manager, Mississauga ON 905-795-1798mOntario132 Tessa Horvath University of Guelph Student Guelph ON133 Doug Howarth134 Pat Howell phowell@cstindustries.com CST Industries, Inc. Global BusinessDevelopment Director-BioEnergyLenexa KS 913-621-3700** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 6

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber135 Ahmad Husseini ahmad.husseini@csagroup.or CSA Group Snr. P. Manager Mississauga ON 416-7472697g136 Travis Hutchinson travish@vogelsangusa.com Vogelsang USA Marketing Assistant Ravenna OH 330-296-3820137 Virgina Hyland virgina.hyland@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and FoodMinistry of Rural Affairs/Uni ofWaterlooJr. CommunicationsAssistant/Co-op StudentGuelph ON 519-826-5146138 Yoshi Ichida yoshi@japantradeinvest.com JETRO Toronto Investment Advisor Toronto ON 416-520-4712139 Zahir Islam zahir.islam@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Project Analyst Guelph ON 519-826-9311Ministry of Rural Affairs140 Eric Jacobsen eric.jacobsen@ecostrat.com Ecostrat Inc Project Manager,ConsultingToronto ON 416-968-8884223141 Erin Jaggard erin.jaggard@mkince.ca M.K. Ince and Associates Ltd. Environmental Project Dundas ON 905-6280077Coordinator142 Megan James mja@boerger.com Boerger, LLC Marketing Chanhassen MN 612-435-7300143 Scott Jamieson sjamieson@annexweb.com Annex Business Media Group Publisher Simcoe ON 519-429-5180144 Thomas Jeanne Institute for Research &Quebec QC 418-643-2380Development for the Agri-Environment145 John Kabel jjkabel@rogers.com Industrial Biotech Services Process Specialist London ON 519-4539376146 Paul Kamp pnkamp@comcast.net Liefmark/Inbicon Chicago IL 773-583-5923147 Sharon Kauk skauk@annexweb.com Manure Manager Advertising Manager Simcoe ON 519-429-5189148 Brian Kelly brian@contactcanada.com Contact Canada Inc. Business Development Victoria BC 604-552-1315149 John Kelly johnkelly@ofvga.org Ontario Fruit & Vegetable GrowersAssociation Per OAFTVice President, ErieInnovations andCommercializationSimcoe ON 519-546-5722150 Robert Kerr rob.kerr@guelph.ca City of Guelph Corporate Manager,Community EnergyGuelph ON 519-822-12602079151 Hamid Khaleghihamedani hhamedani@chbe.ubc.ca University of British Columbia Graduate Student and Vancouver BC 778-707-0979Research Assistant152 Henry Koskamp hikoskamp@gmail.com Koskamp Family Farms Ltd. President Stratford ON 519-3015140153 Jim Kozlowski jkozlowski@omtec.ca Omtec Inc. Director, R&D Ridgetown ON 519-4881421154 Walter Kraus walter.kraus@westonfoods.ca155 Ashwani Kumar ashwani.kumar@anaergia.comWeston Foods (Canada) Inc.AnaergiaSenior Director,Environment & Energy,CSRDirector, Process andApplication EngineeringToronto ON 416-252-73232226Burlington ON 905-766-3333229** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 7

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber156 Tom Kurtz dmattson@anchorconcrete.c Dutchland Inc. Sales Rep Gap PA 717-442-8282om157 Charles Lalonde charles.lalonde73@gmail.co CJ Agren Consulting Inc. President Guelph ON 519-993-0877m158 Josh Lamont josh.lamont@adfi.ca Atlantic Dairy and Forage Institute Project Manager Fredericton NB 506-474-1239159 Margaret Land mland@annexweb.com Manure Manager Editor Simcoe ON 888-599-2228160 Jim Lane jlane@biofuelsdigest.com Biofuels Digest and BioBased Digest Editor and Publisher Miami FL 786-393-8530161 Graham Legge graham.legge@fcc-fac.ca Farm Credit Canada Senior RelationshipManager162 Michael LeighLondon ON 519-681-4405163 Maxime Lemonde Maxime@electrigaz.com Electrigaz Technologies Inc. Engineer Trois- QC 819-8403589Rivieres164 Yin Li University of Guelph Student Guelph ON165 Jennifer Loeffler gpepin@avensys.com Avensys Solutions Sales Representative Toronto ON 416-499-4421112166 Murray Logan murray@canadasoutdoorsho Canada`s Outdoor ShowsBusiness Development Guelph ON 226-979-5839ws.comand Outreach Manager167 Jake Lozon jake.lozon@ontario.ca Rural Lambton Stewardship Network Assistant Stewardship Chatham ON 519-354-8769Coordinator168 Joe Lyng jlyng@walkerind.com Walker Environmental Group General Manager Thorold ON 905-680-1900169 Amy Macaulay amy.macaulay@eisenmann.c Eisenmann Corporation Marketing Manager Crystal IL 815-455-4100omLake170 Jim MacDougall jim.macdougall.inc@gmail.c Compass Renewable Energy President Toronto ON 416-294-0803omConsulting171 Allan Machado allan.allanmachado@gmail.comUniversity of Guelph Student Guelph ON 519-824412053488172 Melissa MacKay mackaym@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph Knowledge MobilizationProgram Manager, OfficeGuelph ON 519-824-412054280of Research173 Andrew Macklin amacklin@annexweb.com Canadian Biomass Associate Editor Simcoe ON174 George MacNaughton gmacnaug@milk.org Dairy Farmers of Ontario Director, Production and Mississauga ON 905-817-2165Regulatory Compliance175 John Malecki john@malecki.on.ca Friendly Fuel Solutions c/o J Malecki President Drumbo ON 519-463-5727Holdings Ltd176 George Mallay mallay@sarnialambton.on.ca Sarnia-Lambton EconomicGeneral Manager Sarnia ON 519-332-1820Partnership177 Matthew Marion Matthew@h2flow.com H2Flow Tanks & Systems Inc. Industrial Sales Concord ON 905-660-0649** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 8

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNumberEngineer Quebec QC 418-643-2380660# GivenName178 Daniel Martin daniel-y.martin@irda.qc.ca Institute for Research &Development for the Agri-Environment179 Ralph Martin rcmartin@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph Professor Guelph ON 519-824-412052460180 Mark Mason mmason@tssa.org TSSA Senior Inspector Fuels Cambridge ON 519-831-1690181 Kevin Matthews kmatthews@ccibioenergy.co CCI BioEnergy Inc President Newmarket ON 416-230-9391m182 Debbie Mattson dmattson@anchorconcrete.comAnchor Concrete Products Ltd Kingston ON 613-546-6683283183 Roger Mayo diane.balcerczyk@netzsch.comNETZSCH Canada Inc. District Sales Manager Barrie ON 705-797-8426245184 Don McCabe wendy.beaton@ofa.on.ca Ontario Federation of Agriculture Vice President Guelph ON 519-821-8883185 Sean McCutcheon186 Ian McDonald ian.mcdonald@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and FoodMinistry of Rural AffairsApplied ResearchCoordinator - Field CropsUnitGuelph ON 519-824-412056707187 Norma McDonald norma.mcdonald@ows.be Organic Waste Systems, Inc. North America Sales Cincinnati OH 513-535-6760Manager188 Ian McLachlin mclachlin@alcanada.com A & L Canada Laboratories Inc. Vice President London ON 519-457-2575189 Murray McLaughlin murraymclaughlin@gmail.comBioindustrial Innovation Centre Ex. Director Sarnia ON 519-383-8303137190 James McLeish james.mcleish@cummins.co Cummins Canada London ONm191 Phyllis McLeod ecoflex@isonor.ca Isonor Inc. Contact Spencerville ON 613-658-2212192 Paul McMenemy pmcmenemy@harvestpower. Harvest Power, Inc. Regional Vice President London ON 519-685-6597com193 John McMullen john.mcmullen@teksavvy.co John McMullen & Associates Principal Oakville ON 905-465-3147m194 Sarah Megens sarah.megens@sharedvalues Shared Value Solutions Project Coordinator Guelph ON 519-8037428olutions.com195 Al Melkic al@iebiolab.com Integrated Explorations Inc. President & CEO Guelph ON 519-8222608196 Cher Mereweather cmereweather@aofp.ca Ontario Food IndustryEnvironmental Coalition197 Sean Mezei sean.mezei@greenlanebiogas.comManaging Director,Ontario Food IndustryEnvironmental CoalitionCambridge ON 519-650-3741Greenlane Biogas President Burnaby BC 604-8058532** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 9

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber198 Pierre Michaud gpepin@avensys.com Avensys Solutions Vice-Président Ventes & Montreal QC 514-428-6766Marketing6810199 Andrew Mickle amickle@alcanada.com A&L Canada Laboratories Inc. Technical Services London ON 519-457-2575Representative200 Steve Miller steve@stonecrestengineering Stonecrest Engineering President Shakespeare ON 519-625-8025.com201 Manju Misra mmisra@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph Associate Professor Guelph ON 519-824-4120202 Brandon Moffatt bmoffatt@stormfisher.com StormFisher VP Kitchener ON 519-573-8719203 Amar Mohanty mohanty@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph Professor Guelph ON 519-824-412056664204 Maxime Moisan mmoisan@uoguelph.ca Tiru Canada Combustion Supervisor Québec QC 418-648-8818241205 Jocelyn Molyneux jocelyn@zooshare.ca ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Business Development Toronto ON 647-9905884Officer206 Ian Moncrieff imoncrieff@canadianbiofuel. Canadian Biofuel Inc. President and CEO Springford ON 519-544-0102ca207 Kevin Montgomery kevin.montgomery@ontario. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Business Development Blenheim ON 519-676-3325caMinistry of Rural AffairsConsultant208 Larry Montgomery lmo@boerger.com Boerger, LLC Regional Sales Manager Chanhassen MN 612-435-7322209 Mike Muffels michael.muffels@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Environmental Specialist Guelph ON 519-826-3585Ministry of Rural Affairs210 Wes Muir mmuir4@cogeco.ca Waste Management of Canada Director, Public Affairs Burlington ON 905-633-3940And Communications211 Rajendran Muthuraj University of Guelph Student Guelph ON212 Francesca Nardin francesca.nardin@natec.unibz.itFree University of Bolzano/BozePh.D. Student, MountainEnvironment andAgricultureBolzano Italy 047-101-7636213 Ashton Nembhard kscott@igpc.ca IGPC Ethanol Inc. Director of Business Aylmer ON 519-765-2575Development & Analysis261214 Trevor Nickel tnickel@himarkbiogas.com Himark Biogas Inc. General Manager Edmonton AB 780-603-8090215 Don Nott dnott@tcc.on.ca Nott Farms Ltd. President Clinton ON 519-482-7439216 Matt Novada MJNovada@vcsmc.com St Mary’s Cement/Pond Biofuels St Mary’s ON 519-284-1020235217 Mavis Numafo numafo11@yahoo.com University of Guelph Student Guelph ON 519-824412053488218 Aung Oo aoo@researchpark.ca Western Sarnia-Lambton ResearchParkCommercializationConsultantSarnia ON 519-383-8303242** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 10

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber219 Ian Page Ian.Page@GWandE.com Global Water & Energy (GW&E) Director, Engineering and Austin TX 512-697-1901Sales220 Matthew Parsons mparsons@layfieldgroup.co Layfield Group Account Executive Vaughan ON 416-999-7346m221 Ralph Pearce rpearce@annexweb.com Top Crop Manager Editor Simcoe ON 519-280-0086222 Brad Pearson brad.pearson@carmeusena.c Carmeuse Natural Chemicals Sales Representative Ingersoll ON 519-533-3009om223 Dennis Peters athlone@cyg.net Athlone Farms ON 519-271-7458224 Linda Pim linda.pim@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Policy Adviser Guelph ON 519-826-3380Ministry of Rural Affairs225 Mohammad Rahbari mrahbari@cennatek.ca CENNATEK President/CEO Sarnia ON 519-479-0489226 Soren Rasmussen sbr@landiainc.com Landia Sales Manager Toronto ON 647-991-4292227 Thierry Ribeiro thierry.ribeiro@lasallebeauvais.frInstitut Polytechnique Lasalle Associate Professor Beauvais FranceBeauvais228 Clare Riepma riepma@riepma.ca Riepma Consultants Inc. President Georgetown ON 905-877-6751229 Derek Riley derek.riley@yieldenergy.comYield Energy Inc. CEO Toronto ON 416-365-9990255230 William Robertson robrobertson@sympatico.ca Agritrans Inc. Consultant Niagara-onthe-LakeON 905-468-8699231 Jeff Rodger jrodger@greatario.com Greatario Engineered Storage Director of Sales Innerkip ON 519-469-8169Systems232 Nick Ruzich nruzich@cennatek.ca CENNATEK Bioanalytical Services Director, Research and Sarnia ON 519-479-0489Inc.Development233 Ron Sackrider234 Khurshid Saharan khurshid.saharan@agr.gc.ca Agri-Food Canada, Government of Markets and Trade Guelph ON 226-217-8053CanadaOfficer235 Roberto Salmaso i.lanz@bts-biogas.com BTS Biogas Sales Department Brunico ON 047-437-0119236 Carrie Sampson csampson@pami.ca Prairie Agricultural MachineryInstitute (PAMI)Project Leader Humboldt SK 306-682-5033168237 Terrence Sauve terrence.sauve@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Agr Eng Alfred ON 613-679-4703Ministry of Rural Affairs238 Michael Schuppenhauer schuppenhauer@farmatic.co Farmatic Inc. President & CEO San CA 650-440-8484mFrancisco239 Ed Seaward eseaward@uniongas.com Union Gas Limited Manager, Market Hamilton ON 905-876-1607Opportunity Development240 Mangla Shandal mangla.shandal@agr.gc.ca Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Policy Analyst Ottawa ON 613-773-2245** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 11

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber241 Bernard Sheff b-sheff@uts-residuals.com UTS Residual Processing President Eaton MI 517-663-0663Rapids242 Kevin Shiell Kevin.Shiell@gnb.ca CCNB Biorefinery Technology Industry LiaisonGrand Falls NB 506-4754029Scaleup CentreOfficer/Senior Researcher243 Sara Silverstone ssilverstone@biodrill.com BioDrill Technical Solutions Vice President of Rochester NY 585-703-5400Research andDevelopment244 Dave Simpson Union Gas General Manager,ONMarketing and Sales245 Roger Sinclair info@syntecpe.com Syntec Process Equipment President Bolton ON 905-951-8000246 Eric Skehor eric.skehor@safetyauthority. BC Safety Authority Safety Manager, Gas Courtenay BC 250-3347173ca247 Ross Slaughter ross.slaughter@genivar.com GENIVAR Inc. Senior Water ResourcesEngineerOwenSoundON 519-376-761213226248 Eugene Smith gene@gosuma.com SUMA America Inc Sales Application Wood Dale IL 847-427-7880Engineer249 Matt Smyth University of Guelph Student Guelph ON250 Jordan Solomon jordan.solomon@ecostrat.co Ecostrat IncManaging Director & Toronto ON 416-968-8884mCEO222251 Adam Somerville A & L Canada Laboratories Inc. ON252 Kurt Sorschak kSorschak@xebecinc.com Xebec Adsorption Inc President Blainville QC 450-979-8701253 Len Stam Stam Farms Inc Kincardine ON 519-395-5285254 Jay Stanford jstanfor@london.ca City of London Director, Environment,Fleet & Solid WasteLondon ON 519-661-25005411255 Benjamin Strehler bstrehler@chfour.ca CH-Four Biogas Inc CEO Ottawa ON 613-224 8308104256 Marc-André St-Yves mastyves@cnete.qc.ca CNETE- centre National enÉlectrochimie et Technologies EnviProject Manager Shawinigan QC 819-539-8508109257 Gord Surgeoner gord@oaft.org Ontario Agri-Food Technologies President Guelph ON 519-826-4195258 Bruce Taylor btaylor@envirostewards.comEnviro-Stewards Inc. President Elmira ON 519-578-5100259 Geoff Taylor geoff@ontario-sea.org Ontario Sustainable EnergyBusiness Development Toronto ON 416-977-4441Associationand Outreach Manager260 Steve Terpstra steve@birchlawn.ca Birchlawn Farms ON 519-881 6752261 Wendy Teufel wendy.teufel@peelregion.ca Region of Peel Project Manager Mississauga ON 905-274-96162134262 Amber Thelen amber@iebiolab.com Integrated Explorations Inc. Laboratory Manager Guelph ON 519-8222608** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 12

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber263 Naresh Thevathasan nthevath@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph Adjunct Professor Guelph ON 519-824412056595264 Mahendra Thimmanagari mahendra.thimmanagari@on Ministry of Agriculture and Food Crop Bioproducts Guelph ON 519-826-4593tario.caMinistry of Rural AffairsSpecialist265 Scott Thompson Dairy Farmers of Ontario Marketing Officer Guelph ON266 Bill Thomson norcan@bell.net Norcan Communications Business Development London ON 519-8713708267 Stephanie Thorson sthorson@biogasassociation. Biogas Association Associate Toronto ON 416-489-9388ca268 Dean Tiessen d.tiessen@newenergyfarms.c New Energy Farms President Leamington ON 519-326-7293om269 Jim Todd jim.todd@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Transition Crop Specialist Simcoe ON 519-426-3823Ministry of Rural Affairs270 Michael Toombs michael.toombs@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Director, Research and Guelph ON 519-826-4172Ministry of Rural AffairsInnovation Branch271 James Tost jtost@roinews.ca BIOTALK.ca Editor Sarnia ON 519-332-2255272 Patti Turnbull New Day Energy273 Randy Uens randy.uens@s4co2.com Solutions4CO2 Inc. VP Global Sales andMarketing274 Troy Unruh Veolia Water CanadaToronto ON 416-803-9435275 Peter Valkenburg peter.valkenburg@fortisbc.c FortisBC Energy Inc.Manager - New Product Surrey BC 604-592-7541omDevelopment, NGT276 Dan van Bakel dan.vanbakel@alsglobal.com ALS Global Technical SalesRepresentative -London ON 519-652-6044223Environmental277 Brian Van Camp bmvancamp@ruralwave.ca Vanlea Holsteins Ltd . Blackstock ON 905-213-3143278 Jurgen van Dijken jurgen.vandijken.na@arntjen Arntjen Solar NA Operations Mgr. Woodstock ON 519-9132346solar.com279 John van Logtenstein kim@dairylane.ca DLS EnviroSolutions Inc. Owner Komoka ON 519-666-1404280 Mike van Logtenstein kim@dairylane.ca DLS EnviroSolutions Inc. Owner Komoka ON 519-666-1404281 Joe VanSchaick jvanschaick@toromont.com Toromont Cat Power Systems Epg Market Manager Brampton ON 905-488-2500282 Dil Vashi dil.vashi@s4co2.com Solutions4CO2 Inc. Manager, CorporateDevelopmentToronto ON 416-803-9435104283 Claudia Wagner-Riddle cwagnerr@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph Professor Guelph ON 519-824-412052787284 Ken Wales carlfrock@explorenet.com ON 519-8816752285 Sven Walker swalker@dalelessmann.com Dale & Lessmann LLP Lawyer, Partner Toronto ON 416-369-7848** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 13

Green Rural Opportunities Summit / Canadian Biogas Conference Attendee ListCreated 2013-02-26 11:30# Given Last Name Email Company Name Job Title City Province PhoneNameNumber286 Tracey Werry tracey.werry@durham.ca Region of Durham Agriculture Development Whitby ON 905-6684113Coordinator2615287 Bernhard Wessendorf bwe@boerger-pumps.com Boerger, LLC Minneapolis MN 612-435-7300288 Paul Wettlaufer wrendale@wightman.ca Ontario Federation of Agriculture Guelph ON 519-821-8883289 Andrew White andrew.white@chartechnolo CHAR Technologies President & CEO Toronto ON 226-929-5347gies.com290 Jason Whiteside jason.whiteside@digestic.ca Digestic Co-Founder/COO Thunder ON 807-474-9686Bay291 Steve Widdicombe Boerger, LLC Chanhassen MN 612-435-7341292 John Wilkinson jwilkinson@cngcanada.ca CNG Canada Inc. President London ON 519-3018451293 John Wilkinson john.wilkinson@rogers.com Wilkinson Insight Inc President and CEO ON294 Stacey Wilks stacey.wilks@fcc-fac.ca Farm Credit Canada Appraiser Guelph ON 519-8263018295 Peter Willings peter.willings@hhangus.com Angus Power Chief Engineer Toronto ON 416-443-8200296 Barry Wortzman b.wortzman@greenfieldethanol.comGreenField Ethanol Inc.Vice President BusinessDevelopmentToronto ON 416-304-17008420297 Amy Wotherspoon awothers@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph Masters Student Guelph ON 519-824412053488298 Bob Wright Wright.Bob@synthes.com Syntec Process Equipment Sales Bolton ON 905-951-8000299 Larry Yamamoto larry.yamamoto@fcc.ca Farm Credit Canada Senior Relationship Mississauga ON 905-542-2697Manager300 Zhongshun Yuan University of Guelph Student Guelph ON301 Oswald Zachariah oswald.zachariah@ontario.ca Ministry of Agriculture and Food Manager, Innovation and Guelph ON 519-826-4173Ministry of Rural AffairsKnowledge Management302 Nima Zarrinbakhsh nzarrinb@uoguelph.ca University of Guelph PhD Candidate Guelph ON 519-824-412058347303 Matthew Zaverl University of Guelph Student Guelph ON** Please note anyone who did not authorize the use of their contact information will be listed with blank information in this sectionPage 14

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