Online Event
Advanced Biofuel - Direct Thermochemical Liquefaction (DTL) Conference, Workshop and Networking Day
Meet leading technology developers, researchers, investors, funders, fuel suppliers and shipowners in Aalborg. Explore how DTL and advanced biofuels can move from research and pilot scale to commercial deployment and maritime offtake.
Webinar
Monday, 9 November 2026
09:00 - 17:00
DKK 0.00
English
From technology development to commercial deployment
Direct Thermochemical Liquefaction (DTL) technologies can convert biomass, organic residues and waste streams into energy-dense biocrudes that can be upgraded into low-carbon fuels. The technologies have developed significantly in recent years. The key question is increasingly no longer only whether the technologies work, but how we move from research and pilot scale through demonstration and FOAK projects to commercial production and market uptake.
Join us in Aalborg for a full-day conference, workshop and networking event bringing together the Nordic and international DTL ecosystem: technology developers, researchers, industrial partners, investors, public funding organisations, fuel suppliers, shipowners and potential customers.
The conference builds on the successful DTL networking event held approximately 2½ years ago. This time, the focus moves further towards scale-up, upgrading, financing, certification, offtake and commercialisation.
The programme will address questions such as:
· What is new in DTL technology development?
· What is still missing between pilot, demonstration and commercial-scale plants?
· How should advanced biocrudes be upgraded – through decentralised upgrading or existing refinery infrastructure?
· What do shipowners, fuel suppliers and other customers require before committing to offtake?
· How can the environmental and commercial value of advanced biofuels be documented and realised?
· How do we finance the journey from research and pilot plants through demonstration and FOAK to commercial scale?
· What are the remaining barriers to creating a commercially viable DTL industry?
Come and meet – and hear from – among others:
· Preben Birr-Pedersen – Project Lead, HTL Accelerator / Chair, IDA Energy / Danish Delegate, IEA Bioenergy ExCo
· Dr.-Ing. Axel Funke – Karlsruhe Institute of Technology / Task Leader, IEA Bioenergy Task 34
· Daniele Castello – Aalborg University / Danish National Task Lead, IEA Bioenergy Task 34
· Magnus Zingler Stummann – Topsoe
· Claus Meineche – EUDP
· Doug Greening – Steeper Energy
· Patrick Biller – Aarhus University
· Per Siggard – Danish Technological Institute
· Ib Johansen – Circlia Nordic
· Joachim Bachmann Nielsen – CEO, Kvasir Technologies
· Ulrik Falkenberg Lending – CCO, Kvasir Technologies
· Erasmus Damgaard Rothuizen – BioCirc
· Patrik Marckert – Head of Project & Structured Finance, Nordic Investment Bank
· Kristian Pedersen – Bunker One
· Jessica Hofmann – GreenFuelHub
· Ilyas Muhammad – Head of Alternative Fuels Sourcing, Hapag-Lloyd
· Federica Conti – Decarbonisation Specialist, NORDEN
· Daniel Lux – Chairman, MissionGreenFuels
Additional speakers and panellists will be announced as the programme is finalised.
About the conference
The conference is organised by the HTL Accelerator project in collaboration with IEA Bioenergy Task 34 – Direct Thermochemical Liquefaction and IDA Energy.
HTL Accelerator brings together technology, research and commercial expertise with the objective of accelerating HTL technologies from demonstration towards concrete, investable projects and commercial value chains.
The event brings together several ongoing Danish and international initiatives and provides a meeting place for projects working with HTL, solvothermal liquefaction, catalytic fast pyrolysis, upgrading of advanced bio-oils and their application as advanced fuels.
The conference and the activities behind it are supported by:
The European Union and Fonden for Retfærdig Omstilling (Just Transition Fund)
EUDP – Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Programme
Danmarks Maritime Fond / The Danish Maritime Fund
The day will combine technical presentations, panel discussions and ample time for networking.
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Where
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When
09:00 - 17:00