Biomass and Biofuels Conversion Training Course

Name: Biomass and Biofuels Conversion and Project Training Course
Availability: InStock

Evaluate feedstocks, conversion pathways, sustainability evidence, and project economics for practical bioenergy decisions.

Biomass and Biofuels Conversion Training Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Rome, Nairobi, Sharm El-Sheikh, Jakarta, Dubai, Singapore and more
Next session: 9 – 13 November 2026, Rome
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Overview

Biomass and Biofuels Conversion and Project Training Course is a one-week foundation course for energy, sustainability, engineering, resource, development, and investment functions who leave with a Biomass and Biofuels Project Concept. Participants connect biomass resource types and feedstock characterization with supply chains, pretreatment, conversion pathways, product quality, lifecycle emissions, safety, economics, and project screening. The course turns site and feedstock evidence into a structured technology choice. Agile Leaders Training Center develops biomass and biofuels project capability.

Who Should Attend

Energy functions responsible for evaluating heat, power, gas, and liquid-fuel pathways
Sustainability functions responsible for lifecycle emissions, land use, and resource safeguards
Engineering and operations functions responsible for process selection, balances, safety, and operability
Project development functions responsible for site screening, infrastructure, economics, and risk
Agricultural and waste-resource functions responsible for feedstock supply, storage, and handling
Investment functions responsible for comparing project assumptions and decision evidence

The course assumes participants contribute to energy, resource, process, sustainability, or investment decisions and leaves out detailed plant design, laboratory certification, fuel trading, and renewable-energy portfolio finance.

Departments and Industries

The course supports departments and industries that evaluate biological resources and conversion projects.

Energy, sustainability, engineering, operations, and project development departments
Agriculture, forestry, food processing, and municipal resource management
Utilities, power generation, district energy, and renewable fuels
Manufacturing, pulp and paper, chemicals, and process industries
Transport fuels, infrastructure, investment, and advisory services

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze biomass resources, properties, availability, and supply constraints
Build feedstock storage, handling, and pretreatment flows
Compare thermal, biological, and liquid biofuel conversion pathways
Apply mass and energy balances to preliminary process screening
Evaluate sustainability, emissions, safety, quality, and economic evidence
Prioritize technology and project options using a structured selection matrix

Course Agenda

Day 1: Biomass Resources and Feedstock Supply

Biomass Resource Classification and Sampling Plan
Feedstock Moisture, Ash, Density, and Energy-Value Record
Seasonal Availability and Supply-Radius Map
Storage, Handling, and Pretreatment Flow Diagram
Feedstock Sustainability and Land-Use Screen

Day 2: Thermal Conversion Pathways

Mass and Energy Balance Worksheet
Combustion and Cogeneration Configuration Map
Gasification and Syngas Process Flow
Pyrolysis Product-Yield Comparison
Thermal Conversion Safety and Emissions Checklist

Day 3: Biological Conversion and Liquid Biofuels

Anaerobic Digestion Feedstock and Process Map
Biogas Cleaning and Biomethane Upgrading Options Grid
Fermentation and Bioethanol Conversion Flow
Biodiesel Feedstock and Transesterification Map
Biofuel Quality and Product Specification Record

Day 4: Project Screening and Selection

Conversion Technology Selection Matrix
Lifecycle Emissions and Carbon-Intensity Screen
Site Utilities and Infrastructure Requirement Map
Capital, Operating, and Feedstock Cost Model
Project Risk and Sensitivity Register

Day 5: Biomass and Biofuels Project Practice

Exercise: Characterize Biomass and Map Feedstock Supply
Exercise: Build a Conversion Mass and Energy Balance
Exercise: Compare Sustainability, Emissions, and Safety Evidence
Exercise: Test Project Economics and Risk Sensitivities
Capstone Exercise: Biomass and Biofuels Project Concept

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities to connect feedstock evidence with conversion and project decisions.

Suggested activity: characterize agricultural residues and food-processing by-products in a feedstock record.
Suggested activity: compare combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, digestion, and fermentation for a site case.
Suggested activity: screen lifecycle emissions, land use, storage hazards, product quality, and operability.
Suggested activity: assemble supply, process, infrastructure, cost, risk, and decision evidence in a project concept.

FAQs

Who suits biomass and biofuels project training, and what does it assume?

Energy, sustainability, engineering, operations, resource, development, and investment functions suit the training. It assumes involvement in resource, process, project, or investment decisions.

How does biomass and biofuels training differ from general energy transition training?

Biomass and biofuels training focuses on feedstock properties, logistics, conversion processes, product quality, and site-level project screening, while general energy transition training compares broader system pathways, technologies, policies, and organizational actions.

How are biomass conversion technologies selected?

Biomass conversion technologies are selected by comparing feedstock composition, moisture, scale, product needs, utilities, logistics, emissions, safety, costs, and operating constraints.

What does a biomass feedstock assessment examine?

A biomass feedstock assessment examines resource type, quantity, seasonality, composition, moisture, ash, energy value, collection radius, storage behavior, pretreatment needs, competing uses, and sustainability considerations.

How are biofuel project economics screened?

Biofuel project economics are screened through feedstock, capital, operating, logistics, utility, product, and risk assumptions, followed by sensitivity tests on the variables that most affect feasibility.

Conclusion

Participants take a Biomass and Biofuels Project Concept back to work. It connects feedstock evidence, conversion selection, balances, infrastructure, sustainability, emissions, safety, quality, costs, and risks. It changes an early bioenergy idea into a structured basis for screening, comparison, and further technical investigation.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Rome	Week 46, 2026 9 – 13 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Nairobi	Week 46, 2026 15 – 19 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Sharm El-Sheikh	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Zoom	Week 48, 2026 23 – 27 November 2026	1 Week	Online	€1,500
Jakarta	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Dubai	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Singapore	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Istanbul	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Abu Dhabi	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Barcelona	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Amman	Week 52, 2026 27 – 31 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Kuala Lumpur	Week 53, 2026 28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,200
Accra	Week 53, 2027 3 – 7 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Cairo	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Manama	Week 01, 2027 10 – 14 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Montreux	Week 03, 2027 18 – 22 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€7,500
London	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Abu Dhabi	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Vienna	Week 05, 2027 1 – 5 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Langkawi	Week 05, 2027 7 – 11 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewBiomass and Biofuels Conversion and Project Training Course is a one-week foundation course for energy, sustainability, engineering, resource, development, and investment functions who leave with a Biomass and Biofuels Project Concept. Participants connect biomass resource types and feedstock characterization with supply chains, pretreatment, conv…

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Biomass and Biofuels Conversion Training Course