For the 3rd year, PANGEA was a proud sponsor of the World Biofuels Markets conference in Rotterdam. WBM is the leading international conference in Europe on biofuels and attracts top level representatives from private sector, government, research institutes and NGOs.
Presentation by Secretary General: “Where has all the Investment gone?”
PANGEA’s Secretary General, Meghan Sapp, presented on the developing countries panel. She stressed the importance of leveraging investment in not only large-scale commercial projects meant for export, but for keeping investment in the country on small to medium scale to increase energy security, create jobs, produce food AND fuel, and develop local economies – while decreasing GHG emissions. She spoke of the importance of producing renewable energy sustainably to encourage environmental, social and economic development in developing countries, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
Please click here to download the full presentation (.pdf).
Africa Workshop, “Trade not Aid, Links with India and Brazil”
PANGEA also hosted a workshop with representatives from the Brazilian Government and Indian Private sector, and focussed on the opportunities for technology transfer and South-South investment in sustainable renewable energy in sub-Saharan Africa.
Speakers included:
Meghan Sapp, Secretary General, PANGEA
Cleber Guarany, Project Coordinator, Fundação Getulio Vargas Projetos
Berjeesh Surty, Managing Director, Spenomatic
Marcos Rodrigues Savini, Head of Energy and Sustainable Development, Economic Sector, Mission of Brazil to the European Union
Presentations are available for download by PANGEA members.
Sustainable Biofuels Awards
Finally, PANGEA was the proud sponsor of the Green Shoots Award for the Sustainable Biofuels Awards. The Green Shoots winner was Syngest – a US-based company that has developed technology to convert crop waste such as maize stalks and cobs into anhydrous ammonia — an advanced biofuel and nitrogen fertilizer.
