Experience of the municipal enterprise Miskteplovodenergiya in implementing modernization projects in the district heating system with gradual switch from natural gas to biomass - Miskteplovodenergiya provides heating, water and hot water supply services for the residents and public buildings of Kamianets-Podilskyi city and takes care of wastewater collection and treatment services; since 2014 the company has actively worked on the substitution of natural gas with local renewable energy; there are seven boiler houses in the city working on straw pellets, sunflower seed husk pellets, wood chips and other solid biomass fuels, as well as a modern power plant running on wood chips; Miskteplovodenergiya is a leader among Ukrainian district heating companies in natural gas substitution with biomass

Potential of solar power use for heat energy and hot water generation for swimming pools and other facilities; aspects of solar systems assembling maintenance, tariffs and business models for solar projects, as well as associated risks

Implementation of investment project foreseeing construction of biomass CHP working on ORC technology incl. discussion on logistics and quality control for biomass fuels; experience in using different types of biomass, including wood chips, straw pellets, sunflower seed husk pellets, wood pellets, as well as corn processing residues

Biomass sources availability and use in European countries and Ukraine; potential of straw, wood biomass, and sunflower seeds husk in different regions of Ukraine, as well as existing capacities for heat and power generation using biomass fuels; Biomass prices and transportation options; biomass sustainability and greenhouse gases emissions reduction criteria for biomass fuel

National environmental legislation in the air of biomass use for energy generation both at the construction and operation phases with focus on environmental impact assessment, air emission permit and environmental taxation for air pollutions; different equipment and approaches used for air emission reductions, as well as the calculation of air emissions volumes

Impact of greenhouse gases emissions on climate change, as well as global and national climate mitigation actions with focus on the connection between climate mitigation potential of investment projects and availability of financial resources; information on the main direct and indirect greenhouse gases emission sources in district heating and the approaches used for carbon emission reductions calculation

Technical characteristics of waste heat utilization equipment with focus on the potential of waste utilization at natural gas fired and biomass fired boiler houses and economic feasibility of such projects incl. examples of implemented projects in Ukraine and other countries

National policy priorities and support tools in the area of renewable energy use for heat and power generation with focus on the achieved results in terms of increasing renewables share in the national energy balance incl. examples of successful projects