From Origin to Offtake — Turning SE Asia's Biomass Endowment into Fuels, Biocarbon & Local Energy

The 10th Biomass & BioEnergy Asia returns to Ho Chi Minh City, building on a 2025 edition with over 250 participants. In 2026, the conference goes deeper — trading broad market overviews for the price intelligence, contract insights, project case studies and direct buyer–seller exchange that the people who actually move biomass need most.
 

Southeast Asia holds one of the world's largest and most diverse biomass endowments — from woody biomass, wood pellets and palm kernel shells to rice husk, bagasse and coconut shell. The 2026 programme confronts the questions the market is wrestling with right now: what does it take to meet the quality bar that premium markets demand? When does domestic energy use outperform the export trade? What feedstocks are genuinely ready for biochar and biocarbon production — and which aren't? 
 

Key highlights — what to expect at the 2026 edition

🌿 Pre-conference workshop: feedstock intelligence for biochar & biocarbon
A focused half-day working session assessing which SE Asian biomass streams — woody biomass, agricultural residues and palm — are commercially ready for biochar and biocarbon production, which need investment and which aren't there yet. Delegates build a live feedstock priority matrix that feeds directly into the main conference.
 

⚡ Local biomass for local energy in SE Asia
A dedicated block examining the commercial case for using SE Asia's biomass at home — with real operating data from Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines on rice husk gasification, bagasse co-generation and island grid mini-projects. A frank roundtable then asks: when does domestic energy use make more commercial sense than export?
 

📊 Strategicmarket intelligence: prices, trade flows & 2026 outlook
A data-led briefing on 2024–25 price movements for wood pellets, PKS and agricultural residues — covering EUDR and RED III impacts, shifting Japanese and Korean demand, and a 12-month forward outlook by product type. No narrative filler.
 

🤝 Buyer–seller dialogue: bridging the gap between market expectations and SE Asia's supply
A candid, structured exchange between buyers and producers — no slides, no prepared remarks. Buyers share what they need more of in moisture consistency, ash performance, calorific value and certification, while producers walk through operational realities. The goal: a clearer shared understanding of where the industry goes next and what both sides must do to get there.
 

✈️ Deal anatomy: SAF, biomethane & biocarbon transactions dissected
Three sessions go inside real commercial deals — a SAF feedstock supply contract, a biomethane offtake agreement and a biocarbon deal with an industrial buyer. Speakers from both sides share the price formula, certification process, what nearly derailed the deal and what they'd do differently.
 

🌱 Biochar & biocarbon deep-dive: production economics to first credit sale
Day 2 focuses on the biomass value chain's fastest-growing segment — covering current buyer markets, real project economics for biochar carbon credits, and a live roundtable where buyers validate or challenge the workshop's feedstock priority matrix.
 

💰 Financing roundtable: what makes a biomass project bankable in SE Asia
Lenders, private equity and development finance institutions speak frankly alongside project developers — on the terms they actually offer, the projects they have passed on and what a developer must bring to the table. Practitioners only, no pitches.