On March 12, 2026, the Wood Pellet Association of Canada, Firefly, FutureMetrics, Hanwa and Ørsted are conducting a one-day workshop—Safe Wood Pellet Storage: Preventing, Detecting, and Managing Self-Heating Incidents in Tokyo, Japan. Below you will find the materials from the Workshop.
Presentations
Case Studies on Major Incidents that Resulted from Runaway Self-Heating – Consequences and Lessons Learned
- Danish Examples, Jens Kai Holm, Chief Specialist, Ørsted
- Canadian and Japanese Examples, John Swaan, Operations and Project Development Expert, FutureMetrics
Technical Deep Dive: Causes, Contributing Factors, and Detection Methods for Self-Heating, Fahimeh Yazdan Panah, Associate Executive Director, Wood Pellet Association
of Canada
Detecting a Self-heating Incident: Early Warnings and Beyond, Håkan Johansson, Division Manager – Senior Advisor, Firefly
If an Incident Happens: Effective Approaches for Mitigation and What NOT to Do!, John Swaan, Operations and Project Development Expert, FutureMetrics
Minimizing Self-Heating Risk in Wood Pellet Storages, Jens Kai Holm, Chief Specialist, Ørsted