Objective
VERSAE strengthens European bioenergy value chains by addressing sustainability and social acceptance as key factors affecting their reliability and long-term contribution to energy security. Although bioenergy is central to renewable heat, dispatchable electricity and sustainable fuels, its deployment is often slowed by concerns over land use, biodiversity, forest management, feedstock traceability and impacts on local communities. These issues create regulatory uncertainty, investor hesitation and public opposition.
The project develops and validates a Sustainability and Social Resilience Framework (SSRF) to support better planning, permitting and investment decisions. It maps and assesses environmental, social and governance vulnerabilities across three representative bioenergy value chains: forest residues to CHP, agricultural residues to biogas/biomethane, and waste-based feedstocks to biodiesel.
Validated in four European regions, the SSRF provides a practical structure for identifying risks, managing trade-offs and improving transparency in decision-making. Through stakeholder workshops, training activities and policy guidance, VERSAE strengthens the capacity of public authorities and value-chain actors to integrate sustainability and social considerations into bioenergy governance.
By turning complex sustainability and acceptance challenges into clear, usable tools, VERSAE supports more predictable, resilient and socially legitimate bioenergy development across Europe.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- social sciences sociology governance
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries forestry silviculture
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels
- engineering and technology industrial biotechnology biomaterials biofuels
- agricultural sciences agricultural biotechnology biomass
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Programme(s)
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Multi-annual funding programmes that define the EU’s priorities for research and innovation.
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HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-CL5-2026-02
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1050-138 LISBOA
Portugal
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