Objective To accomplish the goals of the EU "White Paper" (+ 108 Mtoe/a in the EU from renewable sources of energy between 1995 and 2010) and of the "Kyoto Protocol" (- 8% GHG emissions in the EU by 2008/12) the use of bioenergy has to be increased significantly. A Network of Excellence (NoE) will support this through technology development and implementation, policy actions and market strategies. The RTD programme of the NoE will cover all processes, components and methods necessary for establishing successful "bioenergy chains" to produce heat, electricity and biofuels for the energy end use market: Plantation and harvesting of biomass; solid fuels from agricultural and forestry residues and organic waste components; combustion, gasification and synthesis, pyrolysis, anaerobic digestion and fermentation of biomass feed stock; production of liquid biofuels and hydrogen; heat and power production plants; analyses of socio-economic, policy, market and environmental issues including greenhouse gas balances. Management of the NoE and integrating activities will assure that the ongoing RTD activities of the partner institutions will be integrated in such a way that eventually a jointly executed RTD programme will be established in a "Virtual Centre of Excellence". To assure a far reaching and long range impact of the experience and know-how within the NoE, activities to spread excellence will be carried out. An industrial and SME advisory group will be established. To support the creation of the European Research Area in the field of bioenergy, the NoE will cooperate with a future ERA-NET project on bioenergy which will be linking the national R&D programmes. The Network is clearly focused on the integration process, which will be planned and reviewed after every 18 months period under strategic and leadership aspects. The duration of the NoE is 5 years. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental biotechnologybioremediationbioreactorsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybiomaterialsbiofuelsengineering and technologyindustrial biotechnologybioprocessing technologiesfermentation Keywords bioenergy chains economic barriers environment socio socio-economic barriers Programme(s) FP6-SUSTDEV - Sustainable Development, Global Change and Ecosystems: thematic priority 6 under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SUSTDEV-1.2.5 - New and advanced concepts in renewable energy technologies - Biomass Call for proposal FP6-2002-ENERGY-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme NoE - Network of Excellence Coordinator TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS VTT EU contribution No data Address Vuorimiehentie 5 ESPOO Finland See on map Total cost No data Participants (7) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT GMBH Austria EU contribution No data Address Steyrergasse 17 GRAZ See on map Total cost No data ENERGIEONDERZOEK CENTRUM NEDERLAND Netherlands EU contribution No data Address Westerduinweg 3 PETTEN See on map Total cost No data LUNDS UNIVERSITET Sweden EU contribution No data Address PARADISGATAN 5C 117 LUND See on map Total cost No data INSTYTUT BUDOWNICTWA MECHANIZACJI I ELEKTRYFIKACJI ROLNICTWA Poland EU contribution No data Address Rakowiecka street 32 WARSZAWA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMIQUE France EU contribution No data Address RUE DE L'UNIVERSITE 147 PARIS See on map Total cost No data CENTRALNE LABORATORIUM NAFTOWE Poland EU contribution No data Address ul. Zwirki i Wigury 31 WARSZAWA See on map Total cost No data KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUR TECHNOLOGIE Germany EU contribution No data Address Kaiserstr. 12 KARLSRUHE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
