Since the project BIOMASUD PLUS started in January 2016 the consortium has been working on several WP developed the following tasks:
WP2. During this WP, a market study was made for the Mediterranean residential heating solid biofuels
Thanks to this information, we have been able to develop a roadmap targeting the development of a sustainable market for emerging solid biofuels. Also, during Task 2.3 an update and extension to new Mediterranean countries of the web service BIORAISE was made.
WP3 Definition of BIOMASUD label solid biofuels quality requirements In this WP the new biofuels have been selected and samples of these new biofuels were collected by the consortium countries, analysed and made a pre standarisation work
WP4 Improving the sustainability requirements of the BIOMASUD label. A Review of Sustainability criteria was made. Also a new GHG and Energy balance calculation methodology was developed and included in the traceability platform.
WP5 Guidelines for Mediterranean solid biofuels appopriate combustion conditions
A characterization of selected biofuels combustion in commercial stoves and boilers, Task 5.4. Techno-economic assessment, the main objective was to evaluate the technical and economic performance of current residential heating boilers and stoves tested with BIOMASUD PLUS fuels within Task 5.3. With the results obtained during the combustion test runs performed within Task 5.3 and technoeconomic assessment carried out within Task 5.4 have been taken into account for elaborating the guidelines for boilers and stoves manufacturers, installers and users of selected BIOMASUD fuels.
Work on WP6 was performed during the second half of the project. The information from the market analysis (WP2) allowed us to choose several solid biofuels with high potential in the Mediterranean and introduce these solid biofuels into the BIOmasud Certification System. The review of the Sustainability Criteria from WP4, including a new methodology for calculating GHG emissions and Energy Balance, provided us to a complete full new set of Sustainability Criteria that were introduced in the new Handbook too. And last, information of the combustion test allowed us to define better the pre-standards and about all decided which solid biofuels were more appropriate for small domestic appliances (<400 kW), or bigger facilities and therefore in the Handbook the seal was divided in to two categories (see labels below were green label is for small domestic appliances and orange one for bigger facilities)
WP7 Communication and dissemination
The corporate identity of the project and dissemination material was developed: Logo, WEB, leaflets, etc.
During the second period, with the results of many of the reports, we could make most of the workshops and articles of the project. A big effort has been made in this WP trying to communicate at maximum. In the review meeting for first reporting period, the P.O. mentioned that the communication was a weak point of the project and during this second reporting period, most of the communication indicators not only fulfil the objectives of the project but overpass them.
