Objective
The objectives of this concerted action, in which several partners from fourteen EU countries participate is :
1. to improve the access to existing information on the production, processing and
utilisation aspects of energy crops;
2. to enhance the integration of research, development and implementation
activities on energy crops, through :
- the identification of current scientific and practical achievements on energy crops;
- the identification of the differences and similarities of the agricultural, technical,
environmental, economic and institutional aspects of the several energy crops
(such as miscanthus, willow, poplar, rapeseed, sorghum, canary reed, etc.);
- the identification of structural and country specific bottlenecks to be overcome
for large-scale implementation;
- the establishment of sustainable research and cooperation relations between
the currently existing Energy Crops Networks, research institutes, energy
companies and national governments through a European Energy Crops
Information Dissemination and Exchange Network.
The tasks which need to be carried out to reach these objectives are :
1. the development of a standardized reporting format for gathering information in the
fourteen countries;
2. the preparation of fourteen country review reports, following the reporting format
developed;
3. organisation of a 2-days workshop/conference on energy crops production,
processing and utilisation in which these reviews are presented and in which
discussions are held between relevant institutes/organisations on future
initiatives;
4. the preparation of a final report for a broad audience in Europe, which is or
becomes involved in the implementation of energy crops production, processing
and utilisation of energy generation;
5. the establishment of the European Energy Crops Information Dissemination and
Exchange Network.
The project coordinator will be responsible the efficient operation of the concerted action and for the contact to the Commission. Three topic coordinators (on energy crop production, energy crops processing and energy crops utilisation) will guarantee the scientific quality of the work carried out. The project partners will be responsible for the execution of the agreed project tasks and for the information dissemination through the work, and after the project, within their country. An advantage of this project is that it will be realized within 6 to 9 months after the start of the project. This enables full and efficient utilisation of the information gathered in this project by all other projects selected by the Commission under the 4th Framework programme.
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Coordinator
7522 NB Enschede
Netherlands
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