NNE5-2002-00069 BIOmass-based Climate Change MITIgation through Renewable Energy - BIOMITRE

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Type of Project	Accompanying measure
Contract No	NNE5-2002-00069
Total Cost
EC Contribution
Start Date	17-04-2002
Duration	18 Months
Scientific Officer	Kyriakos Maniatis

Abstract

The aims of the BIOmass-based Climate Change MITigation through Renewable Energy (BIOMITRE) Project are to assist propagation of biomass energy technologies throughout the European Union as a cost-effective means of providing commercial renewable energy supplies, which mitigate global climate change through greenhouse gas emissions savings.

There are six objectives of this work.

• Existing methodologies will be reviewed to determine their basic nature and any deficiencies in evaluating the benefits of prominent biomass energy technologies.
• Existing data will be collated by means of case study material.
• Methodologies will be unified to establish a standard methodology for assessing biomass energy technologies.
• This will enable a complete technical specification of the standard methodology to be documented.
• A user-friendly software tool and a user guide will be developed and tested with case study material.
• Finally, the standard methodology and software tool will be publicised and disseminated by means of a dedicated website and established networks.

Consortium

The BIOMITRE Project Partnership consists of six organisations; Joanneum Research Froschungsgesellschaft mbh in Austria, the Technical Research Centre in Finland (VTT Processes), the University of Utrecht's Department of Science, Technology and Society in the Netherlands, Mid Sweden University, Forest Research and Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom. Each partner is responsible for a major work package. The project coordination is provided by Sheffield Hallam University.

Dissemination is undertaken by Joanneum Research, which also provides an important formal connection with International Energy Agency Task 38 on 'Greenhouse Gas Balances of Biomass and Bioenergy Systems'. A steering group, consisting of leaders of each work package, is responsible for overseeing progress and effective collaboration between the partners.

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• Nigel MORTIMER / Sheffield Hallam University UNITED KINGDOM