BIOMASUD PLUS main aspects
Project title: Developing the sustainable market of residential Mediterranean solid biofuels.
Starting date: 1 January 2016
Duration: 36 months
Budget: 1.971.610,00 €
The overall objective of this project is to develop integrated solutions to promote the sustainable market for Mediterranean solid biofuels for residential heating.
By
› Developing and extending a quality and sustainability certification system.
› Assessing the existing barriers and identifying solutions with emphasis on the sustainability and quality control systems.
› Developing tools and databases with information about sustainable biomass resources to have a global vision and identifying sustainable solid biofuels supply chains.
Specific objetives
› To extend the BIOmasud certification system to all Mediterranean countries participating.
› To extend the BIOMASUD quality and sustainability certification system to important and widely used biofuels in the residential sector.
› To improve the BIOMASUD® sustainability requirements.
› To make a quality assessment of the present most important solid biofuels in the markets of the Mediterranean countries.
› To characterize the emissions and efficiencies of commercial biomass boilers and stoves.
› To make an assessment of the present state of the solid biofuels market in the residential sector of the Mediterranean countries.
› To extend the BIORAISE GIS biomass resources information system to all the Mediterranean participant countries.
› To promote the use of sustainable conditions for biofuels production and use by means of adequate dissemination.
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