Targeted Research Project Global Assessment and Guidelines for Sustainable Liquid Biofuels Production
Period: 2011-2012.
Project partner:Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
Aim of the project: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) project is aimed to thoroughly investigate conditions and opportunities for the production of 2nd generation biofuels in Mozambique, Argentina and Ukraine. For Ukraine’s conditions the project considers production of bioethanol from wheat straw and synthetic biodiesel from poplar as an energy crop.
Analysis of current state and prospects for bioenergy development in Ukraine
Period: 2011.
Project partner: “DEInternational” (Ukraine)
Aim of the project: We thoroughly considered and analyzed state of the art and prospects for the development of bioenergy in Ukraine: potential of biomass for energy production, existing and perspective bioenergy equipment, legislation and standardization issues, development strategy and opportunities for the attraction of investments in the bioenergy sector.
Biomass CHP plants in Ukraine and Russia
Period: 2010.
Project partner:Ecoprog GmbH (Germany).
Aim of the project: We collected and analyzed information on biomass CHP plants, which operate or are planned to be built in Ukraine and Russia.
USAID – Hellenic AID energy cooperation SYNENERGY
Period: 2010-2011.
Project coordinator: CRES – Center for Renewable Energy Sources (Greece)
Aim of the project: Analysis of the present state of policy and regulatory sector concerning RE in Ukraine; biomass potential assessment.
International Conference on Biomass for Energy
Subjects of this annual conference cover a wide range of issues related to energy use of biomass: the biomass resources, research and development of bioenergy technologies, demonstration and commercial projects, legislation, strategy and finance, economic and environmental aspects of bioenergy sector. The conference program includes plenary presentations, oral and poster presentations, roundtable discussions. Seminars and workshops are held at the conference.
Training course “From Natural Gas to Biomass”
Period: 2009.
Training course “From Natural Gas to Biomass” - Three-day training on biomass to energy technologies with fourth day as an excursion to operating bioenergy sites.
Seventh framework program of the European commission: Biomass Energy Europe
Period: 1 March 2008 - 30 November 2010.
The overall objective of the project “Biomass Energy Europe” is to improve the accuracy and comparability of future biomass resource assessments for energy by reducing heterogeneity, increasing harmonization and exchanging knowledge.
“Biomass and biofuels in Ukraine” - the Netherlands-Ukraine government to government project aimed at development of Biomass Action Plan for Ukraine.
Period: 2008-2010.
Project partner: The Agency for International Business and Cooperation (EVD) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands, SenterNovem, the Netherlands
Potential Analysis on Bioenergy including an overview of the energy landscape of the Ukraine.
Period: 2008-2009.
Partner: Austrian energy agency (EVA).
Analysis of the current status of sunflower husks production and utilisation in Ukraine.
Period: 2007.
Partner: Imperial College Consultants, United Kingdom.
