NETBIOCOF
Integrated European Network for Biomass Co-firing

SUMMARY

NetbioCof is a Co-ordination Action project co-funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme. The  primary  aim  of  NetbioCof  is  to  promote  European  co-operation between research organisations devoted to biomass co-firing, fostering the uptake of innovative technologies to expand the use of biomass co-firing in new and existing power plants, with emphasis in the New Member States. Today, the accession of the 12 new members to the EU 27 brings a new opportunity for the development of biomass co-firing, due to the fossil fuels combustion infrastructure already installed, the land availability for energy crops and the current dependency on imported fossil fuels.

ACHIEVED RESULTS

The results achieved, derived from the tasks along NetbioCof Co-ordination Action are the following:

• Evaluation of the current State-of-the-Art and identification of best practices and/or successful experiences in Biomass co-firing in Europe.
• Assessment of on-going research on Biomass co-firing and identification of gaps in knowledge, barriers for cooperation in research  and  scientific and technological  needs.
• Legal framework and identification of technical and non-technical  barriers  for  Biomass  co-firing  implementation.
• Coordination of research and development by means of exchange of personnel, among others.
• Roadmap of scientific, technological and non-technological strategies for implementing and widening the use of biomass co-firing in Europe.
• Dissemination and exploitation by means of holding of local seminars about biomass co-firing, participation in external conferences representing NetbioCof Project and NetbioCof publications, among others.

KEY RESULTS

The most relevant results achieved to date (23 months after the project start) are summarised below:

• Co-ordination of current research on Biomass co-firing in Europe  and  recommendations  for  future  research.
• Formation of research clusters according to the fields of work  and  the  scientific  knowledge  of  their  members.
• Continuation of the on-line database platform about biomass  co-firing  in  the  NetbioCof  web-page (www.netbiocof.net). One representative per research cluster will be chosen in order to keep on holding the webpage  and  to  perform  the  future  cooperation.
• Eight publishable articles related to hot topics and to workpackages outputs.
• A successful Final NetbioCof Conference with the serious purpose of the network solidification by means of funding sources detection/obtaining at national or European level. With the funding periodic biomass co-firing conferences will be organised.

Read more
NetbioCof project leaflet
NetbioCof final conference press-release