Kick-off meeting Clean Biomass Combustion (Warsaw, Poland, 17th December 2009)
On 9th February 2008, the international Joint Call on Clean Biomass Combustion was launched within the framework of ERA-NET Bioenergy. Clean Biomass Combustion is a sustainable way to ensure a renewable energy supply and improved air quality. It is also a prerequisite for a significant extension of biomass use for power and heat production.
The joint call aims to generate joint European research and development activities and focuses on four topics:
- Modelling of the combustion process
- Advanced characterisation and relevant standardisation of solid biofuels for clean combustion
- Technology development for fine particle and NOx reduction
- Health effects of small scale combustion
10 countries participated in the call: Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Sweden and Switzerland. In total 11 projects were received and sent to the international jury for evaluation.
3 projects have been formally approved for funding BIOHEALTH, BIOMODELLING and FutureBioTec. Further to the formal joint-call process and after some modifications, a jointly funded project 'SciToBiCom' has also been approved. These 4 projects gather 23 leading European public and private partners from 9 countries.
On 17th December 2009, a kick-off meeting with all project coordinators together with one representative per project and per country, with also the members of the funding agencies, took place in Warshaw, Poland to present the projects and consortia. It was also a unique opportunity for researchers to network. The presentations of the projects, which started in November 2009, are now available.
General presentations
Introduction to ERA-NET Bioenergy – Kees Kwant (NL Agency)
Introduction to Clean Biomass Combustion Kick-off Meeting, Erwan Autret (ADEME)
Project presentations
- BIOHEALTH, Health effects of particulate emissions from small scale biomass combustion (AT, FI, FR, SE), by Heikki Lamberg and Marc Durif
- BIOMODELLING, Advanced Biomass Combustion Modelling for Clean Energy Production (FI, PL, SE), by Rafal Rajczyk and Wojciech Nowak
- FutureBioTec, Future low emission biomass combustion systems, and discussion (AT, DE, DK, FI, IR, NOR, PL, SE), by Ingwald Obernberger
- SciToBiCom, Scientific tools for fuel characterization for clean and efficient biomass combustion (AT, DK, NOR, FI.) by Jytte Boll Illerup, Ingwald Obernberger and Maria Zevenhoven.
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