The Biomasud Plus project seeks new eurbiofuels

The first day of the newly inaugurated 2016 marked the start of the eurBiomasud Plus project of the Horizon 2020 Program, coordinated by the Spanish Association for Energy Valorization of Biomass (AVEBIOM).

The project has a budget of slightly less than two million eurand a duration of three years, and falls under the 'Low Carbon 14' call for proposals. Furthermore, the project received an excellent reception from the EurCommission, as evidenced by the score it obtained: 15 out of 15, the highest possible in its evaluation.

The main objective is to improve the BIOmasud quality and sustainability certification system, operational since 2013 for Mediterranean biofuels, by including new biofuels, revising the system's sustainability criteria, and extending it to other interested countries. Currently, the certification is present in Spain, France, and Portugal, and thanks to the Biomasud Plus project, it will also be implemented in Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, and Türkiye.

In addition, actions will be taken to improve the sustainability of the residential market for Mediterranean biofuels, such as: characterization and standardization of biofuels, study of emissions of these Mediterranean biofuels in order to generate a guide to optimize their use in boilers or stoves, and preparation of a market study of each of them in the different countries.

The consortium comprises ten entities in addition to AVEBIOM: CIEMAT, PEFC Spain, and Tercera Fase Software (from Spain), AIEL (Italy), CBE (Portugal), Tubitak (Turkey), CERTH (Greece), GIS (Slovenia), BIOS (Austria), and ZEZ (Croatia). This international group combines technical expertise in biomass from various research centers, the communication and representational power of several national associations, and the specialized knowledge of various entities.

AVEBIOM also participates as a partner in the eurprojects Basis of the Intelligent Energy program and Enerbioscrub of the Life+ program.