The Guf Tool is an online tool developed through the Life Future Project to select and assess environmental criteria for urban furniture in green public procurement and to compare its…
Renewable Fuels: Advancing European Market Uptake
Discovering the world, working with people across the globe, commuting to work everyday or consuming exotic fruits imported to Europe – nearly every European is used to at least one…
Assessing the impact of bioenergy on the economy and the general public
EERA’S JOINT PROGRAMME ON BIOENERGY LAUNCHES AN UPDATE OF ITS STRATEGIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION AGENDA 2020, PUTTING A STRONGER FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIOECONOMICS, AND PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE. Brussels/Bologna – Challenges in…
Valorising wood waste for energy and materials in Europe: BIOREG Project
Wood is a versatile raw material that can be used for various applications in the paper, packaging, furniture, housing and other sectors. According to a Parliament briefing, in 2012 52.9…
FlexiFuel-SOFC technology: a breakthrough in fuel flexible low-emission micro-scale CHP using biomass
Most micro combined heat and power (CHP) systems sold on the market today use fossil fuels such as natural gas and heating oil, which – although more efficient and environmentally…
Biofuels from bio waste residues – The WASTE2ROAD Project
Did you know that it is possible to convert bio waste residues into a new generation of biofuels to be used for road transport? This is the aim of an…
Next generation of biofuel for the transportation sector – The Heat-to-Fuel Project
In 2013, transportation corresponded to 31.6% of Europe’s final energy consumption. Still today, the source of this energy depends to a large extent on fossil fuels import, with diesel and…
A Norwegian Research Centre for Sustainable Bio-Based Fuels and Chemicals – The Bio4Fuels
Is it possible to reduce the impact of climate gas emissions from the transport sector through the use of wood materials? In Norway, they are trying to do so through…
Integrating bio-liquids into existing refinery processes – The 4Refinery project
How can we reach a next generation of biofuels? One of the prospected solutions is to integrate bio-liquids in existing refinery processes. This is the idea put forward by the…
Sustainable fuel production via hydrothermal liquefaction of various organic feedstock – The HyFlexFuel project
The mitigation of climate change requires a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels in all sectors of the economy. The specific need to supply large amounts of transportation fuels via next…