AFB-NET V
European Agriculture and Forestry Biomass network
working to help the bioenergy industry in Europe

Introduction Activities in 1999-2000 National co-ordinators of AFB-NET More information

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ADEME participates in the work of AFB-Net via the European ALTENER programme. AFB-Net is funded by the Transport and Energy directorate, and involves 14 countries. The network's aims are to stimulate communication between the member countries and develop joint research in the field of solid biofuels.

The recent European White Paper highlighted biomass as a key resource to help reach the European renewable energy and environmental targets for 2010. If biomass is to achieve this target it will require co-operation of the key players in industry, R & D and energy authorities to support bioenergy penetration to energy markets.

The European bioenergy network, AFB-net, was established in 1995 to promote the utilisation of the biomass potential in Europe.

Actions in the AFB-net consists of :

l meeting,
l mini-training seminars,
l study tours and other events like biomass business missions
l evaluations to identify "success stories" of biomass production and utilisation
l dissemination of biomass knowledge and experience by AFB-net reports, newsletters and
    Internet-pages

l Collaboration and co-operation with biomass industry and biomass centres in Europe
l Evaluation of international biomass trade and price comparison
l CHP from biomass, evaluation of potentials and exchange of experiences in combined heat
    and power production from biomass
l 100% Renewable energy communities, evaluation of key communities, identification of
    sucess indicators and promulgation of best practice approach
l Evaluation of several existing biomass cofiring plants in Europe and exchange of
   experience (Cofiring seminar organized by ITEBE, 14/15 sept 2000 in Grenoble)

Co-ordination
VTT Energy
Mrs. Eija ALAKANGAS, project co-ordinator
e-mail: eija.alakangas@vtt.fi

Others countries

Name	Affiliation	Address	Fax	E-mail
Eija Alakangas Co-ordinator Pirkko Vesterinen Import-Export possibilities of biomass and fuel prices-Activity FINLAND	VTT Energy	P.O. Box 1603 FIN-40101 Jyväskylä Finland	+ 358 14 672 598	eija.alakangas@vtt.fi pirkko.vesterinen@vtt.fi     www.vtt.fi
Josef Rathbauer NEWSLETTER - activity AUSTRIA	BLT	Bundesanstalt für Landtechnik Rottenhauserstraße 1 A-3250 Wieselburg, Austria	+ 43 7416 52175-45	josef.rathbauer@blt.bmlf.gv.at. www.blt.bmlf.gv.at
Jean-François Van Belle Pascaline Lemaire BELGIUM	CRA	Equipe Régionale Biomass Energie- CRA 146, ch. de Namur B-5030 Gembloux, Belgium	+ 32 81 61 58 47	van_belle@cragx.fgov.be lemaire@cragx.fgov.be www.cragx.fgov.be/erbe/
Sten Frandsen CHP potential from biomass - activity DENMARK	DTI	Danish Technological Institute Teknologieparken DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark	+ 45 89 43 85 43	Sten.Frandsen@teknologisk.dk www.teknologisk.dk/158
Barel Christophe FRANCE	ADEME	Agence de l´Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l´Energie 27 Rue Louis Vicat 75015 Paris France	+ 33 2 41 20 43 01	christophe.barel@ademe.fr www.ademe.fr
Birger Kerckow GERMANY	FNR	Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe, Hofplatz 1 ,D-18276 Gülzow, Germany	+ 49 3843 69 30-102	fachagentur-guelzow@fnr.de www.fnr.de
Efi Alexopoulou (NC) Calliope Panoutsou(AC) CHP potential from biomass - activity GREECE	CRES	Centre for Renewable Energy Sources 19th km Marathonos Av GR-190 09 Pikermi Greece	+ 30 1 60 39 905 + 30 1 60 38 006	ealex@cres.gr ppanouts@cres.gr www.cres.gr
Kevin Healion 100 % RES -activity IRELAND	TRBDI	Biomass Unit, Tipperary Rural and Business Development Institute, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.	+353-504-28111	khealiontrbdi@tinet.ie
Giuseppe Caserta Vittorio Bartolelli/ Rita Di Benedetto ITALY	ITABIA	ITABIA Via C. Colombo 185 00147 Roma, Italy	+39 06 51 60 12 02	mc9898@mclink.it
Arjan de Zeeuw NETHERLANDS	NOVEM	Novem Catharijnesingel 59 PO Box 8242 3503 RE Utrecht Netherlands	+ 31 30 2316491	a.de.zeeuw@novem.nl   www.novem.org
Teresa Almeida PORTUGAL	CBE	Centro da Biomass para a Energia Apartado 49,3220 Miranda Do Corvo Portugal	+ 351 39 532452	cbe@mail.telepac.pt
Lena Öfverbeck SWEDEN	STEM	Swedish National Energy Administration, P.O. Box 310 SE-63104 Eskilstuna Sweden	+46 16 544 2261	lena.ofverbeck@stem.se   www.stem.se
Keith Richards 100 % RES-activity UK	ETSU	AEA Technology- ETSU Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RA, United Kingdom	+44 1235 43 3990	keith.richards@aeat.co.uk

You can get help from the AFB-net national co-ordinators to create business contacts and to obtain bioenergy information on real case projects, best practices etc. in the Europe

Visit the AFB site : http://www.vtt.fi/virtual/afbnet/