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ALTENER II Programme 1998-2002

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Report: ALTENER AL/2000/163: BIOHEAT - Promoting biomass heating in large buildings and blocks

Website: www.bioheat.info

Major technological breakthroughs in the last decade have made the use of wood fuels as pellets (small compressed pieces of sawdust) or woodchips a viable option for supplying renewable energy for heating. State of the art automatic wood boilers can supply heat at the same degree of comfort and reliability as oil or gas heating systems. They cause very low emissions and do not contribute to the greenhouse effect. Wood that could be used as fuel is available throughout Europe in abundance.

For this reason the European Commission is funding the BIOHEAT projects. BIOHEAT I running from 2000 till 2002 is followed by BIOHEAT II running from January 2003 till the end of 2004 within the ALTENER programme. The total budget of the BIOHEAT projects is 1,8 Mio €. 17 countries including member states and accession countries participate in the project. BIOHEAT is dedicated to stimulate the use of modern automatic wood boilers for heating large buildings such as schools, town halls, hospitals, retirement homes or residential blocks.

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ALTENER II Programme 1998-2002 : Biomass & Bioenergy : Buildings : Heat/Heating : Pellets & Pelleting : Property Owners : Renewable Energy Sources & Systems : Solid Biofuels

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AUSTRIA

Österreichische Energieagentur - Austrian Energy Agency

DENMARK

FORCE Technology

FINLAND

VTT Processes

FRANCE

Biomasse Normandie

GERMANY

Berliner Energieagentur GmbH Berlin Energy Agency

GREECE

CRES - Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving

IRELAND

SEI - Sustainable Energy Ireland Headquarters

ITALY

ENEA - Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente

NETHERLANDS

TNO - Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research Building and Construction Research

NORWAY

Statoil ASA

POLAND

KAPE SA - The Polish National Energy Conservation Agency Krajowa Agencja Poszanowania Energii SA

SLOVENIA

ApE - Agencija za prestrukturiranje energetike doo Energy Restructuring Agency

SPAIN

IDAE - Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía Spanish Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving

SWEDEN

SVEBIO - Swedish Bioenergy Association

UNITED KINGDOM

NIFES - National Industrial Fuel Efficiency Service Ltd

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