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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.