EIE05073SI2'420201, 012006 022008

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Promoting the use of biomass from agricultural
and forestry sector for heating, electricity and
transportation purposes AGRIFORENERGY
EIE-05/073/SI2.420201
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Project Summary

• The main aim of the project is to integrate the
  agricultural and forestry sector into the energy
  market not only as raw material supplier but also
  as supplier of energy services.
• It is proposed by the Styrian Chamber of
  Agriculture and Forestry (Austria) and partners
  from Italy, Romania, Slovak Republic and
  Slovenia.
• The project will generate the following outputs
• Best practice booklets
• Training courses, workshops, study tours
• Regional bioenergy coordinators
• Specific dissemination activities

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Background

• One of the most important barriers for the
  development of a strong bioenergy market in
  Europe is the lacking engagement of the
  agricultural and forestry sector, which is why
  the existing high biomass potentials could not be
  mobilised till now.
• To overcome that barrier the following problems
  are addressed by the project
• Small structure of forestry estates lack of
  cooperation
• Lack of know-how among farmers and forest owners
  concerning
• The production and supply of biomass fuels
• The offering of bioenergy services
• Lack of national or regional support schemes for
  the agricultural and forestry sector (in some
  countries)
• Legal measures and financial support schemes
• Activities of advisory services for farmers and
  forest owners

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Objectives

• To mobilise the large biomass potential from
  private owned forests and from agricultural land
  by increasing the cooperation among farmers and
  forest owners
• To stimulate local and trans-national exchange of
  experiences and know-how transfer
• To integrate the agricultural and forestry sector
  into the energy market not only as biomass
  supplier but also as supplier of energy services
  in the sectors
• Heat
• Electricity
• Transportation fuels

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Expected results

• Best practice booklets
• Description of best practice examples
• Bioenergy market and involvement of farmers and
  forest owners
• Experiences to promote the use of bioenergy among
  farmers and forest owners
• Experiences of farmers and forest owners as
  biomass suppliers
• Successful models to promote the farmer and
  forest owner not only as raw material supplier
  but also as energy supplier
• Dissemination of best practice booklets
• Training Courses
• Workshops
• Study tours
• Regional bioenergy coordinators as a link between
  farmers/forest owners, customers and professional
  advisory services
• Specific dissemination activities.

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Partners Contact

• Co-ordinator
• Landeskammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft
  Steiermark (Austria)
• Dr. Horst Jauschnegg
• A-8010 Graz, Hamerlinggasse 3
• Tel [phone], E-Mail
  horst.jauschnegg_at_lk-stmk.at
• Project Partners
• Associazione Italiana Energia Agroforestali
  (Italy)
• Slovenian Forestry Institute / Gozdarski Institut
  Slovenije (Slovenia)
• BIOMASA, zdruzenje pravnickych osob (Slovak
  Republic)
• CHIMINFORM DATA (Romania)
• Project Website www.agriforenergy.com