EIE065-EUBIONET II – 1 EUBIONET II EUBIONET II Efficient trading of biomass fuels and analysis of fuel supply chains and business models for market actors by networking EIE/04/065/S – Project is supported by the Intelligent Energy, an European Programme of the European community and by national co- funding from 16 member states Co-ordinator: Eija Alakangas, VTT P.O. Box 1603, FI Finland tel

EIE065-EUBIONET II – 2 WP 1 - Current situation and future trends in biomass fuel trade in Europe l Current techno-economic biomass volume in Europe n economically and technically viable volume of solid biomass fuels n Both raw material and bioenergy needs are taken into account (CEPI & AEBIOM involved). l Biomass fuel market and prices, export and import of biomass fuels l Biomass fuels technical specification CEN/TS 14961– analysis of the experiences within traders l Subcontractors from Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and Czech Rep. l Deliverables n National reports n Listing of the key biomass fuel traders in Europe n Summary report of the Biomass fuel market situation in Europe n Feedback report on CEN biofuel standardisation usability in biomass trade l WP co-ordinator: VTT

EIE065-EUBIONET II – 3 WP 2 - Business models for biofuel supply chains for heat and power production l 30 different methods will be analysed n raw material availability for selected plants n technology used and main technology providers n description of the fuel supply method from raw material purchase to delivery to end-user including logistics n business organisation model description including staff requirements n analysis of production costs in different phases and pricing of fuels n contracting and agreements with operators and end-users, marketing of fuels n information on fuel quality and control of fuel quality l Deliverables n Fact sheets of each supply chain n List of technology providers n Guidelines for selection of different biomass business models for different fuels and end-users l WP co-ordinator: VTT

EIE065-EUBIONET II – 4 WP 3 - Implications of the EU legislation for biomass markets in different countries l How and when will the various European directives linked to biomass and waste and how will the existing framework and legislation change because of these implementations? l What are or have been the underlying drivers for the chosen existing incentives and (financial) compensation framework for biomass and waste? l What are the present definitions for biomass l What are the emission levels for the found specific biomass-technology combinations l What are the various compensations schemes and penalties for the found categories? l Deliverables n Summary report of the national findings on implications of the EU legislation for biomass markets in participating countries n 2 workshops organised l WP co-ordinator: Senter Novem

EIE065-EUBIONET II – 5 WP 4 - Dissemination and co-operation l Web site ( and links to other European bioenergy webpages l Promotion material of the project (brochure and 4 flyers) l 10 published articles in leading bioenergy journals or papers presented at conferences l Three international events (proceedings and feedback), n two of them in the form of a parallel/additional workshops within two international events, and n the third one in Brussels in 2007 l CEPI will disseminate project results in the CEPI Focus and European Pulp and Paper event in 2007 l 5 study tours on biomass production and use or trading will be organised and feedback collected l Virtual training material on web from wood fuel supply chains l WP co-ordinator: AEBIOM

EIE065-EUBIONET II – 6 Project organisation l VTT, Finland (co-ordinator) l SLU, Sweden l Senter Novem, Netherlands l DTI, Denmark l FNR, Germany l CRES, Greece l BLT, Austria l CRA, Belgium l SODEAN, Spain l University of Manchester, UK l CBE, Portugal l SWS, Ireland l AEBIOM, with 28 national bioenergy associations l CEPI, Belgium (forest industry association) l NCP, Finland l ADEME, France