Financing: VI Programa Marco. European Commission.
Duration: 2006-2009
Summary: The aim of this project is to make available, to both the industry and the international scientific community, the most extensive information concerning the properties of biomass and ashes. It intends to provide confidence and reinforce relationships in the biofuels market, standardize prices, tests and methods of analysis, and, in short, make the commercial use of this type of fuel viable and competitive. The information will be disseminated in different ways: research workshops and international conferences with the participation of accredited laboratories from various countries in the EU, the creation of a database which further extends the existing Phyllis database, published and updated by the ECN (Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands). The Bioenergy Group is responsible for organizing a solid biofuels normalization course and a seminar on the standardization of biofuels in the south of Europe.