Title | Together for the promotion of a sustainable energy | |
Priority,Measure | 3.1 | |
Lead Partner | ITEBE– Institut Technique Européen des bioénergies | |
Lead Partner Country | France | |
Project Website | http://www.itebe.org/portail/affiche.asp?arbo=11&num=406 | |
Duration | 05/2003 - 05/2006 | |
Date of Approval | 15-05-2003 | |
Approx. Total Budget in € | 2.009.300 € | |
ERDF in € | 921.000 € | |
Project Summary | The main aim of the project is to gather and share knowledge and practices of professionals, local communities, and citizens of nine Alpine Space regions in the promotion of a natural local resource: wood-fuel. Precisely, develop actions to: - Have them know each other so that they work together - Put at their disposal the knowledge through an international web-server - Make this local energy known by the public - Set up a marketing campaign through the extension of the European wood energy Road© in the Alps - Study the feasibility of industrial structures of wood fuels production (firewood logs, chips and pellets) and promote them to deal with the demand of great national fuel distributors - Set up bases of professional trainings about this sustainable energy by using new communication technologies This project is a great opportunity for the regional contributors to confront their experiences and therefore to learn, progress, and contribute to a better physical management of the Alpine Space thanks to a renewable energy. | |
Project Objectives | The global aim of this project is to develop the resort to a natural local resource. The use of wood energy should permit to the Alpine space:
• A local development and creation of employment in rural areas (one job created for 1000m3 of wood used per year)
• A better upkeep of the rural space and landscapes
• The decrease of local pollution due to wood waste abandoned or burnt in open spaces
• An additional support to the wood sector in general
• An improvement of the energy self sufficiency of the regions
• An improvement of the dynamism of an economical sector with a strong indigene potential and creation of richness
• The respect of the Kyoto and Johannesburg summits involvements
• The fight against the green house effect
• Economy of fossil energy resources of the planet by substitution of renewable fuels | |
Project Achievements | • working together sharing experiences in the wood energy sector
• organizing professional meetings
• extending the European wood energy road
• self training and professional training
• putting the whole sector under the light
• renewing the methods and tools of buy-selling biofuels | |
Project Result Files | view | |
EU Project Partners | Agenzia per l’Energia della Stiria (Austria)
AIEL – Associazione Italiana Energia dal Legno (LEGNARO – PD) (Italy)
Associazione Slovena per le biomasse (Slovenia)
Camera per l’Agricoltura e le Foreste della Stiria (Austria)
Facoltà di Scienze Forestali Applicate (ROTTENBURG/NECKER) (Italy)
Istituto Forestale Sloveno (Slovenia)
Provincia di Biella (Italy)
Regione Lombardia – Dir. Gen. Agricoltura (Italy)
Veneto Agricoltura – Centro Vivaistico e per le Attività Fuori Foresta (Italy) | |
Non-EU Project Partners | Ufficio federale per l’Ambiente, le Foreste e il Paesaggio (Switzerland) | |
Contact Person | Bontoux, Jean Francois | |
