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 BIORES

 
 
The full title of the project is “Reinforcing Investments in biogas technologies for small-scale RES applications in islands”.  The project started in November 2007 and has a duration of 30 months.
 
You are invited to visit the project website at:  www.biores.eu
 
BIORES aims to promote technologies for energy production from biogas derived from municipal waste in European islands.
 
The two main objectives of the project are:
  1. to overcome non-technical (administrative, regulatory, market) barriers and financing obstacles that hinder investments on energy production from biogas derived from waste, and
  2. to develop decision support tools for the assessment of the techno-economic perspectives and feasibility of such investments.
The project addresses two important issues faced by islands: Energy dependency from the mainland and waste management.
 
BIORES will promote small-scale decentralised energy production from renewable energy sources.  It will also link it with the energy end-use needs of the island communities.  In addition, it will promote sustainable waste management.  As a result, the volume of disposed waste is expected to decrease.
Project activities will be accompanied by dissemination actions for the diffusion of the project’s objectives and results, as well as for raising awareness on environmental issues at local level.
 
Work focuses on 6 European islands, namely Samos (Greece), Samsö (Denmark), Sardinia and Tremiti islands (Italy), Porto Santo (Portugal) and one more island from the ISLENET network (to be identified).
 
The partners
  • Energy – Environment – Local Development Ltd - EPTA (Greece)
  • University of Patras / Economic Department  (Greece)
  • Western Isles Council (Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar) - ISLENET (EU network)
  • Multiss - Punto Energia Provincia di Sassari - PEPS (Italy)
  • Samsø Eneri- og Miljøkontor - SEMK (Denmark)
  • Instituto Nacional De Engenharia Tecnologia e Inovação I. P. - INETI (Portugal)
  • Local Agency for Energy and Environment - ALESA (Italy)
  • BUSINESS SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL SA - BSI (Greece)
  • Association of Local Authorities of West Samos - ALAWS (Greece)
 
 
Coordinator:  Olga Bourka
 
Environmental Policy & Programmes Unit
EPTA Environmental Consultants - Engineers
15 Olofytou Str. 11142 Athens, Greece
The BIORES project is co-financed by the Intelligent Energy - Europe programme of the European Commission.

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