Bioenergy Europe

Bioenergy Europe
Abbreviation Bioenergy Europe
Formation 1990, Brussels, Belgium
Type Trade Association
Purpose Renewable energy, Bioenergy
Headquarters Brussels, Belgium
Region served
Europe
Members
40 national associations 90 companies (2018)
President
 Didzis Palejs (LV)
General Secretary
 Jean-Marc Jossart (BE)
Main organ
 Board of Directors, Steering Committee, General Assembly
Affiliations WBA (World Biomass Association)
Staff
17 (2018)
Website

Bioenergy Europe (former AEBIOM) is a European trade association opens to national biomass associations and bioenergy companies active in Europe. AEBIOM was founded in 1990 under the leadership of french senator Michel Souplet with the aim to promote energy generation from biomass in all its forms (Bio-power, Bio-heat, Biofuel for transport).

Bioenergy Europe is the umbrella organisation of the European Pellet Council (EPC),[1] and the International Biomass Torrefaction Council (IBTC).[2].

Bioenergy Europe is managing two international certifications for wood fuels. ENplus® certifies wood pellets quality [3] and GoodChips® which aims at guaranteeing wood chips and hog fuel quality [4].


Governance

As a European trade federation, Bioenergy Europe governance is ensured by its members (see list below) and structured around a General Assembly, a Board of Directors and a Core Groups that decide on the strategic orientations and political lines of the organisation based on the advises of Bioenergy Europe's Working Groups and Secretariat.[5] Since 2016, Didzis Palejs (Latvia) is president of the organisation taking over Gustav Melin (Sweden) who was president from 2010 to 2016.[6]

Members

National Associations (39)

Academics (7)

  • Centre for Research and Technology Hellas - - CERTH
  • Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands - ECN
  • European Institute for Energy Research - EIFER
  • HEIG-VD University - HEIG-VD
  • National Renewable Energy Centre - CENER - CIEMAT Foundation
  • Walloon Agricultural Research Centre - Cra-w
  • Wood Technology Institute

Companies (81)

See also

References

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