Adding gas from biomass to the gas grid - SGC

eached by that time. The availability of funds triggered a number of interesting R&D programswhich, in turn, are producing promising results. As funding will increase in the future, R&D isexpected to grow considerably. The follow-up program of ‘Energy 2000’ provides a generous annual270 - 295 M€ for a period of 10 years. Experts feel that the new private sector investments whichwill be triggered will more than match this amount. 13Swiss renewable energy programs are focussing on biomass (wood, plants etc.), wind generatedenergy, photovoltaic and solar energy, heat pumps (making use of geothermal energy etc.) as wellas sources of energy resulting from bacteriological processes such as fermentation (sewagetreatment plants, fermentation vessels etc.).13 U.S. Department of Commerce - National Trade Data Bank, November 3, 2000page: 115