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Registration Number for SEASON.<br />

BIO-SME-TC<br />

Objectives<br />

The main objective of the project was the<br />

promotion and business-development<br />

of EU manufacturers of biomasscombustion<br />

equipment in third world<br />

countries. This initiative aimed to assist<br />

<strong>European</strong> manufacturers penetrate<br />

the international market, introduce their<br />

technologies to potential investors, reduce<br />

the market-access and administrative<br />

barriers and allow companies to assume<br />

a leading role. The objectives were<br />

accomplished by<br />

• supporting participation of <strong>European</strong><br />

biomass SMEs in international<br />

high-grade marketing and technology<br />

business exhibitions,<br />

• accompanying co-ordinated promotional<br />

actions, which included a dedicated<br />

website, a database with biomass<br />

technology manufacturers, workshops,<br />

brochures, and a market-guide for EU<br />

<strong>Bio</strong>mass Technologies and Manufacturers<br />

in both CDs and hard copies.<br />

Promotion of EU biomass<br />

technology in third countries<br />

Challenges<br />

Today, forestry and agricultural residues, including<br />

rice husks, cotton ginning, straw and wood<br />

waste, appear as the most economical renewable<br />

energy recourses for heat and electricity<br />

production, substituting expensive oil products<br />

and natural gas. Very positive results are<br />

experienced in many application areas in agroindustry<br />

(for example, the fruit and vegetable<br />

industry, drying of agriculture products etc.),<br />

district heating of rural areas, combined heat and<br />

power production etc.<br />

Within the <strong>European</strong> Union, major efforts have<br />

been initiated for increasing the use of agricultural<br />

and forestry residues driven by various strategic<br />

energy, environmental, rural and regional<br />

development needs.<br />

The main objective of the project was the<br />

promotion of EU agro-industry residues<br />

combustion technologies, developed by <strong>European</strong><br />

SME manufacturers, in third world countries<br />

with high biomass potential. Specifically<br />

the scope of the project was the promotion<br />

of innovative combustion technologies for<br />

the energy production from cotton, rice and<br />

wheat residues.<br />

198<br />

These agricultural residues present operational<br />

problems due to the high concentration of inert<br />

and ash in the feedstock, which causes serious<br />

maintenance problems and long downtime<br />

periods. Few EU SME boiler manufacturers have<br />

developed specific technologies to overcome<br />

these problems. There are state-of-the-art<br />

systems that have been developed in the EU but<br />

the main markets for these are outside the EU<br />

in countries with an abundance of agricultural and<br />

forestry waste.<br />

Project structure<br />

The consortium consisted of a group of companies<br />

and biomass associations, each of which had<br />

significant experience in the biomass sector.

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