Date: Wednesday 2nd March 2011 - Sunday 6th March 2011 (European Union)
Between 2nd to 3rd March 2011 for experts, between 4th – 6th March for the general public the fairground’s gates open in Wels, Upper Austria to all supporters of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.
Seminar: Standards for specification and classification of solid biomass fuels ČSN EN 14961
Date:Tuesday 8th March 2011(Czech Republic)
The seminar aims to familiarize participants with the requirements of the new European standards on the quality of solid biofuels, i.e. wood pellets, wood briquettes, firewood, wood chips in force in the Czech Republic in the 1st half of 2011 and the draft of European standard for fuel phytomass and clarify the orientation of the new standards, specifications and classifications, on the effectiveness of these standards in Europe, the requirements for wood pellets in Austria and Germany. There will also be presented subsidy programs affecting this issue.
New initiative for Biomass resources in the ecoEnergyland – Güssing, Austria
Project partner European Center for Renewable Energy Güssing (EEE) is working on a Master plan (Renewable strategy planning – RESP) for its COACH BioEenergy project region, the ecoEnergyland. The initiative ecoEnergyland itself is a co-operation between 14 communities of the Güssing district as well as the EEE itself with the goal to increase the use of renewables as much as possible.