About the Bio-NETT Project:

This project intends to develop a supportive framework for encouraging the growth of local markets for bio-fuels as a low carbon fuel for Local Authorities and other public sector transport fleets across the EU.

Bio-NETT will enable and support attitudinal change and capacity building within public sector organizations, the agricultural sector (including young farmers and rural women) and the wider supply chain. This will help them to recognize the benefits of sustainable practices around the theme of the development and use of bio–fuels.

Ultimately the project seeks to increase the supply and demand of liquid bio-fuels by creating a more integrated and cohesive market structure, linking suppliers and users through regional networking in both the urban and rural context.

BIOFUELS HANDBOOK: Best Practice Tools and Pilot Projects

Current Status of Bio-NETT:

The Bio-NETT project has come to an end in August 2008. The initial targets set for the project were well-achieved, especially concerning the setting up of new biofuels-in-use pilot projects in each partners' region. Those projects involved different kinds of organizations as end-users. In particular three pilot projects implemented in the course of the Bio-NETT project show a good involvement of the public sector (main target group of the project) and demonstrate the ability of Bio-NETT to successfully stimulate a local supply chain.

Success stories:

- Pure Plant Oil use by the Mid-Western Regional Authority, Ireland

- Murcia city buses running on Biodiesel, Spain

- Biogas use by the municipality of Kalmar, Sweden

 

The Final Implementation report gives an overview of the main outcomes of the project.