Spanish company Ferry Group is to invest €42/US$55.2 million in a project for the production of biomass fuel pellets in Bulgaria.
The 3-year project consists of establishing plantations of paulownia trees near the city of Tran. Paulownia is a fast-growing tree used for the commercial production of fuel pellets.
Bioenergy education takes off in Europe at lightning speed
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The Bioenergy Network of Excellence (NoE), a European group of eight leading bioenergy institutes sponsored by the EU, found that Masters and PhD courses in bioenergy have been introduced at a lightning pace at European universities over the last five years. Its study shows that 55 out of the 60 Masters courses surveyed began between 2000 and 2005.
According to the Bioenergy NoE, these new opportunities for bioenergy education and training come at just the right time to help fill some of the hundreds of thousands of jobs that will be created if bioenergy use meets the EU targets. The European Commission’s 2005 Biomass and Biofuels Action Plan predicted that at least 250,000 new jobs will be created in bioenergy by 2010 if Europe meets its targets to increase energy from biomass. The EU's recently launched energy and climate change policy for the 21st century predicts equally large numbers (earlier post).
In order to link up knowledge centers and to promote courses, the Bioenergy NoE is now inviting any European university offering a Masters or PhD programme in bioenergy to take part in the “Bioenergy Education and Training Pavilion” at the 15th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition which is to take place from 7 to 11 May 2007 in Berlin. It is the largest bioenergy event in the world, with over 1,200 participants from 70 countries expected to attend. To take advantage of this opportunity, please find more information here [entry ends here].
energy :: sustainability :: biomass :: bioenergy :: biofuels :: education :: academic courses ::
The Bioenergy Network of Excellence (NoE), a European group of eight leading bioenergy institutes sponsored by the EU, found that Masters and PhD courses in bioenergy have been introduced at a lightning pace at European universities over the last five years. Its study shows that 55 out of the 60 Masters courses surveyed began between 2000 and 2005.
According to the Bioenergy NoE, these new opportunities for bioenergy education and training come at just the right time to help fill some of the hundreds of thousands of jobs that will be created if bioenergy use meets the EU targets. The European Commission’s 2005 Biomass and Biofuels Action Plan predicted that at least 250,000 new jobs will be created in bioenergy by 2010 if Europe meets its targets to increase energy from biomass. The EU's recently launched energy and climate change policy for the 21st century predicts equally large numbers (earlier post).
In order to link up knowledge centers and to promote courses, the Bioenergy NoE is now inviting any European university offering a Masters or PhD programme in bioenergy to take part in the “Bioenergy Education and Training Pavilion” at the 15th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition which is to take place from 7 to 11 May 2007 in Berlin. It is the largest bioenergy event in the world, with over 1,200 participants from 70 countries expected to attend. To take advantage of this opportunity, please find more information here [entry ends here].
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