ABA Austrian Biomass
Association
ADEME French Agency for Environment
and Energy Management
AEBIOM European Association
for Biomass
AGRICE Agriculture for Chemicals and
Energy Research Group
AGRICE Agriculture for
Chemicals and Energy research group
ASEB Swiss
Wood Fuel Association
BELBIOM Belgian Biomass
Association
BFB Bubbling Fluidised Bed
BMFT Federal Science and Technology Ministry in
France
BML Federal Agricultural Ministry
BTG Dutch Biomass Technology Group
CAP Common Agricultural Policy
CBE Centro da Biomassa para Energia in Portugal
CENET Centre for New Technologies in Germany
CFB Circulating Fluidised Bed
CHP
Combined Heat and Power
CIEMAT Centro de
Investigacionnes Energeticas Medioambientales y Tecnologica
CLER Renewable Energies French Committees
CLM Dutch Centre for Agriculture and Environment
CNRS Centre National de Recherche Scientifique
CO2 Carbon dioxide
CRAM Italian Research Centre for Environment and
Materials
DEA Danish Energy Agency
DGE Office of the Director of Energy in Portugal
DH District Heating
DHP District Heating Plant
DTI Danish Technological Institute
EBA Estonian Biofuel Association
ECB Energy Centre Bratislava
ECN Dutch Foundation for Energy Research
ENEA National Agency for the fields of new
technology, energy & environment in Italy
ERBE Wallonia Biomass Energy Agency
ETSU Energy Technology Support Unit
FCA Forestry Contracting Association
FINBIO Finnish Bioenergy Association
FNR (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe) the Technical Agency for Renewable Raw Materials in
Germany
HELLABIOM Greek Biomass Association
HTW High-Temperature Winkler gasification process
ICAEN Institute Català d'Energia
IGCC Integrated Gasification Combined Cycles
INETI Instituto Nacional de Englaria e Tecnologia
Industrial in Portugal
INRA Institut National de
Recherche Agronomique
ITABIA Italian Biomass
Association
JNICT National Board of Scientific
Research and Technology in Portugal
MOTIVA
Information Centre for Energy Efficiency in Finland
MSW Municipal Solid Waste
MTI Ministry of Trade and Industry
NFFO Non Fossil Fuel Obligation
NOVEM Dutch Agency for Energy and the Environment
NUTEK Swedish National Board for Industrial and
Technical Development
OFEFP Federal Office for
Environment, Forestry and Landscape
POLBIOM
Polish Biomass Association
RDF Refuse Derived
Fuel
RE Renewable Energy
RES Renewable Energy Sources
SLOBIO Slovenian Biomass Association
SRC Short Rotation Coppice
SRF Short Rotation Forestry
TEKES Technology Development Centre of Finland
VITO Flemish Institute for Technological Research