The second international fair and conferences on renewable energy sources and energetic efficiency RENEXPO will be held on April 22nd and 23rd 2015 in Belgrade. On this year fair, SERBIO promoted the BioRes project „Sustainable Regional Supply Chains for Woody Bioenergy“, implented together with German partners – German Organization for internatial cooperation GIZ and financed by the European Union’s Horizon2020 Research and Innovation Program.

On this year RENEXPO fair, were presented the possibilities for investments in every renewable energy source and currently available projects from the region of Western Balkan.

The BioRes Project currently works on the election of priority locations for establishment of regional logistic centres in Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria, and RENEXPO was a good opportunity for the promotion of potentials and attraction of investors interested in participating in the supply chain for woody biomass.

German Governmental Organization for international cooperation GIZ partnered with eight other organizations, including the National Biomass Association SERBIO, launched a project to support the creation of sustainable regional model for the supply of wood biomass in Croatia, Bulgaria and Serbia.

The main objective of the project is to establish and reinforce in these countries the supply chain for woody biomass, introducing the innovative concept Biomass Logistic and Trade Centers, so-called BLTCs.

Within the project, it is planned to establish 6-8 BLTCs in Croatia, Bulgaria and Serbia, by June 2017.

Professional and technical support for feasibility studies, business plans and market development of biomassin addition to GIZ also provide partner organizations from Europe: European Biomass Association "AEBIOM", Styrian Chamber of Agriculture "LWK Steiermark", Center for marketing of agricultural products and energy "CARMEN eV" from Germany, the Finnish Institute for research in forestry "Metla" and the Institute Energy Agency of the Savinja and Carinthia regions of Slovenia. The partners, tha will work years on the establishment of logistics centers in their respective countries in the next two are: Regional Energy Agency of Northwest Croatian "REGEA" National Biomass Association "BGBl" from Bulgaria and the National Biomass Association SERBIO in Serbia.

The project officially began on January 1st 2015, and the first meeting of the Steering Committee, in the presence of representatives of all partner organizations, was held on February 5th and 6th in Friesing, in Germany.

Projekat je podržan sredstvima Evropske unije iz programa za istraživanje i inovacije Horizon 2020, u okviru ugovora o grantu br. 645994   

On November 19th 2014 in Pancevo there was a presentation on "Biomass as part of the future energy system in Serbia" organized by the Regional Chamber of Commerce South Banat in cooperation with the National Biomass Association SERBIO. The presentation was attended by many businessmen from south Banat district, members of chambers of commerce and interested media.

More about the event can be found here.

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