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1 PROJECT FINAL PUBLISHABLE REPORT Grant Agreement number: TREN/FP7EN/219042-“BIOMAP” Project acronym: BIOMAP Project title: Development of Time-enabled Mapping and Dissemination Tool for Biofuels Projects Funding Scheme: 7 th Framework Programme Period covered: from 15.09.2008 to 14.09.2010 Name, title and organisation of the scientific representative of the project's coordinator 1 : Niki Komioti, Project Coordinator Energy Management and Information Technology Consultants S.A. (EXERGIA S.A.) tel: 0030 210 6996185, fax: 0030 210 6996186 e-mail: [email protected] Dr. Julie Tolmie, Technical Coordinator Senior Research Fellow Centre for Computing in the Humanities King's College London tel: 0044 (0) 207 848 1420, fax: 0044 (0) 207 848 2980 e-mail: [email protected] Project website address: The BIOMAP tool is officially hosted to the JRC Petten website at the address http://setis.ec.europa.eu/BIOMAP/ For more information please contact Dr. Julie Tolmie, Technical Coordinator A typical project website presenting the project objectives and the project partners and providing information how to access the BIOMAP tool is located at: http://www.eu-biomap.net/ 1 Usually the contact person of the coordinator as specified in Art. 8.1. of the grant agreement

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PROJECT FINAL PUBLISHABLE REPORT

Grant Agreement number: TREN/FP7EN/219042-“BIOMAP”

Project acronym: BIOMAP

Project title: Development of Time-enabled Mapping and Dissemination Tool for Biofuels Projects

Funding Scheme: 7th Framework Programme

Period covered: from 15.09.2008 to 14.09.2010

Name, title and organisation of the scientific representative of the project's coordinator1:

Niki Komioti, Project Coordinator Energy Management and Information Technology Consultants S.A. (EXERGIA S.A.)tel: 0030 210 6996185, fax: 0030 210 6996186e-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Julie Tolmie, Technical Coordinator Senior Research Fellow Centre for Computing in the Humanities King's College London tel: 0044 (0) 207 848 1420, fax: 0044 (0) 207 848 2980e-mail: [email protected]

Project website address:

The BIOMAP tool is officially hosted to the JRC Petten website at the addresshttp://setis.ec.europa.eu/BIOMAP/For more information please contact Dr. Julie Tolmie, Technical CoordinatorA typical project website presenting the project objectives and the project partners and providing information how to access the BIOMAP tool is located at: http://www.eu-biomap.net/

1 Usually the contact person of the coordinator as specified in Art. 8.1. of the grant agreement

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Table of contents

1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY..................................................................................................................................... 3

2 PROJECT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES........................................................................................................ 4

3 MAIN S&T RESULTS/FOREGROUNDS ........................................................................................................... 7

4 THE POTENTIAL IMPACT............................................................................................................................... 15

5 THE WEBSITE..................................................................................................................................................... 18

6 PROJECT LOGO ................................................................................................................................................. 25

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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

BIOMAP is a co-financed project by the European Commission through the 7th Framework Programme for research and technological development (2007-2013). A well-established consortium has been formulated, comprising European organisations, namely EXERGIA, Energy, Management and Information Technology Consultants S.A. (GR), King’s College London (UK), NL Agency (NL), European Biodiesel Board (EBB), European Bioethanol Fuel Association (eBIO) and HUMlab, Umeå University (UmU).It is a 24-month duration project that started on September 2008 and concerned the development of a time-enabled mapping tool to be used for dissemination activities for the projects supported (either completed or ongoing) in the European Union and beyond. The time-enabled map providesthe user with various classes of contracts projects (bioethanol, biodiesel and second generation biofuels) and networks related to biofuels, indicating the location, status, methodology, tools and infrastructure, interrelationships amongst the various organizations or contractors and interrelationships between research working groups and universities. This map could also be used to access summaries, reports, published results and site maps of the projects or networks. BIOMAP project has two major objectives. The first objective is to provide a thorough, all inclusive and time-enabled dissemination tool for biofuel projects and networks in Europe and beyond. The second objective is to fully develop the mapping function including interactions amongst partners (or other elements) of a project or network with other projects and networks and a time-function that will enable users and researchers to analyse the developments over a certain time-window.The main results of the work carried out by the Consortium, can be outlined in the following: Collection of project and network information on biofuels projects in order to present them

in the mapping tool and delivery of stakeholder testing data sets Development of the BIOMAP data mapping model Development of Prototype 1 and Prototype 2 Development and maintenance of the project website Organization of the stakeholders testing of the model Full release of the completed BIOMAP Presentation and promotion of the BIOMAP tool in conferences and workshops,

dissemination of information material Full handover of complete BIOMAP to JRC Petten Put in the exit and sustainability plan data coordination.

In brief, during the project period the Consortium completed in time and with good quality results, almost all tasks foreseen in the work programme. All activities were carried out in accordance with the project work-programme under the Technical Coordination of Dr. Julie Tolmie from KCL. There were no prominent deviations from the original plan.

Grant Agreement number: TREN/FP7EN/219042-“BIOMAP”Dr. Julie Tolmie, Technical Coordinator, King's College London tel: 0044 (0) 207 848 1420, e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Komioti, Project Coordinator, EXERGIA S.A.tel: 0030 210 6996185, e-mail: [email protected] website address:The BIOMAP tool is officially hosted to the JRC Petten website at the addresshttp://setis.ec.europa.eu/BIOMAP/. For more information please contact Dr. Julie Tolmie, Technical Coordinator.

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2 PROJECT CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVES

There are several projects on biofuels production and use in fleets across Europe and beyond, however there is nowhere a common database of information on the projects themselves, their objectives, their status and if completed, their results. All information is scattered in numerous project web sites of biofuel producers, their associations, as well as other organisations involved such as car manufacturers and municipalities2. In addition, for the most part, it is left up to the user to synthesise the textual information they retrieve.

This does not facilitate an effective communication and dissemination strategy by the biofuels community and it significantly limits the capacity to research the status of biofuel implementation in Europe. Considering the new proposed targets of the European Union - 10% biofuel mandatory target within the 20% overall renewable energy sources target by 20203 - as well as the significant expansion of biofuels production and use in Europe - increased by a factor of 5 between 2003 and 2006 from 0.2 to 1%4 - due to the implementation of the biofuels directive5, it is necessary to develop a relatively easy and fully accessible dissemination tool for biofuels production and use in Europe and beyond.

The concept of the project is to develop a powerful and fully accessible “Time-enabled Mapping and Dissemination Tool for Biofuels Projects” (BIOMAP) to facilitate the dissemination of projects (including biofuel production facilities, testing of biofuels in car fleets, use of biofuels in municipalities and research projects under the European Commission’s framework Programmes for Research and Technological Development) that are either ongoing or have been completed but are still running under market conditions.

The BIOMAP provides the user or the researcher with a wealth of information concerning the projects mapped. Also, it is able to examine or analyse the various projects across time as the BIOMAP has been designed to consider only certain periods of time. It is possible therefore to see the developments and progress achieved in a particular area e.g. biofuels type, country, or organisation over time. Alternatively it is possible to examine the same parameters across FP5, FP6 and eventually FP7. In addition, because of its unique focus on interactions between similar aspects of related projects, the BIOMAP can be employed to disseminate and showcase both the evolution and current state of networking activity across Europe.

Built on proof of conceptThe BIOMAP is available to biofuels stakeholders from 8 September 2010 at JRC Petten website(http://setis.ec.europa.eu/BIOMAP/). It has been built on an existing project and network map: ICT in cultural heritage, digital libraries and content, viewed across calls in FP66. To generate this discipline specific funding map, project parameters such as start and end date, location, persons involved, and partnerships of organisations, were collected to create an emergent spatio-temporal network of interrelationships, within which the evolution of important policy areas, such as digital 2 For a discussion of other national or international activities including the CAB-CEP project refer to Section 3 Impact.3 Communication from the Commission to the European Council and the European Parliament – An energy policy for Europe {SEC(2007) 12} COM/2007/0001 final4 Biofuels Directive Review and Progress Report, COM (2006) 345 Directive 2003/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 May 2003 on the promotion of the use of biofuels and other renewable fuels for transport (OJEU L123 of 17 May 2003)6 A joint pilot project of the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King’s College London and the Archaeological Computing Laboratory, University of Sydney. http://acl.arts.usyd.edu.au/projects/networkmap/euprojects/

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preservation, could be tracked. It was proposed to apply this proof of concept to the mapping of biofuels projects and networks, and to do this in close collaboration with associations who liaise with biofuels stakeholders. In this way, as well as creating a dissemination tool for the current state of networking activity in the biofuels sector, it was possible to facilitate the communication of its history and evolution, including the impact over time of policies on research and industry. Projecting forwards in time, strategic R&D needs were also identified. It was envisaged that the time-enabled map format could provide the general public with tailored and flexible access to information on the biofuels sector; it could allow the user public to trace the history, evolution and current status by country or sector, for example.

ObjectivesThe S&T objectives were formulated at two levels: a) the BIOMAP as an excellent dissemination tool and b) the development of the mapping tool which in its totality is unique in mapping interactions across time.

The BIOMAP as a dissemination toolThe use of electronic maps, specifically Google Maps, for dissemination purposes is a relatively recent practice which gives the user the possibility to see the exact location(s) of a project or network. In addition to the exact location(s) of a project or network the BIOMAP provides the user or researcher with a wealth of information on the project or network itself, including its context: all organisations which take part in this particular project or network, as well as the interactions and collaborative actions amongst the participants of the project’s or network’s consortium, and the other projects or networks in which these participants may be involved. See Table 2.1.

Information JustificationProject Title Provides an overall project referenceSummary and objectives Information on the main aims of the projectStatus Provides the status of the projectTechnical description Information on the S&T details of the projectEquipment and infrastructure Information on, and location of, specialised equipment or

infrastructure employed in the projectPhotos Project visualisationProject Leader Provides a contact pointConsortium structure Information on the consortium partners and their respective

rolesActivities of main partners Information on the individual consortium partnersActivities of leading scientists Information on the work of the leading person in the projectInterconnections of leading partners

Information on other projects where partners may be involved

Time relationships Information on past and future# activitiesTable 2.1: Information to be included per project or network site on BIOMAP

The BIOMAP first objective was to provide a thorough, all inclusive and time-enabled dissemination tool for biofuel projects and networks in Europe and beyond.

The development of the mapping toolTo date, there have been few attempts to use electronic maps (such as Google Maps) to map activities on biofuels projects. Those that do exist often have very little practical information for users. As a dissemination and research tool these ad hoc maps suffer from two main shortcomings that are fully addressed by BIOMAP: a) they do not show any interactions amongst project partners

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and b) they have no time function to examine developments over a specific time-window (e.g. period 2003-2005, or duration of FP6). The BIOMAP provides a visual interface within which to aggregate these complex interrelationships and effectively communicate their evolution over time.

Thus, some types of information in BIOMAP were specifically collected for their properties of interconnection or location in space or time (a record of the other partners in a biofuels project), whereas other types of information (a technical description) were single text documents.

The BIOMAP second objective was to fully develop the mapping function including interactions amongst partners (or other elements) of a project or network with other projects and networks and a time-function that will enable users and researchers to analyse the developments over a certain time-window.

Furthermore, the BIOMAP provides an excellent tool for coordinating the research activities at anEU level along with a road map for showcasing existing networking across Europe. The BIOMAP includes 41 projects, 33 mapped plants and 389 players that have been analysed across numerous variables such as country, type of biofuels, production facility, process, research organisation, industry, time-window, city using biofuels in captive fleets etc. BIOMAP also provides a powerful tool for coordination at an organisational level, at a national level and eventually at an EU level on the basis of structure and available information, for example within a given research subject.

BIOMAP can be used as a realistic and pragmatic “picture” of research activities on biofuels in the EU and beyond, thus facilitating their coordination.

One of the unique features of BIOMAP is its ability to indicate existing networking amongst organisations and individuals participating in various projects thus providing valuable information about the collaboration activities amongst these organisations and individuals. This type of information provides the user or researcher with information on the particular strengths and weaknesses, interests and expertise of the various organisations and individuals facilitating the creation of new consortia, new projects and thus the penetration of biofuels in the transport market. In particular, it enables those forming new consortia to consult information on the composition by role of previous and current consortia, thus providing an indication of innovation within the proposed project with respect to the configuration of roles within research already funded.

BIOMAP can be also used as a realistic and pragmatic “picture” of networking in Europe and beyond for organisations and leading researchers facilitating a network of excellence on biofuels developments.

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3 MAIN S&T RESULTS/FOREGROUNDS

The project has duration two years, from 15/09/2008 to 14/09/2010. The technical work programme activity can be divided into seven phases:

Phase 1 Oct 08 – Dec 08 Scoping study

Phase 2 Jan 09 – Jun 09 Development of Prototype 1

Phase 3 Jul 09 – Sep 09 Feedback and iterative development

Phase 4 mid Sept 09 – Dec 09 Development of Prototype 2

Phase 5 Jan 10 – mid Mar 10 External testing and development to first public

demonstration

Phase 6 mid Mar 10 – mid Jun 10 Development to launch and public online release

Phase 7 mid Jun 10 – mid Sep 10 Exit and handover

Besides the management and dissemination, the BIOMAP Technical Workprogramme is organised into stakeholder level and model level, as shown in the diagram below.

The stakeholder level comprises WP2, the Collection of Project and Plant Information, and WP5 Stakeholder Liaison Testing and Evaluation.

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Diagram 3.1: The BIOMAP Technical Workprogramme

The model level comprises WP3, the BIOMAP Data and Visualisation Model, and WP4, System Architecture, Development and User Interface Development. Effectively this is the implementation of the model in the BIOMAP Web Application.

The main results of the work carried out by the Consortium, can be outlined in the following:

Technical co-ordination and meetings Collection of project and network information on biofuels projects in order to present them

in the mapping tool and delivery of stakeholder testing data sets Development of the BIOMAP data mapping model Development of Prototype 1 and Prototype 2 Development and maintenance of the project website Organization of the stakeholders testing of the model Full release of the completed BIOMAP Presentation and promotion of the BIOMAP tool in conferences and workshops,

dissemination of information material Full handover of complete BIOMAP to JRC Petten Put in the exit and sustainability plan data coordination.

In brief, during the project period the Consortium completed in time and with good quality results, almost all tasks foreseen in the work programme. Most of the activities were carried out in accordance with the project work-programme under the Technical Coordination of Dr. Julie Tolmie from KCL. There were no prominent deviations from the original plan.

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A list of the activities undertaken during the project period (Technical Coordination Schedule) is presented in Table 3.1. All activities are colour coded by stakeholder (blue) or model level (green).

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Date Meetings / visits

Release WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5

22/09/09 Consortium meeting

23/09/09 7th Tech Coord National Policy template developmentNational Policies Greece

DataVis Model Prototype2Analysis: Emerging trends in the data

Prototype2 database non-geographical map (6m poster)Prototype1 formatting & interface features

Plan for external testing

3/10/09 EC EC Contracts template 8/10/09 EC EC Map revised by

DG TREN & DG RTD30/10/09 SEPRAS National Policy templates

Netherlands & GreecePrototype2 non-geographical browser

4/12/09 8th Tech Coord Policy and Standards MapSynthetic plant diagram

Prototype2 List | Non-geo | Map

11/12/09 BIOMAP Functionality guide Prototype2 Release

17/12/09 Consortium meeting & 9th Tech Coord

BIOMAP Index maps & initial screens

Feedback on Testing Prototype2

2/02/10 BIOMAP Functionality and Structure guide

BIOMAP testing Release External user testingEC and non-EC testersQuestions to testers

11/02/10 10th Tech Coord

Glossary connections to BIOMAP

1/03/10 11th Tech Coord

BIOMAP content/structure External Testing Report & preparation for World Biofuels Makets, Amsterdam

7/03/10 EC Associations template15/03/10-17/03/10

First public demonstration at World Biofuels Markets, Amsterdam, Booth with eBIO

14/04/10 Demonstration at European Biofuels Technology Platform Stakeholders’ Meeting

29/04/10 12th Tech Coord

BIOMAP Launch PreparationBIOMAP after Launch

BIOMAP Launch PreparationBIOMAP after Launch

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Date Meetings / visits

Release WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5

3/05/10-6/05/10

Launch at 18th European Biomass Conference, LyonBooth with JRC

8/06/10 Videos Full release of BIOMAP by European Commission

6/08/10 13th Tech Coord

Player information templateDiagrams for plant templateTechnology template

Validation report, HUMLabBIOMAP testing, NL Agency

8/09/10 Installation and handover of BIOMAP to JRC Petten

Table 3.1: A list of the activities undertaken during the project period (BIOMAP Technical Coordination Schedule <--> Model/Map Releases 2008 – 2010)

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The BIOMAP Consortium consisted of 6 partners from 5 different European countries.

Beneficiary Number

Beneficiary name Beneficiary short name

Contact person

Contact details

1 (coordinator)

Energy, Management and Information Technology Consultants S.A. (EXERGIA S.A.)

EXERGIA Niki Komioti [email protected]

2 King’s College London KCL Dr. Julie Tolmie [email protected]

37Archaeological Computing Laboratory, the University of Sidney

ACL - -

4 NL Agency NL Agency Bregje van Keulen

[email protected]

5 European Biodiesel Board EBB Adrian O'Connell [email protected]

6 European Bioethanol Fuel Association eBIO Robert

[email protected]

7 HUMlab, Umeå University UmU Fredik Palm [email protected]

Each partner contributed its own expertise and knowledge in the development of the time-enabled mapping tool. EXERGIA has the role of the overall project coordination being the main contractor of the project, while KCL has the role of the technical coordinator of the project.

The overall performance of the Consortium is considered to have been sufficient, without any major hindrances in the carrying out of the project tasks or the coordination activity.

The following tasks were carried out for the adequate management of the project:

Fostering and maintaining good communications and relationships amongst all partners and with the Commission (including reporting).

Co-ordination and integration of partners’ activities to ensure synergies. Managing the financial and business aspects of the project. Plan for using and disseminating the knowledge.

These tasks were carried out in the framework of the operational project coordination activities.

Detailed descriptions of the activities carried out within each work package, which led to the development, web hosting and official launch of the BIOMAP tool, has been presented in the two project periodic reports accompanied by the corresponding deliverables.

ResultsThe BIOMAP tool has been officially launched in the 18th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition which was held in Lyon Convention Centre – Cite Internationale, 3-6 May, using instruments such as oral presentation, live demonstration of the tool and promotional material.

7 The participation of ACL has been terminated from April 1, 2009.

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The handover / installation of the BIOMAP tool to JRC Petten took place on 8 September 2010(http://setis.ec.europa.eu/BIOMAP/.).

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4 THE POTENTIAL IMPACT

Strategic impact As it was foreseen, the impact of the project is significant with respect to the opportunities that are going to open in promoting and disseminating the various classes of contracts projects and networks related to biofuels. It brings together through the interrelationships available from the map, industry, market actors, research working groups, universities, investors, funding bodies, government officials and individual stakeholders facilitating the penetration of biofuels technologies into the market.

In the short term, the project:

Provides uniformed information about demonstration and industrial biofuel projects available to policy makers at local, national and European level as well as to biofuel stakeholders and biofuel project executors. By a co-ordinated analysis of the information, more strategic research and development needs and opportunities are identified and explored. As well as the biofuels projects being monitored, the monitoring also results in an identification of the most active players in the field. This can become a basis for future joint activities in the field of biofuels, from feedstock to production and distribution.

Makes visible, via the mapping tool, the establishment of a network between the relevant stakeholders. The establishment of such a network generates sufficient critical mass to start becoming important for establishing breakthroughs in market introduction and penetration of biofuels.

By sharing information and efforts between the stakeholders and the users of the map, the market introduction of biofuels is accelerated and thus the meeting of the targets set on the relevant Biofuels Directive would be achieved.

On the long-run, the project:

Promotes good practices through better information on biofuels. The BIOMAP tool user is able not only to have access on various projects and networks but also on summaries, reports, published results, etc. More specifically the potential users become aware of conventional fossil fuel depletion and issues like climate change and pollution.

Promotes governance of energy technologies and programmes - and energy issues in general -on a regional, national, EU and global level.

Leads to an increased security and diversity of energy supply. The integration of biofuels to the existing markets will increase the diversity of energy supply and will contribute to the flexibility and efficiency of the energy systems.

In addition the project has an impact on the promotion of biofuels to the general public through the provision of a flexible interaction source of information, including on the history and evolution of the field via the time-enabled function.

Added value in carrying out the work at a European levelEnergy and environmental planning, with the depletion of fossil fuels and issues like atmospheric pollution, climatic change and ozone loss, is becoming an exercise that transcends national boundaries and must be addressed at a European level, taking into consideration national policies. Despite the fact that the EU has devoted substantial efforts and resources under previous Framework Programmes, it seems that a lot of action needs to be undertaken relevant to the dissemination and

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promotion of biofuels, including to the general public. This interest is currently creating a need for a substantial amount of information gathering, processing, communication and dissemination. The better knowledge of the current situation of the biofuel market and future prospects will enable action to be undertaken in order to accelerate penetration of biofuels technologies into the market, and to speed up activities for fulfilling the EU Kyoto commitments. One of the ways to achieve this is to support, help and educate relevant stakeholders such as local authorities, research organisations, investors and end-users, as well as to inform the public in general, increasing their awareness at a European level. The need for the development of this mapping and dissemination tool was accentuated by the lack of proper understanding of the benefits of introducing in a more successful way biofuels in the market. This is due to the fact that only limited attention has been devoted to developing integrated tools, appropriate to provide uniformed information on the various classes of contracts projects and networks relevant to biofuels for promoting the successful penetration at the EU-27 level.

The project impacts, in terms of benefits and shortcomings, crosses boundaries and affects people across Europe; at the same time the dispersed nature of energy investments obeys wider rules related to the deregulation of electricity, environmental norms and economic and social priorities that form the wider scene of energy-environment-economic policy of the EU. It is thus mandatory, when considering the penetration of new energy technologies and in particular biofuels, to take into account individual characteristics and the particular interests of the decision making groups responsible for their successful implementation. Such groups, e.g. local people, consultants, environmentalists, manufacturers, investors, have to plough common ground in order to come to a consensus that is really a compromise solution amid conflicting interests and priorities. The project comes to address the aforementioned problems in a systematic and scientific way, bringing into a unified framework know-how from across Europe. Moreover it provides full access to biofuels indicating the location, status, methodology, tools and infrastructure, interrelationships amongst the various organisations or contractors and interrelationships between research working groups and universities.

In the framework of the project a rich dissemination campaign was carried out in order to improve the understanding and potential significant benefits from the development of the map, to the eyes of decision-makers, potential investor and the public, thus contributing to putting RTD excellence in practice.

The project makes use of existing knowledge and experience gained by other national or international activities in the biofuels sector. The project partners build upon the work in the implementation of biofuels in relation with technological advances, economic appraisal, environmental accountability and social analysis of a series of projects carried out by European or international organisations and the relevant associations and institutions internationally.

EU related policy issuesThe project was in line with EU environment policies as they are reflected in established legislation or preparatory work and it was materialised within the wider framework of EU policy directives concerning new energy technologies, energy security of supply, climate change integration with other countries, deregulation of electricity and energy markets.

The project: addresses the needs of the EU Member States, new EU Member Sates and other countries,

implementing the environmental acquis and complying with EU environmental legislation, such as the Biofuels Directive, RES Directive, etc.

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supports the aims of the Commission's Green Paper: Towards a European Strategy for the Security of Energy Supply, which specifically mentioned the exploitation of RES, as a means to improve security of supply and reduce GHG emissions.

is in line with the White Paper on RES (COM(97)599), which identified RES as fields where more action needed to be taken in order to reduce CO2 emissions and achieve the EU commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.

is in line with the RES-E Directive on the promotion of electricity from renewable energy sources in the internal electricity market.

The project is also compliant with the needs of the national energy and environment policies of the participating countries, as it contributes to increasing the share of energy produced by RES, contributes towards the security of energy supply, assists in combating GHG emissions and fulfilling the obligations of the country in relation to the Kyoto protocol.

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5 THE WEBSITE

A typical project website http://www.eu-biomap.net/ was developed by the team in order to present the project, the consortium members and to provide link to the address where the BIOMAP tool is hosted.

It should be noted that during the whole project period the BIOMAP tool was worked and developedby Dr. J. Tolmie (KCL) and demonstrated at the website address http://biomap.kcl.ac.uk.

At the end of the project the BIOMAP tool has been transferred and is officially hosted to JRC Petten website at the address http://setis.ec.europa.eu/BIOMAP/. The handover / installation of the BIOMAP to JRC Petten took place on 8 September 2010.

Contact person for the BIOMAP tool: Dr. Julie Tolmie, [email protected]

Within the first three days of its release, BIOMAP was accessed from the following countries (in order of first access by that country): Canada, Netherlands, US, Greece, Brazil, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Australia, Austria, Turkey, Finland, Sweden, Spain, France, Singapore, Switzerland, Tunisia, Croatia, UK, Norway, Ecuador, Japan, Poland, Ireland, Denmark, and South Africa.

Print screens from JRC Petten website illustrating and promoting the BIOMAP tool are the following:

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View of the homepage of the BIOMAP tool. You can either directly enter the website or you can view a 6-minute tutorial before navigating the website.

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41 projects are mapped in the BIOMAP tool

Projects are categorized under the main categories of Framework Programmes and Intelligent Energy

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For each project, further information is available, like duration, coordinator, consortium members, work packages, etc.

The tool contains 11 biodiesel plant owners, 9 bioethanol plant owners and 4 synthetic plant owners

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8 industry associations are mapped

The “FurtherInfo” tab contains studies and other relevant documents to biofuels

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The user can easily find an enquiry by clicking on the “Search” tab.

Frequently Asked Questions can be found in the tab “FAQ”.

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The “HELP” tab provides assistance with the Timeslider, the Navigation, the Icon Stacking and the Diagram

In the “About” tab, the user can find more information on the BIOMAP project

In general, the BIOMAP tool (release 8 June 2010) contains 41 projects, 33 mapped plants and 389 players.

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6 PROJECT LOGO

The logo of the BIOMAP project is the following: