Green Energy Innovative Biomass Cluster
With more than 12 years of activity, the Cluster aims to facilitate cooperation between business, academia, research and government to promote the use of clean energy from renewable sources. The Cluster is committed to helping communities secure energy from local renewable sources such as biomass.
The exploitation of biomass, in addition to the energy benefits, also has environmental benefits, ensuring the maintenance of green areas while producing a significant amount of clean energy.
Biomass sources exist in every municipality, but this potential is not used. Usually, after pruning, branches, cuttings and plant debris are burnt on the spot, or transported to landfill or left abandoned on the land. Biomass, a local source of renewable energy, could be the solution for providing heat energy to communities, especially rural towns and small provincial towns.
With a considerable amount of green waste available in the locality, each has the potential to produce its own feedstock for heating and become energy self-sufficient. In conjunction with local biomass production, investments in small capacity heating systems up to 1 MW can be started.
The cluster has facilitated more than 200 such systems in almost 70 localities across the country, with a capacity of around 30 MW.
Involvement in promoting sustainable development goals
- Organising thematic events in the framework of the European Sustainable Development Week (ESDW)
- Organising thematic events during Sustainable Communities Days
- Organising thematic events during the European Green Week
- Member Circular Economy Club, London
- Green Energy Cluster with an integrative vision, with results not only in the economic and social development area, but also in the field of climate change, has obtained recognition from the Department for Sustainable Development in 2020 at the Sustainable Development Gala.
