ENERGY BARGE Building a Green Energy and Logistics Belt
The main objective of the project ENERGY BARGE is to exploit the potential for green energy in the form of biomass along the Danube river in a sustainable way, thereby increasing energy security and efficiency in the Danube countries, considering:
- the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC,
- the EU2020 climate goals,
- EU Danube Region Strategy’s objective.
An outstanding feature of the ENERGY BARGE project is its cross-sectoral approach: the project brings together key actors along the entire value chain, stakeholders from the bioenergy industry, Danube ports as well as relevant public authorities and policy stakeholders. This shall support transnational know-how transfer and cooperation.
ENERGY BARGE will build a platform for the exchange of experiences and best practices, extending the deployment of biomass for energy production in the Danube region.
Partners
There are 15 partners involved in the project from 7 countries:
- 7 partners from the biomass/bioenergy sector,
- 6 partners from the logistics sector including 5 ports,
- 3 partners from the field of research that provide either special knowledge needed for the implementation of the project or who have special knowledge and networks in their regions.
Focus on results
An increased use of Danube logistics will help to reduce emissions, to establish a low-carbon transport system and to improve the environment performance along the entire bioenergy value chains.
The project’s promotion of ports as locations for processing, handling and storage of biomass for energy production supports port development. To map value chains and facilitate market uptake of biomass for energy production in the Danube corridor the project will put great emphasis on disseminating the results of the project specifics and findings through newsletters, articles, news and interactive social media activities.
The project in particular contributes to the implementation of the action plans elaborated in Priority Area (PA) 2 “Energy” and PA 1a “Inland Waterways” of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR).
- Start date
- 01-01-2017
- End date
- 30-06-2019
- Budget in Euro
- Overall: 2,323,519.65
- ERDF Contribution: 1,974,991.67
- IPA Contribution: 0
- ENI Contribution: 0
- Call number
- Call 1
- Priority
- Better connected and energy responsible Danube region
- Specific objective
- Improve energy security and energy efficiency
Library
Project Partners
| Name | Type | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agency for Renewable Resources | Lead partner | t.fellenberg@fnr.de | Germany |
| BioCampus Straubing GmbH | ERDF partner | Ann-kathrin.kaufmann@biocampus-straubing.de | GERMANY |
| Deggendorf Institute of Technology | ERDF partner | Wolfgang.Dorner@th-deg.de | GERMANY |
| Austrian Waterway Company | ERDF partner | simon.hartl@viadonau.org | AUSTRIA |
| Port of Vienna | ERDF partner | rojko@hafenwien.com | AUSTRIA |
Project News
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ENERGY BARGE - Newsletter #13
- 19-09-2018
The 13th newsletter of the ENERGY BARGE project has been published! In this issue, an overview on a set of regional case studies assessing the cases potential for integrated biomass and bioenergy production is provided. Special attention was...
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ENERGY BARGE - Case study region Straubing as location for TV clip on biobased fuels
- 14-09-2018
Biobased fuels offer versatile options for transport and mobility, but also for agriculture and climate and they can be sourced regionally from oil seeds, straw, biogas, sewage and more. Especially within the Danube region, potentials are large....
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ENERGY BARGE - Agricultural research and higher education serving the competitiveness of the national agriculture
- 10-09-2018
In June 2018, ENERGY BARGE partner National Agricultural Research and Innovation Center (NARIC) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Vitafort First Feed Production and Distribution Company and the Hungrana Starch and Isosugar...
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ENERGY BARGE - Danube Business Talks 2018 - Register now!
- 16-08-2018
Bioenergy meets Danube logistics! On 10 and 11 October 2018, the business platform Danube Business Talks will focus on the development of innovative logistics solutions for the European bioenergy and biomass sector. Organised by viadonau...
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ENERGY BARGE - Newsletter #12
- 02-08-2018
The 12th newsletter of the ENERGY BARGE project has been published! In this issue, the expected developments of the heat and electricity generation from biomass as well as the demand for liquid biofuels in the ENERGY BARGE partner countries...
