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 #17
- 19-11-2018
Welcome to the 17th newsletter of the ENERGY BARGE project! The ENERGY BARGE consortium recently published a concise and practice-oriented handbook about framework conditions for Danube logistics services related to the transport, handling and...
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ENERGY BARGE - Second Policy Dialogue - project presentation in Bucharest
- 12-11-2018
On 2 November, the ENERGY BARGE project partner ARBIO (Romanian Association of Biomass and Biogas) participated at the Second Policy Dialogue and EUSDR PA's Cross-fertilisation Workshop. The workshop, organised by the project Made in Danube, was...
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ENERGY BARGE - Pre-feasibility study by Slovak Shipping and Ports JSC
- 09-11-2018
Development plan to strengthen the port of Bratislava as a logistic hub for the bioenergy sector The ENERGY BARGE project partner Slovak Shipping and Ports JSC (SPaP) is a leading company in the fields of transport, transhipment and...
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ENERGY BARGE - Newsletter #16
- 05-11-2018
Welcome to the 16th newsletter of the ENERGY BARGE project! In this issue of the ENERGY BARGE newsletter, the pre-feasibility study conducted by the Slovak Shipping and Ports JSC is presented. The study aimed to define a development plan and...
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ENERGY BARGE - B2B meeting in Bratislava - Register now!
- 25-10-2018
On behalf of the ENERGY BARGE project, we are pleased to invite you to the conference "Danube logistics meet bioeconomy", which will take place on 22 November 2018 in Bratislava. "Danube logistics meet bioeconomy" will bring together...
