BIOPLAT-EU
BIOPLAT-EU, Promoting sustainable use of underutilized lands for bioenergy production through a web-based platform for Europe, aimed at promoting sustainable use of underutilized lands for bioenergy production through a web-based platform for Europe that serves as decision support tool.
Objectives
The overall objective of the project was to promote the market uptake of sustainable bioenergy in Europe using marginal, underutilized, and contaminated (MUC) lands for non-food biomass production through the provision of a web-based platform.
Activities
The main output of the project was a web-based platform that enables stakeholders (farmers, landowners, investors and industry players) access to a number of high-quality services:
- identification of suitable MUC lands on EU Levels;
- support throughout the planning process by a user manual and step-by-step guide;
- assess sustainability implications of bioenergy projects, based on real global earth observation data, actual
- statistics, and experiences from case studies and previous projects; and
- standardised financial structuring service with output that allows direct loan applications.
