WIP
has been active in the clean energy and
environment sectors for over three decades,
providing a range of technical expert
and non-technical services to both industrial
and public sector clients at the international
level. In the field of bioenergy WIP is
involved in several projects which have
the overall aim to support the development
of the European bioenergy sector through
the stimulation of new biofuel markets.
WIP offers project development, project
management, technical supervision and
realisation of both large- and small-scale
projects, which involve the co-ordination
of international consortia.
The
Slovenian Energy Restructuring Agency
(ApE) was established in 1991 as a private
company with the agreement and support
of the Ministry for Energy of the Republic
of Slovenia. ApE is an independent agency
and the collaboration with ministries
is normally organized on the basis of
public tendering processes and contract
agreements. The services of ApE include
analysis, consulting and feasibility studies,
as well as implementation and dissemination
processes. The Slovenian Energy Restructuring
Agency analyses energy problems with focus
on technical, structural, financial, legal,
environmental and behavioural issues.
Furthermore, it develops and presents
recommendations for dedicated actions,
offers information to decision makers
and creates public awareness.
Ing.
Gerhard Agrinz GmbH (AGRINZ) is one of
the leading engineering companies within
the environmental, energy and infrastructure
sectors in Austria. The company is inspired
by the idea of optimizing environmental
processes and has made this to be its
primary corporate policy. AGRINZ is a
technical company with two offices in
Austria. As an engineering company operating
independently from industry and trade,
AGRINZ supports customers in all areas
of business activities with know how.
The key core competences are arranged
into several autonomous business segments
and comprise project management within
environmental technologies and water management.
Biogas production, biogas conversion,
waste water management, IT services, facility
management, and renewable energies have
grown into important business sectors.
The services cover all project phases,
from project management, financing, planning
and building supervision right up to actual
commissioning.
The
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources (CRES)
was founded in September 1987 and is a
non profit entity that has financial and
administrative independence. CRES is supervised
by the Ministry of Development and the
General Secretariat of Research and Technology.
In accordance with the policy of the Ministry,
CRES is active in the fields of RES, RUE,
and Energy Saving (ES). Its primary aim
is to promote technological applications
in these fields, both at a national and
international level. CRES was appointed
by Law No 2244/94 as the National Centre
for Coordination in the fields of its
activity; it acts as an advisor to the
Greek State, and has established a highly
visible profile of a strong and reliable
national energy centre.
Ekodoma
is an independent engineering company,
with more than 10 years’ experience
in the field of efficiency and renewable
energies. The Ekodoma team consists of
specialists and experts working with energy
and environment audits, business plans,
expertise, methodologies and follow-up
activities. In the past, EKODOMA has undertaken
a large number of successful local and
international projects on energy efficiency,
renewable energy and energy policy –
including several projects with the European
Commission. Ekodoma provides project development
activities, project management instruments
and the overall technical supervision
of projects with focus on the assessment
of social impacts, energy efficiency &
renewable energy issues and interfaces
to other relevant environmental fields.
Ekodoma is putting strong emphasis on
the economic, social, legal and administrative
framework of strategies for energy policies.
Energoproekt
jsc (ENPRO) is a company with a history
of over 50 years. It has business contacts
with leading engineering companies from
Canada, France, Germany, Russia, USA,
Poland, Spain and many other countries
worldwide. Within these contacts, the
collaboration, elaboration and renewal
of the power generation sector is very
important issue. ENPRO has investigated,
designed, supervised, participated and
consulted in various stages of implementation
of over 100 major projects in countries
on four continents: Europe, Africa, Asia
and America, namely in the Czech and Slovak
Republics, Romania, Algeria, Libya, Mozambique,
Iraq, Syria, Laos, Cuba and Nicaragua.
The
‘Hrvoje Požar’ Energy
Institute (EIHP) launched its activities
in October 1994. The establishment of
the Institute was an answer to a high
priority need for system planning and
organised economy in the energy sector
during transition changes in Croatia.
The institute is a non-profit institution,
supervised by the Republic of Croatia.
Special attention is given to international
co-operation, the EIHP membership in professional
associations and agencies, as well as
participation in international programs
that are funded by the European Union.
Bilateral co-operation with similar institutions
from developed countries, as well as co-operation
with eminent manufacturers, international
agencies and financial institutions is
highly important for the development of
the energy market. EIHP and it’s
experts are members of the World Renewable
Energy Network (WREN), the European Wind
Energy Association (EWEA) and active participants
in Bioenergy Agreement of the International
Energy Agency.
The Finsterwalder Umwelttechnik
GmbH & Co. KG (FITEC) is an engineering
company that is specialised in the development
and planning of biogas plants for the
utilisation of organic residues from
agriculture and industry. Furthermore,
the development and application of rating
methods for deposition and refuse disposal
site security systems on basis of long-term
emission forecasts in soils and aquifer
is part of the companies working field.
FITEC advises operators of biogas plants
in questions of plant operation and
creates concepts and feasibility studies,
including the plant and energy lay-out,
the basic material and the handling
of residual material. Furthermore, FITEC
develops garbage processing systems
(also as Add-on-units), contraries removal
systems, treatment procedures for fermentation
residues and process control for the
automation and monitoring of biogas
plants. In the field of waste disposal
sites and residual waste, FITEC creates
risk analyses and assesses security
systems on basis of such risk analyses.
In the field of biogas plants, FITEC
works on the procedural treatment of
contraries in the organic residues and
the rating of organic residues in terms
of their fermentation suitability. Besides
that, FITEC is active in the assessment
of the fermenter’s biological
conditions and the application of gained
results for the reactor’s feeding
process.
The
German Biogas and Bioenergy Society (GERBIO)
is an association and network of experts
and companies, as well as interest groups
and educational institutes in the field
of biogas and bioenergy. GERBIO is active
at regional, national and international
levels, setting up additional impulses
beyond the traditional lobby work. The
company is striving to cover the growing
demand for independent dissemination and
information in the field of biogas and
bioenergy by the implementation of educational
activities and dedicated project implementation
methods.
The
N. Poushkarov Institute of Soil Science
(IP) was founded in 1947. The staff of
the Institute consists of 190 permanent
positions with high multi disciplinary
scientific research experience and experimental
field activities in all relevant fields
(e.g. agronomy, soil science, agro-chemistry,
biology, microbiology, chemistry, physics,
etc.). The Institute coordinates national
and international (FAO, UNEP, EC, USDA,
EC) research projects in the field of
soil science, agro-chemistry, agro-physics
and agro-ecology. The institute holds
comprehensive data collections that include
information on physical soil properties;
soil hydraulic properties; organic carbon
stocks; field plots for soil erosion studies;
subsoil compaction, as well as best practice
experiences and long term project results.
Furthermore, the Institute maintains an
unique gene-collection bank with strains
of bacteria and other micro organisms
that can be used in different experiments
and project issues. The collection is
a member of the World Cultures Collection.
SC
Mangus Sol SRL is a company that is active
in the commercial and R&D field. The
company runs the first and most important
web-portal for ecology and sustainable
development in Romania. During the last
years, the company got involved in alternative
energy equipment and business consultancy
in the field of renewable resources. Based
on the activity of the research team members,
Mangus developed a consultancy group that
acts as project management body for solar
and biomass development projects, including
resource evaluation and monitoring, market
studies, bussiness plans and the promotion
of new technologies. Mangus is the representative
of Ageratec (biodiesel equipments) and
has extensive experience in bio-processors
and ancillary equipments. One of the most
important projects of the group is the
development of an integrated agricultural
platform for biodiesel production and
the assurance of energetic self-efficiency.
The scientific approach aims to impose
sustainable development models in agriculture
and implements a pilot platform in southern
Romania.
The
Bioenergy Department is organised under
the Faculty of Technology at the University
of Southern Denmark (SDU). The department
is a research and development unit with
broad experience and knowledge in the
field of biomass related energy systems
and dissemination activities in the field
of biogas from anaerobic digestion. Up
to now, numerous national and EU-projects
in this field have been successfully co-ordinated
and carried out. The Bioenergy Department
of the SDU has a long history of interactive
collaboration within the country’s
cross-ministerial biogas follow-up programmes,
coordinated by the Danish Energy Agency.
The analysis of pre- and post- treatment
technologies for biomass feedstock and
the impact of the legislative framework
on the development of biogas in Denmark
are actual research topics.
