Department of Science, Technology and Society

Utrecht University

The Netherlands

AAO: Afval Overleg Orgaan Het Afval Overleg Orgaan is een bestuurlijk platform. Hierin overleggen rijk, provincies en gemeenten over de Nederlandse afvalverwijdering. In Nederland zijn de wettelijke bevoegdheden in het afvalstoffenbeleid verdeeld tussen de overheden. Om te zorgen voor samenhang in de afvalverwijdering werken rijk, provincies en gemeenten sinds 1990 samen in het Afval Overleg Orgaan.

Afval Online: Afval Online geeft actuele informatie over de gehele keten van afvalbeheer en is vooral gericht op het bedrijfsleven en overheidsinstellingen. Op de website zijn ontwikkelingen te vinden in de wet- en regelgeving, jurisprudentie, inzameling en de verwijdering. Natuurlijk worden ook de ontwikkelingen in de afvalmarkt behandeld.

Atmospheric Impact of Biomass Burning: Project of the technical division Environmental Geochemistry of the National Institute for Space Research of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology.

American Bioenergy Association: The American Bioenergy Association is an organization focusing on advocacy and education on the benefits of biomass energy use, research, and production. Biomass WWW links by BEA.

BIOBIB- A Database for biofuels. BIOBIB includes data of the ultimate analysis of the elements, the proximate analysis, the analysis of the minor and trace elements, data about the melting behaviour of the ash and much more. BIOBIB does not only cover information about different types of wood, straw and energy crops but also waste-wood samples and biomass-waste-assortments of different biomass-treating industries (e.g. wood processing industry, pulp and paper industry, food industry). Currently the database contains 331 different fuels.

Bioenergy: The project, "Bioenergy, its present and future competitiveness" aims to study the conditions that effects the long-term competitiveness of bioenergy by studying the bioenergy system from the view of the actors within the system. The project is of a multidisciplinary character, involving a projectgroup , concisting of three different institutions at two Swedish universities, and a referencegroup. Interesting sites on the WWW by this group.

BioEnergy Home Page: University of Wisconsin Forest Products Laboratory. A resource for bioenergy, bioconversion, and bioprocess technology. Hot links to other bioenergy related pages by BioEnergy.

Bioenergy Mailing List Archive: The Bioenergy Mailing List at Solstice.This is a mailing list for the discussion of biomass as a sustainable energy resource. It intends to involve industry, academia, and goverment in discussions about the current state of the art and future directions in biomass energy industry and research. Topics will include but not be limited to combustion, gasification and power generation biomass energy resources, biofuel conversion, anaerobic digestion, etc.

Bio-Masster: Overview of Expertise and Activities within the Netherlands in the area of energy production from biomass and waste streams sponsered by NOVEM.

BFPD: Biofuels Feedstock Development Program (BFDP) is a mission-oriented program of research and analysis whose goal is to develop and demonstrate environmentally acceptable crops and cropping systems for producing large quantities of low-cost, high-quality biomass feedstocks.

Biofuels Information Center: The center is operated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory with funding and direction from the Biofuels Systems Division within the Office of Transportation Technologies at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The center maintains technical information on biofuels conversion research conducted under U.S. DOE supervision from 1980 to the present. The center is linked to the Biofuels Information Network, located at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, where information can be obtained about the DOE Biofuels Feedstock Development Program.

Biofuels Information Network: The Biofuels Information Network is an integral part of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Fuels Development outreach activities. The OFD funds research and analyses on liquid and gaseous fuels produced from dedicated energy crops such as grasses and fast-growing short-rotation trees. The projects focus on the domestic production, recovery, and conversion of these feedstocks to economically priced, environmentally beneficial fuels such as ethanol, methanol and biodiesel. Technical management is provided by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.

Biomass Energy Businesses in the World: The Source specializes in creating and hosting high-content, fully-categorized World-Wide Web sites.

Biomass and Bioenergy: Biomass and Bioenergy is a new international journal publishing original research papers and short communications, review articles and case studies on biological resources, chemical and biological processes, and biomass products for new renewable sources of energy, food and materials.

BRIC (Biomass Resource Information Clearinghouse):The purpose of this clearinghouse is to provide high-quality biomass resource data for the United States. Our goal is to provide access to publically available biomass resource data and information.

BTG: The Biomass Technology Group B.V. (BTG) is a private firm of consultants, researchers and engineers based in Enschede, The Netherlands. The BTG is a leading organization in the field of sustainable energy production from biomass and waste.

CADDET Renewable Energy: International Information on Renewable Energy Technologies.CADDET provides both specific and general information across all of the renewable energy technologies for those interested in the international status of renewables, their environmental issues and the deployment of renewable energy projects.

Centre of Biomass Technology: A Danish biomass information network of four technological institutes working with biomass. Our job is to promote the utilization of wood, straw and other biofuels for energy purposes as alternatives to traditional fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas.

CWPR: The Centre for Waste and Pollution Research web site has been established to disseminate information within the general field of waste and pollution. This site contains information about waste management, waste policy and regulation, composting and contaminated land. The waste research database will allow you to search for articles and publications relating to research into specific areas of waste and pollution

ECF (Energy Crops Forum Newsletter): Energy Crops Forum is published periodically by the Biofuels Feedstock Development Program, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ECN biomass for energy generation (in Dutch): the Netherlands Energy Research Foundation Phyllis, a database containing information on the composition of biomass and waste.

EDB Energy Science and Technology Database: Subject Category Biomass Fuels. This bibliographic database is a subset of the Energy Science and Technology Database (EDB) created and maintained by the Department of Energy, Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). The database contains all unlimited, unclassified scientific and technical information relating to energy efficiency and renewable energy topics processed at OSTI that is DOE sponsored or published in the United States.

Energy Research Group: A department of Aston University with the aim to apply chemical engineering science and technology to the development of advanced processes for the production of electricity, liquid fuels and gaseous fuels, and chemicals from natural resources.

Energysearch is the premier Internet search engine for the Energy Industry of EPRI, providing Internet users with fast, accurate search results on global energy topics.

EPA: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Biomass Utilization

IEA Bioenergy Homepage: IEA Bioenergy is an international collaborative agreement. It was set up in 1978 by the International Energy Agency (IEA) to improve international co-operation and information exchange between national bioenergy (R,D&D) programmes. IEA Bioenergy aims to realise the use of environmentally sound and cost-competitive bioenergy on a sustainable basis, to provide a substantial contribution to meeting future energy demands. IEA Bioenergy Newsletter. Bioenergy links by IEA

Gridwise Power Guide: subject biomass: A comprehensive directory of power generation, transmission, distribution, and end-use.

Hanze Milieu (in Dutch): Hanze Milieu is establish by the EDON Group. Hanze Milieu is active in the waste market in Noord-East of the Netherlands.

ITC: International Institute for Aerospace Survey and Earth Sciences ITC's main activities are directly related to human capital building on the field of rural energy and development. ITC offers a MSc degree specialisation in Rural Energy and Development and contribute to the Professional Masters course Forestry for Rural Development.

NBIA (National BioEnergyIndustries Association): The NBIA was established to: (1) encourage broad public and private participation in the development of clean, renewable bioenergy resources, and to promote responsible agriculture and forest management practices; (2) unite private sector firms, public and private organizations, and individuals who wish to promote the sustainable use of our nation's biomass resources; and (3) focus public and legislative attention on America's greatest untapped renewable energy resources, and underscore their contribution toward economic development and energy independence at the local, national, and international levels.

NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory): The mission of the Industrial Technologies Division at NREL is to assess routes to convert renewable and recoverable feedstocks to high-value and commodity chemicals and materials bysing chemical, biological, electrochemical, supercritical, thermal and analytic processes.

Platform Bio-Energie: The Platform Bio-Energie is the Dutch society which promotes the interests of all the Dutch business involved in the biomass for energy chain. Members of the society represent the entire chain. Links by Platform Bio-Energie.

Pressurized Fluidized Bed Gasifier Plant Modeling and Visualisation: Workshop Dynamic Process Simulation Delft University of Technology and CAPE-The Netherlands. April 3, 1996 by Laboratory for Thermal Power Engineering, Delft University of Technology.

PyNE Network: The Energy Research Group is coordinating a pan european network covering all aspects of the fast pyrolysis of biomass.

Rutgers University Utilities Department: Information of the Utilities Department of Rutgers University initiated electrical power generation at the Busch Cogeneration Facility in the state of New jersey, USA.

The Regional Wood Energy Development Programme in Asia (RWEDP) aims to assist 16 developing countries in South and Southeast Asia in establishing and strengthening their capabilities to assess wood energy situations, plan wood energy development strategies, and implement wood energy supply and utilization programmes. The programme promotes the integration of wood energy in the planning and implementation of national energy and forestry programs. It is implemented by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN and funded by the government of the Netherlands.

OVAM (Public Waste Agency of Flanders): Links to sites with information on waste, soil, composting and recycling.

Solstice: Solstice, the site for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and sustainable technology information and connections. Related Net Sites by Solstice.

Who's Who In Renewable Energy

WRBEP: Western Regional Biomass Energy Program The Western Regional Biomass Energy Program (WRBEP) is one of five Regional Biomass Energy Programs established and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Thirteen states participate in the WRBEP including Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming.

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