THERMOS
Summary:Web-based software tool to optimise local district energy network planning processes
Main objective:THERMOS is a user-friendly, free and open-source software to make heat network planning faster, more efficient, and more cost effective. It provides sophisticated new energy system mapping methodologies and modelling tools in a web-based software to plan, develop, and expand local area heating and cooling systems significantly more quickly, efficiently, and cost effectively.
End user:Biomass owners, Biomass management companies, ESCOs, Cooperatives / RESCoops, End users, NGOs, Research Centers / Universities, Investors
REPLACE
Summary:The aim of the tool is to motivate and support people to replace their old heating systems with more environmentally friendly alternatives. Simple renovation measures that reduce overall energy consumption are also part of the programme.
Main objective:A central tool included in this initiative is the "Replace Your Heating System Calculator", which raises consumer and investor awareness of the economic, environmental benefits of replacing heating and cooling systems and promotes collective action. When replacing inefficient heating systems, the REPLACE Heating Matrices provide an overview: They show which type of heating system based on renewable energy sources, or on a connection to the district heating network, is most suitable for your single-family homes or for your residential building.
End user:Biomass owners, Biomass management companies, ESCOs, Cooperatives / RESCoops, End users, NGOs, Research Centers / Universities, Investors
SCORE Prosumer - Investment calculator
Summary:The tool holds 10-15 potential input parameters. Based on these, the summary dashboard displays the project’s energy production, investment, and amortisation. Six dynamic graphs provide a quick assessment of important parameters such as yield, loan repayment, costs overview, tax payments, electricity production and consumption as well as a breakdown of the operational costs. Current market conditions (module and installation prices) and feed-in tariffs are taken into account.
Main objective:The objective of the SCORE Prosumer-Investment Calculator is to provide RECs with an easy-to-use online tool for appraising the economic viability of a joint photovoltaic (PV) energy project. By offering the tool freeof-cost with its intuitive graphic user interface, even non-experts can now quickly assess the key performance indicators (KPI) of a planned PV project. T
End user:Cooperatives / RESCoops
ENABLING
Summary:Includes Best Practices Atlas from inside and outside Europe, transferable to other regions or serve as an inspiration for partners in the value chain. Enabling Coaching Activities, available through an online simple questionnaire provided via the website, will support biomass producers or the BBP industry for the uptake of emerging best practices and help the applicants figure out more details about the bio-economy and its component.The BiomassTrade Platform is an online venue where biomass producers and biomass processors can meet to exchange currently not valorized organic biomass residues and organic by-products. The BiomassTrade Platform allows interested users to search and offer organic biomass residues and by-products, bio-based products as well as services in the different sectors of bioeconomy.‘Process Flow platform represents data for different feedstock, collected by different regions in each Enabling partners’ country, and shows the process flows for the different feedstocks.
Main objective:Develop the great potential of the bio-based industry, encouraging the creation of efficient and structured biomass supply chains for the production of bio-based products (BBP). The project has developed the “Biomass Trade Platform” released in February 2020 (available at this link: http://www.biomass-trade.eu/). The Biomass Trade Platform” allows biomass producers and biomass processors to search and offer biomass residues and by-products, biobased products as well as services in the different sectors of bioeconomy. The BiomassTrade Platform operates EU-wide but aims to connect stakeholders on a regional level to foster the exchange of goods and services on that level. There is also the "Best Practices Atlas" with the best BBP practices.
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BSAT Power4Bio
Summary:Set of three tools developed by the Power4Bio H2020 project, including a catalogue of bio-based solutions, a BioEconomy Strategy Accelerator toolkit and a GIS information system.
Main objective:Online database that contains factsheets on existing bio-based solutions with tested potential for market uptake in the fields of bioenergy, biomaterials, biochemicals, and food & feed. The GIS-tool will facilitate the communication and exchange of information among participant regions during the project. It will feature geographical and statistical data from all partner regions representing the regions´ conditions and prerequisites for the development of their bioeconomy strategies. The Bioeconomy Strategy Accelerator Toolkit (BSAT) integrates the most relevant existing bioeconomy tools and includes all the support material developed within POWER4BIO.
End user:Biomass management companies, ESCOs, Cooperatives / RESCoops, Research Centers / Universities, Public authorities
VALERIE
Summary:Google-like tool that can help the user to search and find information regarding agricultural and biomass sector.
Main objective:Currently the tools helps the users to find relevant information in the fields of agriculture and forestry making innovation from European research accessible to farmers, foresters and advisers. In the future ask-Valerie.eu will not only make new knowledge accessible to the end-users but will also enable them to share knowledge, experience and views with their peers across Europe.
End user:Biomass producers, Biomass management companies, End users, Policy makers.
CFPAN tool and database FeedPrint
Summary:Not available without registration
Main objective:The CFPAN tool and database FeedPrint calculates the carbon footprint of feed raw materials during their complete life cycle. This ranges from crop production, via processing of crop and animal products, compound feed production to utilization by the animal, including transport and storage between all steps of the production chain. The CFPAN tool has been developed to gain insight in greenhouse gas emissions during the production and utilization chain of feed an to identify mitigation options.
End user:Biomass owners, biomass management companies, research centers, public institutions, associations
The Bioeconomy Tool Shed
Summary:US based assessment tool which includes wide range of information
Main objective:The vision of the Tool Shed is to identify “renewable energy opportunities” by providing stakeholders access to agro-, economic, socio-, and technical data and information resources that are relevant to the evaluation of potential opportunities. These opportunities are anticipated to range across the entire supply chain: from feedstock production, to bioenergy production, bioenergy use, and linkages between feedstock production, bioenergy production and use.
End user:ESCOs, Biomass owners, Biomass management companies, Public authorities, Public institutions, Investors