Participation in Committees

Participation in Committees

Member of national and international associations in order to share information, network and develop common strategies, such as:

• Europe:
  • Bionergy Europe (former AEBIOM)
  • IBTC: International Biomass Torrefaction Council
  • EERA – Bioenergy: The European Alliance for excellent research in sustainable bioenergy
  • BIC: Biobased Industries Consortium
• Spain:
  • ASEBIO:  Spanish Bioindustry Association
  • ASOBIOCOM: Spanish Biodegradable Compostable Plastics Association
  • GASNAM: Sustainable Transport Association Integrating Gas &H2 Value Chains
  • AVEBIOM: Spanish Biomass Association

Member of participative fora with the main R&D actors of the sector:

• Europe:
  • ETIP Bioenergy: European Technology and Innovation Platform
• Spain:
  • BIOPLAT: Spanish Technological and Innovation Platform ‘Biomass for the Bioeconomy’
  • SUSCHEM : Spanish Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry

Active member of different committees:

• National Technical Committee-AENOR:
  • AEN/CTN-51 “Oil Products” SC 3 “Fuels”
  • AEN/CNT-164 “Solid Biofuels”
  • AEN/CTN-303 “Criteria for a Sustainable Production of Biomass”
• European Committee for Standardization-CEN (task force nº CEN/TF/143) Normalization process of the Method for sampling and analysis of tar and particles in biomass gasification product gases (accredited by AENOR as Spanish representative)
• International Organization for Standardization. Technical committee ISO / TC 238 WG2 Solid Biofuels. Fuel specifications and classes.
• Evaluation experts in R&D projects from 6^th and 7^th Framework Programmes of the European Commission, and for the “Fast Track to Innovation” Instrument of Horizon 2020