Project Overview

EU and African partners have been collaborating to build sustainable non-food renewable bio-oil supply chains for providing Combined Heat and Power (CHP) electricity, and in the future, the chemical feedstocks needed to replace fossil fuels.

Project Aims

Develop projects that will increase the supply of sustainable bio-energy resources from 2nd generation non-food sources such as jatropha or microalgae, and develop new products with high value.
Develop new biofuel skills training programmes for new oil-processing businesses and for Energy Services Companies (ESCos) for the mutual benefit of both EU and ACP countries.
Stimulate investment in new biofuel industries to deliver sustainable CHP electricity based on renewable biofuel.
Link farming and aquaculture communities in Africa with biofuel business demand in Africa and Europe.
Promote the benefits of CHP systems running on biofuels and stimulate demand by local and regional authorities who procure energy for their communities.

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African Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Science and Technology Programme
Grant Contract: FED/2009/217066

This Action is funded under the ACP Science and Technology Programme

(http://www.acp-st.eu/about/)

by the European Union and implemented by the ACP Secretariat.

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