The document summarizes the 4biomass project which aims to foster sustainable usage of renewable energy from biomass in Central Europe. The project involves partners from several countries who work on activities like exchanging best practices, developing a database of biomass projects, and creating a transnational action plan. The action plan will provide recommendations on coordinating bioenergy policy across countries to help meet renewable energy targets.

1. Zita Dibáczi Project manager Hungarian Energy Center Climate Action: Water Conference Hungary – Budapest 23 th March 2011 Fostering the Sustainable Usage of Renewable Energy Sources in Central Europe - Putting Biomass into Action!

4. Renewable energy share in power, heating/cooling and transport sector - Hungary 2010  55 PJ 2020  120 PJ National Renewable Energy Action Plan  14,65% 40,7PJ 60,9 PJ

5. Biomass fuelled power plant capacities for electricity in 2008 blue: co-firing, green: only biomass

8. The Consortium Asscociated Partner Agency for Renewable Resources Austrian Energy Agency Czech Biomass Association Federal Ministry of the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety Energy Centre Non-profit Company Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy & the Environment Institute of Power Engineering University of Science and Technology, Krakow Energy Restructuring Agency

11. Communication, dissemination Project management Networking Transnational biomass Action Plan