Unlocking the Potential of Bio-based Value Chains in the Baltic Sea Region

The University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Polish project partner) published a report which maps biomass value chains for improved sustainable energy use in the Baltic Sea Region countries. The research focuses on the 9 Baltic Sea Region (BSR) countries:  Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Latvia,  Lithuania, Poland, Sweden, and Norway. The general objective of […]

The BalticBiomass4Value Team wishes you and your loved ones a Happy Holiday Season and a Happy New Year!  

Dear readers, FNR, as communication manager of BalticBiomass4Value, is proud to announce that the 3rd newsletter of the project has been published recently. Primarily, this edition informed  about the six-month project prolongation, the international conference held in September and the publication of a new report on biomass value chains for improved sustainable energy use in […]

On 17 September 2020, an international conference was organised by the Lithuanian Biotechnology Association as a part of the BalticBiomass4Value project. Additional to the conference, three business networking events were offered by our German, Norwegian and Lithuanian partners.   International Conference The international conference Bio-based Industries Fast Forward was held in a semi-virtual format at […]

On 17th September 2020, the BalticBiomass4Value project consortium kindly invites business enterprises and other bio-based economy stakeholders to attend an International Conference and Business Networking Event “Bio-based Industries Fast Forward”. The event will be held virtually with part of participants from Lithuania gathering at Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy in Kaunas. The main aim of this […]

On 25th June 2020, the BalticBiomass4Value project held virtual panel discussion during the International Scientific Conference “Sustainable Bioeconomy Development 2020: From Thinking Globally to Acting Locally” which was organized by the Faculty of Bioeconomy Development of the Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy and the Faculty of Economics and Social Development of the Latvia University of Life Sciences and […]

The aim of the workshop and discussion was the presentation of the project and the results of the analysis of the bioenergy related business models. In the first place, the 11 in the project analysed business models were introduced and specific aspects of the bioenergy in the Baltic Sea Region were discussed. Additionally, in a […]

The Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), Europe’s leading industry association putting circularity, innovation and sustainability at the heart of the European bioeconomy, has published the first three in a series of new reports mapping bio-based potential and opportunities for green growth in Central and Eastern Europe. The new reports for Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania illustrate the […]

At the end of February, the most prominent annual event dedicated to the development of innovation in the Vidzeme region, Latvia – Vidzeme Innovation Week 2020 – was organized by Vidzeme Planning Region and it’s cooperation partners, where science, business, agriculture, finance, culinary and other sectors were represented by multiple experienced Latvian and foreign experts, […]

The BalticBiomass4Value project aims to enhance capacity of public and private actors within the Baltic Sea Region (BSR) in order to produce bioenergy in a more environmentally sustainable and economically viable way by utilising new biomass resources (primarily, biological waste) for energy production. This also includes the existing potentials to utilise bioenergy side streams for […]

Dear readers, FNR, as communication manager of BalticBiomass4Value, is proud to announce that the 2nd newsletter of the project has been published recently. This issue covers a “Report on the Analysis of the Consumption, Prices and Energy Production from the various Biomass Sources in the Baltic Sea Region”. The report is accompanied by an interview […]

In November 2019 the 3rd meeting of the BalticBiomass4Value (BB4V) project was organised by partners from 3N Lower Saxony Network for Renewable Resources (DE) and the Lead Partner Vytautas Magnus University (LT). The Latvian delegation was represented by Vidzeme Planning Region experts Kristaps Ročāns and Krišjānis Veitners together with Prof., Dr. oec., Arnis Lēnerts from […]

Professor Mariusz Jerzy Stolarski serves as a full time professor at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. Currently Mariusz works under the Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture and Centre for Bioeconomy and Renewable Energies. He performs research studies in the area of cultivation, productivity, usability of perennial industrial crops, as well […]

Dovile Zdanaviciene is Head of the policy group, of the Climate Change management team, in the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania. She studied Environmental Engineering and Energy Engineering / Thermal Engineering at the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. Expertise: renewable energy, policies and climate change mitigation, policy measures. What role does bioenergy play […]

Dear readers, Welcome to the first BalticBiomass4Value newsletter! In this edition of the newsletter you will find information about the scope and objective of the project as well as the project consortium. In every edition we will introduce some of the project partners. We also keep you informed about up-coming events in the Baltic Sea […]

Dr. Erik Trømborg is a professor of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. His expertise includes forest and energy sector analyses, renewable energy with emphasis on biomass supply. Erik led the analysis of market outlook and future viability of different bioenergy products and value chains in […]

On 10th and 11th of October the BalticBiomass4Value Interreg project held a successful meeting at the Estonian University of Life Sciences in Tartu.  In the course of this 3rd project meeting members of the project consortium presented approx. 30 best business case examples and discussed about the framework and methodology for sustainable development and dissemination […]

On 26th September 2019, just several days after the United Nations Climate Action Summit in New York, the Science, Policy and Business Forum “Bioeconomy Development Strategies: How to Strengthen the Connection between Economy, Society and the Environment?” was held in Kaunas (Lithuania) as a part of the 9th International Scientific Conference “Rural Development 2019: Research and Innovation […]

On 18th – 19th June 2019, the BalticBiomass4Value project consortium met in Vilnius (Lithuania) to discuss results of the modelling of bioenergy consumption and biomass potential in the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). Results of the Analysis of Market Outlook and Future Viability of Different Bioenergy Products and Value Chains in the BSR Energy System were presented […]

On 28th February – 1st March 2019, representatives of the BalticBiomass4Value project partners and associated organisations gathered in Kaunas (Lithuania) to kick-start the project.