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	Castile-Leon Regional Government installs a biomass boiler in the Forestry Centre of El Sequero de Coca (Segovia) 14/04/08Castile-Leon Regional Government has started work for the installation of a biomass boiler in the Forestry Centre of El Sequero de Coca (Segovia). Investment amounts to 498,898.87 euros, and will cover the heating and sanitary hot water requirements...
	Promotion of Energy Crops in Spain 14/04/08The EU has established a series of measures for the promotion of energy crops through its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Regulation 1782/2003 establishes the level of aid, currently 45 €/ha per year for a maximum guaranteed surface area,...
	The Biomass Innovative Business Partnership (AEI) presents the BIOPYME project to the Local Action Groups 14/04/08The BIOPYME project is included within the actions and projects envisaged by AEI-Biomass, which is led by the Spanish Association for the Energetic Exploitation of Biomass (Asociación Española de Valorización Energética...
	The Chile consultancy firm Nodo Industrial Maule organises a 'Technological Mission' to Expobioenergía’08 14/04/08The production of energy through forestry biomass is a business opportunity for the owners of forests and of wood industries, as it will meet their heat and electricity demands for the production processes, whilst making use of subproducts. It is...
	Representatives from the academic and business spheres come together in a bilateral UK-Spain Seminar on bioenergy 25/03/08The meeting showed the need to integrate bioenergy in society through the rational use of raw materials and by overcoming some of the associated logistical problems.
	AEBIOM discusses the RES Directive in the European Parliament 17/03/08On 23rd January, the European Parliament and Council’s new Directive proposal was made public, which concerns the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. The RES Directive is set out within an ambitious and demanding legislative...
	Companies from France, Poland and the Czech Republic are now part of the international representation at Expobioenergía’08 17/03/08At the end of the period of discounts for exhibitors, on 14th March, Expobioenergía’08 has consolidated its status and has now received bookings for 75% of its surface area. The Organisation has rated this increase as very high when we...
	Expobioenergía’08 organises a working trip for spanish companies to the World Bioenergy Show 17/03/08For this third edition, Expobioenergía is organising a trip to World Bioenergy (Jönköping–Sweden) aimed at professionals in the sector, investors, consultancy companies and representatives to know and show new technology...
	Trials for shredding and collecting vine shoots at vineyards in Castilla y León 17/03/08The event was held in the town of La Seca (Valladolid), at a vineyard established on stony soil owned by Isaac Cantalapiedra, a well-known vine-grower of the town, and was attended by a group of vine-growers interested in seeing the machine in...
	The WISDOM Methodology Created by the FAO Is Applied in Castile-Leon 19/02/08WISDOM (Woodfuel Integrated Supply/Demand Overview Mapping) is a spatial tool created by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), based on Geographic Information Systems (GISs). The methodology aims to identify woodfuel priority...