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The promotion of bioenergy is a top priority on the political agenda in Germany as well as at EU level. Nonetheless, the market development hoped for is a long way behind its potential in many countries, which is especially attributable to existing market restrictions and inadequate legislative frameworks at national level.
More recent initiatives at EU level are aimed at overcoming these hurdles. This initially included the European Biomass Action Plan (BAP) from 2005, which called for national governments to develop their bioenergy strategies, and to review and adapt them where necessary. In July 2009 the EU Commission also presented requirements on the contents of the national Renewable Energy Action Plans (REAPs) to be issued. Against the backdrop of the ambitious target of 20 percent renewable energy at EU level by 2020 and a 10 percent share of biofuel, it will be necessary to reconcile existing national targets with the new framework conditions, even in countries with well advanced biomass strategies. The REAPs had to be officially submitted to the EU Commission by every EU member country before 30 June 2010.
The development of country-specific biomass strategies and action plans was the starting point for the BAP Driver project developed by dena - The Germany Energy Agency - together with ten other energy agencies and institutions from the EU member countries.
The first step of the project was to produce a best practice report followed by guidelines for the development and monitoring of balanced national biomass strategies and action plans. Within the scope of national working groups, these results contributed to the ongoing national processes for creating national biomass strategies and the aforementioned REAPs. The national activities were supplemented by four thematic working groups at EU level which focussed on key transnational topics, such as the allocation of biomass, cost-effective subsidisation, sustainable production, as well as the use and distribution of biogenic residues. BAP Driver ended in April 2010.
