ISIS

The overall goal of the project is to support the European Community in reducing dependency on oil, reducing greenhouse gases and direct emissions through knowledge about more efficient production, distribution and use of biogas in the transport sector generated from a wide variety of feedstock available in urban areas and regions in Europe. The project adopts the well-to-wheel approach to identify the potential for efficiency gains and cost optimisation to ensure market expansion. BIOGASMAX anticipates making a strong research and demonstration based response to the EU policy objective to replace 20% of petroleum based fuels in the transport sector with 5 – 8 % bio fuel, 10% natural gas, and 2% hydrogen by 2020.
During the 4-year life of the project, BIOGASMAX aims to:

prove the technical reliability, cost-effectiveness, environmental and societal benefits of biogas fuels;
perform large-scale demonstrations to optimise industrial processes, experiment and benchmark new and near-to market techniques and expand biogas fleets;
identify and assess ways to remove technical, operational, organisational/institutional barriers, which can inhibit or prevent alternative motor fuels and energy efficient vehicles from entering the market;
spread knowledge about experience and results to European cities and stakeholders with emphasis on New Member States (NMS), so as to enhance the market acceptance of biogas as an alternative motor fuel

The cities, industrial and research partners committed to BIOGASMAX are among the most innovative in Europe in terms of alternative fuels and energy efficient vehicles, in particular the production of biogas for vehicle fuel. The demonstrations will be undertaken in Lille (FR), Göteborg (SE), Stockholm (SE), Haarlem (NL) and Rome (I). BIOGASMAX involves extensive investment by the partners, focuses on integrated packages of demonstration measures and involves training and dissemination activities.