Green Pellets : LIFE+ project

Energy crops and crop residues provide a significant potential for biomass supply to contribute to reducing CO2 emissions, while also decreasing our dependence on fossil fuels. Crops dedicated to solid biomass have environmental advantages such as purification capacities or soil erosion prevention. Energy crops development must be carefully managed in order to reach an acceptable balance between food and non-food resources while avoiding any risks for the environment.

The main objective of Green Pellets project is to demonstrate that new dedicated energy herbaceous crops for solid biomass constitute an effective, sustainable and eco-friendly bioenergy source for heating in order to reduce significantly in the near future the greenhouse gases emissions in Western France(Brittany and Loire Region).

Main actions of the project are:

The project duration is 3 years (2009-2011).

Financial partners of the project are

Technical partners are :