Consolidated handbook for BIOMASUD certification

A Handbook will put into force setting out the rules for the certification of the biofuels granted under the improved BIOMASUD label. It will be elaborated by AVEBIOM with the assessment and collaboration of all project partners, in particular CIEMAT. This Handbook will be based and will have the same structure of the present BIOMASUD label Handbook and will contain the description of quality requirements, the quality assurance (traceability) system procedure, and the sustainability requirements for solid biofuels granted by the label extended to the whole biofuels chains (from field to boiler). The Handbook will include the new biofuels studied in WP3, as well as the new and/or improved quality and sustainability label requirements defined in WP3 and WP4, respectively, and those relating the best conditions for solid biofuels use in commercial boilers and stoves (WP5). The Handbook will be elaborated in English and translated into the languages of the countries participating in the project (in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Greek, Slovenian, Croatian and Turkish), being responsible for the translation of the relevant project partner in each country. The Handbook shall be disseminated among the bioenergy stakeholders in each country. In direct relation to the Handbook, as an element for the implementation of the certification system will be the on-line application developed in task 4.3, for calculation of the sustainability requirements.