The German federal government took the initiative to found FNR in 1993. The 65 members of FNR comprise 4 federal ministries, 16 “Länder” ministries and nominated representatives of industrial, economic and agricultural associations and federations, as well as associations for nature conservation. As the central co-ordinating agency in Germany, FNR is charged with ensuring a practice-, problem-, and result-oriented pooling of activities for the promotion of renewable resources.

 

FNR is national or project co-ordinator in several European information and dissemination networks supported under the research and energy programmes of the European Commission.

 

 

Wood-fuel expertise and fields of application

 

- Support of wood-fuel research, development and demonstration projects on different scales.

- Organization of wood-fuel conferences and workshops.

- Publications on different aspects of the bioenergy chain.

- Partner in Altener EUBIONET (former AFB-net).

- Support of the Biomass Information Centre BIZ (http://www.biomasse-info.net).

 

 

Region of operation and fields of application

 

. Germany for all activities.

. Europe for networks, information and dissemination.

. Contact also with the United States.