Four West Midlands organisations will receive EU funding of €1.8 million for developing local biomass across North West Europe. The INTERREG IVB North West Europe Programme has agreed funding for a project led by Aston University with Birmingham City Council, Birmingham City University and John Pointon & Sons Ltd as well as other European partners.
This latest award follows on from an INTERREG IVB award given back in December 2010 for a biomass supply chain led by the University of Staffordshire with Stoke-on-Trent Council as as partner. Funds were also given for a project in developing energy from algae with Birmingham City University as a partner.
These three projects combined bring in €3.2 million of EU funding to the West Midlands and reflect the weight and importance of support from West Midlands European Service to those organisations who have bid for biomass projects over the last 18 months. The awards also demonstrate the recognition of the West Midlands as a developing European centre of excellence for renewable energy.
For more information please contact WM European Service:
Tel: 0121 678 1010
Fax: 0121 678 1049
E-mail: info@wmcouncils.gov.uk
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