RuralE.Evolution European Project

Introduction
RuralE.Evolution is an Intelligent Energy Europe (IEE) project, co-financed by the European Union, with the aim to design an effective methodology for a successful application of Public-private partnership (PPP) scheme to Agro energy districts, that is to say areas hosting energy crops to be used as an Renewable energy source (RES) and by this way, get a more efficient use of local resources.
The project started the 1st of October 2008 and should end up on April 2011. The partners of the Project are from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Greece.
Objectives of the project
RuralE-Evolution ’s goal would be that the designed methodology could be transferred and used as a guideline for other European agro-energy districts, which were interested in setting up collaboration projects among public and private sector.
These objectives should be reached by :
*A data collection and analysis on existing PPPs models and schemes in the participating countries and globally, and a framework for the application of the PPP scheme to agro-energy districts.
*The application of the provisional methodology to target areas and a drawing of 5 feasibility studies for pilot PPPs on agro-energy districts.
*A validation and dissemination of the final methodology.
Expected results
The project will produce:
* A comprehensive and complete methodology to apply the PPP scheme to Agro-energy districts;
* The testing of this methodology through its application in 5 different areas in European Regions;
* 5 Memoranda of Understandings among Local Authorities, Local Entrepreneurs, other local actors to create and manage, through PPP, RES Agro-energy Districts.
Project partners
*Coldiretti Umbria, Italy
*Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
* Fundación Comunidad Valenciana-Región Europea, Spain
*Intercoop Group, Spain
*CONFAGRI, Portugal
*AQUAPROFIT, Hungary
*Biomass research centre, Italy

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