Climate Technology and Energy Efficiency - From "Best Practice" Experiences to Policy Diffusion

- The biomass ordinance was able to stimulate the bioenergy market in a very short period of time. - The effectiveness of the ordinance in combination with the Renewable Energy Sources Act in general is evident and without doubt. - The trend towards bigger plants in the case of demolition wood will have to be examined thoroughly. - Reported problems and restraints are mainly related to the permission process. Due to increasing interest some inconsistencies in other acts become evident.