Intelligent Bioenergy Network s.r.l. – iBioNet s.r.l.

Intelligent Bioenergy Network s.r.l. – iBioNet s.r.l.

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iBioNet (Intelligent Bioenergy Network) is a spin-off of the University of Florence, established in 2015.
iBioNet supports the local communities through the development of renewable energies and guarantees the environmental and social sustainability. Furthermore, iBioNet promotes wood-energy supply chains, assists the enterprises and the local communities. iBioNet supports the energy production togheter with the maintenance strategy into the local framework. iBioNet promotes the biomass energy to reduce the GHG emissions and as drive force for the rural economy and forest management.

iBioNet pays particular attention to the growth of a sustainable economic model, compatible with the economic and ethical development of local companies, thanks to the coherence between the core business of "renewable companies", based on principles of environmental sustainability and efficient use of resources.

iBioNet’s services are:
•       Planning and design of biomass supply chains, through specific analyses and the development of web applications that allow an assessment of the sustainability of the new energy plants.
•      Biofuel Certification Service and emissions analyses aimed at certifying the quality of solid fuels (wood chips). In particular, iBioNet issues quality certification of solid biomass samples, according to the UNI EN ISO standard.
• iBioNet also produces and installs SensorWebEnergy (SWE) and Air Quality (AIRQ) remote monitoring systems and able to determine: the first the quantity and quality of biomass supplied to the plants; the energy eventually produced; the overall performance of the plant, weighed against climatic and electricity consumption data; whereas the second, weather data and emission value data of CO2; CO; NO2; VOC; PM10; PM2.5 . SWE and AIRQ data are sent in real time to the web platform (www.ibionet.eu) to be processed and made immediately available to the users.

Type of wood
Stemwood
Origin of wood
Forest
Kind of wood concerned
Stemwood, woodchips and micro woodchips
Sustainability Potential
High, throug forest management and planning
Impact on environment & biodiversity

low environmental impact and increasing forest biodiversity

Economic impact
creation of local wood-energy chains
Job effect
possibility of new jobs in the wood supply chains
Income effect
possibility increase income to local emprises with sale of certifical biomass
Specific knowledge needed
good practices for sustainable forest management, good knowledge of wood supply chain, wood fuel market trend, knowledge ISO 17225 norm
Key prerequisites

Forest management and planning, forest communities, wood-energy supply chains, biofuel certification service, biomass plant emissions analyses (efficiency monitoring biomass plant)

Domain
Forest management, ecosystem, resilience
Wood energy industry
Innovation management, hubs, clusters
Digital solution
No
Innovation
Yes
Country of origin
Italy
Scale of application
National
Start and end year
-
Contact data
Owner or author
References and Resources
Project under which this factsheet has been created
Rosewood