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Established in 2022 to honour scientific, technical, or managerial merit in the market deployment of biomass industrial processes over a long period of continuous achievements.
The Giuliano Grassi Excellence in Biomass Industrial Deployment Prize was established in 2022 to honour scientific, technical, or managerial merit in the market deployment of biomass industrial processes, attained over a long period of continuous achievements. It is an International Award.
The Prize is named in honour of Dr. Giuliano Grassi who contributed his lifetime in the market deployment of biomass and the creation of the European Biomass Industry Association (EUBIA). The prize is awarded every year to individual at EUBCE (European Biomass Conference & Exhibition) where in a solemn ceremony during the Opening Session.
The Prize Committee selects the individual to be honoured with the prize. This Committee is formed by: (a) all the past awardees (up to the last 5 years), (b) the conference organiser Mrs Angela Grassi, (c) the EUBCE Industry Track Coordinator Mr Kyriakos Maniatis and (d) the representative of Circular Bio-Based Europe Joint Undertaking or their eventual replacements in case they will terminate their functions in the EUBCE.
The exceptional life of Dr. Giuliano Grassi
Giuliano Grassi was a great scientist with a wide range of expertise. His ambitions went well beyond the delightful wine yard he owned in Tuscany, Italy. In the 1960s he started working on atomic energy and advanced nuclear breeder reactors in UK, Italy and France, but he was quick to realize that these technologies had no future. From 1980 onward he turned his interest to Renewable Energies and in particular Bioenergy and Photovoltaic.
He became a European leader of the aforementioned programmes managed in Brussels on behalf of the European Union, becoming engaged in large integration projects for Renewable Energies in particular Bioenergy all over Europe. He also initiated links with major players in India, China, Latin America and Africa.
One of the international networks he initiated is EUBIA, the European Biomass Industry Association with the headquarters in Brussels. He had an exciting life, never giving up on his dreams, and is undoubtedly one of the pioneers and heroes of a new energy era.
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