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Final Evaluation Project URU/10/G31 “Electricity Production from Biomass in Uruguay” (PROBIO)
Final Evaluation Project URU/10/G31 “Electricity Production from Biomass in Uruguay” (PROBIO)
December 21, 2018
| The Government of Uruguay implemented –between 2011 and 2014- the GEF project URU/10/G31 “Electricity Production from Biomass in Uruguay”, (PROBIO), whose development objective was to promote the integration of biomass-based power generators into the national electricity grid, through the implementation of scenarios for sustainable and large-scale use of domestic forestry biomass resources. At the same time, the project environmental objective was to avoid CO2 emissions from power plants based on fossil fuels. PROBIO was aimed to achieve 5 specific results, namely: i) a comprehensive assessment of domestic forestry resources as an input for policy development, ii) strengthening of the current policy framework for power generation based on forestry and agricultural biomass residues, iii) promoting biomass power generation business opportunities, among industry, investors and public, iv) installing a biomass power plant to supply energy to the national grid; and define a generalized replication mechanism and; v) implement a monitoring and evaluation plan and disseminate the lessons learnt. |