The fifth FOROPA project Meeting took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, from May 13th to 15th. The current project status was outlined and the partners reported on their ongoing and planned activities in regard to communication and implication of pilot concepts in the frame of a poster session. Joint pilot concepts were finalized and details on implementation and financial structures were determined. Next steps and remaining activities in the project were discussed by the consortium.
The meeting was framed by two study tours to a forest site and a pellet plant. The first took place at a private-owned forest were the consortium was introduced to forest management Greece alongside its barriers and problems by the owner. Used harvesting systems and utilization paths for the wood were outlined and discussed as well as forest management plans in Greece.
The second field trip lead to the pellet plant Alfa Wood Nevrokopi, the were pellet production process was outlined by the production manager in a factory tour. Furthermore, the manager described the pellet market in Greece with existing barriers, followed by a discussion with the FOROPA consortium on the market situation and corresponding problems.


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