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Linneborn Prize 2013

2012 winner: Hermann Hofbauer, Vienna University of Technology

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The Prize was established in 1994 for outstanding contributions to the development of energy from biomass. The Prize is named in honour of Johannes Linneborn, a pioneer of wood gasification. Deeply rooted in human ethics, he had far-reaching visions on the world's development, on health, transport and agriculture.

The Linneborn Prize is awarded every year to an individual for outstanding merits in biomass.

Linneborn Prize Committee

Chair:
W.P.M. Van Swaaij, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

G. Grassi, EUBIA - European Biomass Industry Association, Brussels, Belgium
R. Overend, Biomass and Bioenergy, Ottawa, Canada
P. Chartier, Syndicat des Energies Renouvables, Paris, France
H. Hofbauer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
S. Kyritsis, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
W. Palz, WCRE, Brussels, Belgium
A.V. Bridgwater, Aston University, Birmingham, United Kingdom
J.R. Moreira, CENBIO - Brazilian Reference Center of Biomass, Sao Paulo, Brazil
B.M. Jenkins, University of California (Davis), USA
K. Maniatis, Directorate General for Energy, European Commission
K. Sipilä, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
A. Grassi, ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Italy
P. Helm, WIP - Renewable Energies, Munich, Germany

The Awarded International Personalities 1994-2012

1994: Giuliano Grassi - 8th European Bioenergy Conference - Vienna
1996: Ralph Overend - 9th European Bionergy Conference - Copenhagen
1998: David Hall - 10th European Biomass Conference - Wurzburg
2000: Ton Beenackers - 11th European Biomass Conference - Seville
2002: Philippe Chartier - 12th European Biomass Conference - Amsterdam
2004: Spyros Kyritsis - 13th European Biomass Conference - Rome
2005: Wolfgang Palz - 14th European Biomass Conference - Paris
2007: Tony Bridgwater - 15th European Biomass Conference - Berlin
2008: José Roberto Moreira - 16th European Biomass Conference - Valencia
2009: Bryan M. Jenkins - 17th European Biomass Conference - Hamburg
2010: Kyriakos Maniatis - 18th European Biomass Conference - Lyon
2011: Kai Sipilä - 19th European Biomass Conference - Berlin
2012: Hermann Hofbauer - 20th European Biomass Conference - Milano