Over the past several months, Bioenergy Europe has been working with the support of a Technical Committee and an Advisory Committee to create a scheme which truly meets the needs of the market, replicating the approach that made the success of ENplus® – the world leading pellet certification, also managed by Bioenergy Europe.
The certification named "GoodChips^®" will certify the quality of Wood Chips and Hog Fuels products, covering all types of quality through a dozen of classes. GoodChips will be managed with a third-party conformity assessment, ensuring impartiality and transparency for companies and end-users. Bioenergy Europe manages the scheme at the international level, giving consistency to the scheme, and National Partners support and promote it nationwide, creating a bridge with companies.
As the preparatory work has been completed, all European stakeholders involved in the sector are entitled to review and comment the main elements of the certification's guidelines (technical specifications, role of the certification bodies, fees, and trademark use) by September 7th, through four dedicated questionnaires, as announced by Bioenergy Europe.
Following this round of consultation, all collected inputs will be assessed by Bioenergy Europe and its committees to improve the documents prior to the scheme's official presentation planned for the end of the year.
