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Bioenergy and Biofuels in Austriaഀ Manfred Woergetter, www.bioenergy2020.eu ഀ ഀ Renewable Energy (RE) plays a significant role in the Austria energy scenario and will be increased from 28 % in 2008 to 34 % in 2020. In 2009, 51 % of the RE came from biomass, 49 % from hydropower and 5 % from the environment (wind, geothermal, solar, ambient energy); transport biofuels (ethanol and biodiesel) reached 6.6 %.ഀ ഀ The success is based on a favorable framework. RE is widely accepted by the citizens and pushed by the policy since the eighties. Strong R&D efforts financed by the state and private enterprises have resulted in advanced technologies (solar heat, biomass for power, heat and transport fuel).ഀ ഀ The contribution includes basic data on RE production, use and legal regulation (including the influence of the European Renewable Energy Directive) with a special focus on energy from biomass. Emphasis will be laid on actual R&D projects on synthetic biofuels like biomethane, mixed alcohols, bio-Fischer-Tropsch fuels an on the production of bio-hydrogen for the integration in a fossil fuel refinery. Additionally the scope of the Austrian Bioenergy 2020+ Competence Centre, the leading Austrian bioenergy research institution, will be presented.ഀ ഀ