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URL: https://weeg.it/en/energy-solutions-for-businesses/energy-management/incentives-for-use-of-heat-from-biomass-blue-bio/

# Incentives for use of heat from biomass | Blue Bio

> Blue Bio is White Energy's model for companies and facilities that produce or use heat from biomass and want to measure, certify and economically enhance useful thermal energy through Blue Certificates®, together with compatible incentive mechanisms.

## Page details

- **Source language:** English
- **Content type:** Page
- **Original title:** Incentives for use of heat from biomass | Blue Bio
- **English title:** Incentives for use of heat from biomass | Blue Bio
- **Source URL:** https://weeg.it/en/energy-solutions-for-businesses/energy-management/incentives-for-use-of-heat-from-biomass-blue-bio/
- **Summary:** The page explains the Blue Bio service, how biomass heat can be measured and incentivized, the sectors addressed, and two industrial case studies.

## Biomass heat and Blue Bio

The page describes heat as a major energy component in industrial and civil processes. Replacing fossil fuels with renewable biomass sources such as wood chips, pellets, agricultural by-products or wood residues can reduce operating costs, reduce climate-changing emissions and provide access to dedicated incentives.

White Energy developed the **Blue Bio** model to enhance the economic value of biomass heat through **Blue Certificates®**, which the page states can be combined with other existing incentive measures.

The service includes:

- access to the Blue Certificates® mechanism for biomass-fired thermal plants;
- possible combination with other incentive instruments, including Conto Termico and White Certificates;
- technical and administrative support for the whole process;
- certification of useful energy production and tracking of avoided emissions.

## Operating model

Blue Bio is based on a structured model for the economic enhancement of heat produced by biomass plants.

- A biomass-fired plant is managed by a dedicated company, NewCo or other responsible party that also manages the distribution network.
- Heat is supplied to direct customers and external utilities through a dedicated network.
- Delivery points use certified meters to measure and bill thermal energy.
- The configuration can provide access to Blue Certificates® for tracked and used thermal energy and to Conto Termico for replacement of existing plants with more efficient biomass technologies.

White Energy combines technical design, plant implementation and management of the incentive process.

## Target sectors

The page identifies several potential application sectors:

- **Industrial materials:** energy-intensive companies with biomass thermal plants, including heat used in production processes or supplied to external utilities.
- **Chemical:** companies converting thermal systems and seeking economic value from tracked and metered energy.
- **Textile:** thermal systems for drying, washing and ambient heating when properly metered and billed.
- **Manufacturing:** facilities with constant thermal loads that can obtain additional economic value from biomass use.
- **Food:** heat used for cooking, pasteurization and space heating.
- **Agricultural:** biomass heat used for greenhouses, stables or processing when tracked and distributed according to Blue Bio criteria.
- **Healthcare:** centralized facilities supplied by incentivized and certified biomass plants.
- **ICT and digital technologies:** data centers and digital infrastructure using integrated biomass thermal systems in an efficient and traceable configuration.

## Case study: Bonollo

Bonollo is described as a historic distillery in Veneto with high thermal requirements for distillation and ambient heating that were initially covered by fossil fuels.

Through Blue Bio, a biomass-powered district heating network was implemented to enhance and track the heat used according to Blue Certificates® criteria.

| Item | Value |
|---|---:|
| Investment | €800,000 for the district heating network |
| Technology | Biomass plant with certified distributed heat measurement |
| Incentives | Blue Certificates® + possible Conto Termico where applicable |
| Self-consumed thermal energy (CDI) | 11,725 MWh_th per quarter |
| Thermal energy supplied to external utilities (CDI) | 1,190 MWh_th per quarter |
| Average potential tax credit | About €257,300 per quarter |

The page also reports a significant reduction in climate-changing emissions and describes heat as a lever for efficiency and profitability.

## Case study: Tampieri

Tampieri is described as an industrial group based in Faenza, active in agribusiness processing and energy production. The site was previously served by a fossil-fueled district heating network.

Whitenergy developed a new biomass-fueled district heating system for Tampieri Energie, converting the Galleria Naviglio network from fossil to renewable energy and configuring it for Blue Certificates®.

| Item | Value |
|---|---:|
| Technology | Biomass plant for thermal supply and distribution network |
| Incentives | Blue Certificates® + compatibility with other measures |
| Thermal energy delivered to utilities (CDI) | 7,760 MWh_th per quarter |
| Average potential tax credit | About €162,700 per quarter |

The page states that the project fully replaced the fossil source and enables tracking of avoided emissions.

## Frequently asked questions

### What are Blue Certificates®?

The page describes them as a tax benefit for users of heat from district heating networks powered by biomass or geothermal sources. It also states that the network operator can benefit for the self-consumed share within the limits of heat-production costs, including direct and indirect expenses. For farms without business income, a heat operator is required to access the benefit.

### Who is Blue Bio for?

The service is aimed at companies and other parties using biomass-fired heat generators that comply with current regulations. The page lists the wood industry, agri-food, civil-residential, medium-to-large hospitality, large-scale retail, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors, and energy-intensive businesses with constant thermal needs.

### Can Blue Certificates® be combined with other incentives?

The page states that Blue Bio is designed to be compatible with instruments such as Conto Termico and White Certificates.

### How long is the incentive available?

Blue Certificates® are recognized while the plant and distribution network continue to meet the technical and regulatory requirements of the mechanism, including heat measurement and tracking.

## Related links

- [Blue Bio brochure](https://weeg.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/WE_Scheda_Blue_Bio_WEB-1.pdf)
- [How Blue Bio works](https://weeg.it/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/WE_Sw_SE_Servizi_SCHEDA_Blue_Bio-1.pdf)
- [Industrial materials sector](https://weeg.it/en/energy-efficiency-and-renewables-for-every-sector/industrial-materials-sector/)
- [Chemical-pharmaceutical sector](https://weeg.it/en/energy-efficiency-and-renewables-for-every-sector/chemical-pharmaceutical-sector/)
- [Textile sector](https://weeg.it/en/energy-efficiency-and-renewables-for-every-sector/textile-sector/)
- [Manufacturing sector](https://weeg.it/en/energy-efficiency-and-renewables-for-every-sector/manufacturing-sector/)
- [Food sector](https://weeg.it/en/energy-efficiency-and-renewables-for-every-sector/food-sector/)
- [Agricultural sector](https://weeg.it/en/energy-efficiency-and-renewables-for-every-sector/agricultural-sector/)
- [Health sector](https://weeg.it/en/energy-efficiency-and-renewables-for-every-sector/health-sector/)
- [ICT and digital technology sector](https://weeg.it/en/energy-efficiency-and-renewables-for-every-sector/ict-and-digital-technology-sector/)