# LLM Context
URL: https://weeg.it/soluzioni-energetiche-per-aziende/energy-management/incentivi-utilizzo-calore-da-biomasse/

# Biomass Heat Incentives | Blue Bio

> White Energy's Blue Bio service is designed to economically enhance heat produced by biomass systems through Blue Certificates®, with technical and administrative support, certified heat measurement, and compatibility with other incentive mechanisms described on the page.

## Page details

- **Source language:** Italian
- **Content type:** Service page
- **Original title:** Incentivi per utilizzo di calore da biomasse | Blu Bio
- **English title:** Biomass Heat Incentives | Blue Bio
- **Source URL:** https://weeg.it/soluzioni-energetiche-per-aziende/energy-management/incentivi-utilizzo-calore-da-biomasse/
- **Summary:** Blue Bio is White Energy's model for enhancing biomass-generated heat through Blue Certificates®, certified metering and traceability, while supporting the technical, implementation and incentive-management process.

## Biomass heat and Blue Bio

Heat is a major energy component in industrial and civil processes. The page presents biomass sources such as wood chips, pellets, agricultural by-products and wood residues as renewable alternatives to traditional fossil fuels, with the stated aims of reducing operating costs, limiting climate-changing emissions and accessing dedicated incentives.

White Energy developed the Blue Bio model to enhance heat generated from biomass through the assignment of **Blue Certificates®**, described as an economic incentive that can be combined with other measures in force.

The service includes:
- access to the Blue Certificates® mechanism for biomass-fired thermal plants;
- possible combination with other incentive instruments, including the Thermal Account and White Certificates;
- technical and administrative support throughout the process;
- certification of useful energy production and traceability of avoided emissions.

## How the Blue Bio service works

The page describes a structured model for economically enhancing heat produced by biomass plants. Heat is generated by a biomass-fired plant managed by a dedicated company, such as a NewCo or another responsible entity, which also manages the distribution network.

Heat is supplied to direct customers and external users through a dedicated network. Delivery points use **certified meters** to measure and bill thermal energy.

This configuration is presented as allowing access to two complementary forms of incentive:
- **Blue Certificates®:** enhance traced and used thermal energy;
- **Thermal Account:** applies to the replacement of existing systems with more efficient biomass technologies.

White Energy states that the service combines technical design, plant construction and management of the incentive-acquisition process.

## Target sectors

The page identifies industrial materials, chemical, textile, manufacturing, food, agriculture, healthcare, and ICT/digital technologies as sectors or use cases for Blue Bio. It also describes the service as aimed at companies and entities using heat generators fueled by biomass compliant with current regulations, including wood, agri-food, civil-residential, medium-to-large hospitality, large-scale retail, chemical and pharmaceutical sectors, and other energy-intensive businesses with constant thermal demand.

## Case study: Bonollo

The page presents Bonollo, a Veneto distillery with significant thermal demand for distillation and space heating, initially covered by fossil fuels. Using the Blue Bio model, Bonollo implemented a district-heating network powered by a biomass plant, with heat use tracked according to Blue Certificates® criteria.

| Item | Page-reported value |
|---|---|
| Investment | €800,000 for the district-heating network |
| Technology | Biomass plant with certified measurement of distributed heat |
| Incentives activated | Blue Certificates® plus possible Thermal Account where applicable |
| Self-consumed thermal energy (CDI) | 11,725 MWh_th per quarter |
| Thermal energy supplied to external users (CDI) | 1,190 MWh_th per quarter |
| Average potential tax credit | About €257,300 per quarter |
| Environmental result | Significant reduction in climate-changing emissions |

## Case study: Tampieri

The page describes Tampieri as an industrial group based in Faenza, active in agri-food processing and energy production. White Energy developed a new biomass-powered district-heating plant for Tampieri Energie, converting the Galleria Naviglio network from fossil to renewable energy and configuring the system for access to Blue Certificates®.

| Item | Page-reported value |
|---|---|
| Technology | Biomass plant for thermal supply and distribution network |
| Incentives activated | Blue Certificates® with stated compatibility with other measures |
| Thermal energy supplied to users (CDI) | 7,760 MWh_th per quarter |
| Average potential tax credit | About €162,700 per quarter |
| Environmental result | Complete replacement of the fossil source and traceability of avoided emissions |

## Frequently asked questions

### What are Blue Certificates®?

The page describes Blue Certificates as a tax incentive for users who consume heat from district-heating networks powered by biomass or geothermal sources. The network operator may also benefit for the self-consumed energy share, within the costs incurred to produce heat, such as maintenance, electricity and personnel. Reportable costs include direct and indirect expenses. For agricultural companies without business income, the page states that a heat operator must be introduced to access the benefit.

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

Yes. The page states that Blue Bio is designed to be compatible with instruments such as the Thermal Account and White Certificates.

### How long is the contribution available?

The page states that Blue Certificates® are recognized for the entire period during which the plant and distribution network comply with the technical and regulatory criteria required by the incentive mechanism, including heat measurement and traceability requirements.

## Related links

- [Request an energy consultation](https://weeg.it/contact/)
- [Download the 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)