15 legal entities have agreed to establish the NextGenBioWaste consortium comprising 7 European utility companies, 1 technology provider, 6 RTD providers, and 1 consultant/engineering company.

NextGenBioWaste is organised as an integrated project (IP). The demonstration and RTD activities are structured in 4 sub-projects that respond to the objectives of the work programme:

• SP 1 Innovative fuel preparation and mixing  
• SP 2 Conversion  
• SP 3 Residue handling and use  
• SP 4 Dissemination  

NextGenBioWaste will, in compliance with the stated objectives of the work programme:

• Deliver results aimed at accelerating the market penetration of a new generation of biomass and waste combustion plants with particular emphasis on 2010 energy policy objectives.
• Consist mainly of integrated demonstration actions with a research component of approximately 20% as a support for the planning, understanding and further improvement of the demonstrated technologies.
• Demonstrate reduction in the costs associated with implementation of new technologies and demonstrate how the technological solutions can be integrated under full-scale operating conditions. NextGenBioWaste will perform several large-scale demonstrations of different innovative concepts for the energy supply chain.