The Consultancy Group carries out studies for a range of clients. By developing and implementing various bio-energy projects it contributes directly to an increasing role of bio-energy in the energy supply of the future. The Consultancy Group has about 40 projects under contract continuously.

Services offered by the Consultancy Group include:

• Technology assessment & feasibility studies
• Technical assistance & consulting
• Project development
• Project management & implementation

Clients come from agro-processing and wood processing industries, energy generation and waste management companies, multinationals and small and medium enterprises (SME's), national and regional governments, and multilateral organisations like the European Commission, World Bank, and United Nation system agencies.

Examples of issues on which the Consultancy Group works include:

• Sustainability issues and logistics of large-scale biofuel production and import
• Production of solid and liquid biofuels (pellets, carbonised biomass, various bio-oil)
• Permitting and regulatory issues
• Carbon emission trading
• Targeted knowledge transfer and wider information dissemination on selected bio-energy issues through study tours, seminars, target training courses, and the production of handbooks and videos