History

2003
Establishment of the competence center Austrian Bioenergy Centre GmbH (ABC) founded in the framework of Austria's Kplus program with headquarter in Graz and a branch in Wieselburg

2008
Merger of Austrian Bioenergy Centre and RENET to Bioenergy 2020+ GmbH Start of the first seven-year period as a K1 center (funded by the COMET programme of FFG, the Austrian Research Promotion Agency)

2015
Start of the second funding period as K1 center after a successful submission as part of the 3rd call of the COMET program.

2019

Bioenergy 2020+ becomes best and operates under BEST - Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH.

Locations:			Research Sites:
Graz	Wieselburg	Vienna	Vienna-Simmering	Tulln