Geschichte

• 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

• 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)

  

  2008

• 2015

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

  

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

  

  2019

• 2023

  The center receives the funding commitment for 8 years for its ambitious research program BEST 4.0.