Stručni rad
Experience in production and utilization of renewable energy sources in the European Union
Tajana Krička
Neven Voća
Željko Jukić
Vanja Janušić
Ana Matin
Sažetak
The European Union is entering the second phase of production of renewable energy sources. Namely, biofuel production is entirely defined due to EU's Green and White paper. Hence, share of biofuels' consumption, their production and quality as well as the system of application and monitoring by a single member state is determined. This second phase has begun with drafting energy cycles' after defining 7 types of biofuels (EC/30/2003): - biodiesel production from fatty acid methyl esters from vegetable oil or animal fat and from edible waste oil, - bioethanol production from biomass and biodegradable waste, - biogas production from biomass and biodegradable fat which can be purified to natural gas quality. As biomass is the only renewable energy source from which it is possible to produce valuable liquid and gaseous fuels, the EU Parliament and the EU Commission have issued a Directive which has to be set as a national goal by its member states. Furthermore, they must submit their reports on previous activities together with the future plans. When speaking of the Republic of Croatia, the second phase plan for the year 2020 is that in transportation area it minimum 260,000 t of biofuels should be spent. However, this will lead to production of more than 500,000 t of by-products, which should be considered as a challenge for agricultural, veterinarian and related professions to prepare the best program for the Republic of Croatia in order to fulfil EU's demands.
Ključne riječi
biofuels; Directive; adjustment
Hrčak ID:
3641
URI
Datum izdavanja:
7.3.2006.
Posjeta: 4.377 *