Professional paper

Possibilities of producing biodiesel fuel and oilseed rape in the Republic of Croatia

Milan Pospišil ; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu - Zavod za specijalnu proizvodnju bilja

Abstract

While biodiesel fuel (rape methyl ester) is produced and used in almost all European countries, it is only in this year that legislation on import and/or its domestic production and use will be passed in the Republic of Croatia. Mandatory use of alternative fuels in road traffic is postulated by the relevant EU directive, which will have to be observed also in Croatia once it becomes a member. Interest in biodiesel production from domestic raw materials is present, but the production and especially yields of oilseed rape should be increased through economic and other measures. Overall oilseed rape production in the last five years in Croatia ranged from 22,000 to 28,000 tons, which covered the raw material requirements of our oil factories. Areas under oilseed rape for the non-food chain (biodiesel) can be further extended by changing the sowing structure on the existing arable areas and by recultivation of neglected and uncultivated areas (ca 370,000 ha in Croatia). The current high-quality 00-cultivars of oilseed rape should be gradually replaced with new ones and hybrid cultivars should be included into production along with adequate production technologies.

Keywords

biodiesel; oilseed rape production; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

164302

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/164302

Publication date:

20.9.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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