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Biodiesel, bioethanol should be accepted in everyday use
Belgrade,
11 October 2007
Serbian Minister of Environmental Protection Sasa Dragin said today that Serbia needs to adopt legal regulations valid in developed countries on fuels for the future, such as biodiesel and bioethanol, and these must be accepted in everyday use.
In continuation of work at the sixth ministerial conference “Environment for Europe”, Dragin said that he will make efforts that Serbia adopts legal regulations according to which the oil industry and producers of basic fuels are obliged to add biodiesel to their products.
At a press conference held by representatives of the factory Victoria Oil from Sid which produces biodiesel, Dragin said that using such fuels not only leads to savings but also protects the environment and does not damage ecosystems, and added that this opens up a new future for Serbian agriculture.
The Minister stressed that Serbia, particularly Vojvodina, could become the “Saudi Arabia of Europe” considering the fact that fossil fuel reserves are getting smaller and within 50 years we will not be able to use them anymore.
Representatives of Victoria Oil, which is the first factory in the region for producing biodiesel and is one of the sponsors for transport in the conference, recalled that investments worth €20 million were made in the factory for producing biodiesel, and it has 200 employees.
They stressed that biodiesel is a renewable energy source, which is made from sunflower, soya and canola and does not contain elements which are harmful to the environment.
Biodiesel is also non-toxic and non-explosive therefore accidental leakage cannot result in pollution.
Representative of the German Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry Michael Muller recalled that the European Commission brought a decision that the EU’s share in renewable energy sources should be 20% by 2020.
Muller stressed that in 2001 Germany adopted a law on renewable energy sources, and added that in Germany 15% of energy comes from renewable sources, while 50% of electricity comes from alternative sources.
According to Muller, Germany aims to reduce emissions by 40% until 2020.
At a press conference held by representatives of the factory Victoria Oil from Sid which produces biodiesel, Dragin said that using such fuels not only leads to savings but also protects the environment and does not damage ecosystems, and added that this opens up a new future for Serbian agriculture.
The Minister stressed that Serbia, particularly Vojvodina, could become the “Saudi Arabia of Europe” considering the fact that fossil fuel reserves are getting smaller and within 50 years we will not be able to use them anymore.
Representatives of Victoria Oil, which is the first factory in the region for producing biodiesel and is one of the sponsors for transport in the conference, recalled that investments worth €20 million were made in the factory for producing biodiesel, and it has 200 employees.
They stressed that biodiesel is a renewable energy source, which is made from sunflower, soya and canola and does not contain elements which are harmful to the environment.
Biodiesel is also non-toxic and non-explosive therefore accidental leakage cannot result in pollution.
Representative of the German Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry Michael Muller recalled that the European Commission brought a decision that the EU’s share in renewable energy sources should be 20% by 2020.
Muller stressed that in 2001 Germany adopted a law on renewable energy sources, and added that in Germany 15% of energy comes from renewable sources, while 50% of electricity comes from alternative sources.
According to Muller, Germany aims to reduce emissions by 40% until 2020.
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