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Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Public Hearing on Possibilities for More Efficient Use of Biomass for Energy Purposes in Republic of Serbia
The Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy organised a public hearing at the National Assembly, with the topic: “Possibilities for more efficient use of biomass for energy purposes in the Republic of Serbia”.
Reiner Schelhas, component leader of GIZ programme “Development of a sustainable bioenergy market in Serbia”, said that Serbia has the potential needed to develop a bioenergy market and the Government of the Republic of Serbia is dedicated to the use of renewable energy sources. Schelhas stressed that Serbia could become a leader in the Balkans in the use of biomass. This public hearing is a step toward the exchange of views and finding ways to remove the barriers and improve the conditions for the use of biomass for energy purposes, concluded Reiner Schelhas.
The participants of the public hearing were also addressed by State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection MA Stana Bozovic and representative of the Ministry of Mining and Energy Rastislav Kragic. Stana Bozovic said that the agriculture and environmental protection sectors are crucial for the transition from non-renewable to renewable energy sources. The key effects for a more efficient use of biomass for energy purposes are the substitution of fossil fuels, alleviation of environmental pollution and climate change, more efficient water management, sustainable management of natural resources and rural development, concluded Bozovic. Rastislav Kragic pointed out that 2015 is important for renewable energy sources considering that the Energy Law has been passed and now is the time to pass by-laws regulating the use of biomass i.e. biofuel.
Energy expert Aleksandar Macura, lawyer Dragoljub Cibulic and the President of the Municipal Assembly of Priboj Sasa Vasilic spoke about the barriers to the sustainable use of biomass for energy purposes in the Republic of Serbia.
The public hearing was attended by the members of the Committee on the Economy, Regional Development, Trade, Tourism and Energy, Environmental Protection Committee, Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Committee, representatives of the ministries, local self-governments, public experts, as well as representatives of the non-governmental sector, banks and companies.
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