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The use of biomass in Serbia is on the rise

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According to the study of energy sources, biomass has a higher energy potential than solar or wind energy, it was said at the Scientific-Investment Conference “SEE ENERGY – Connect & Supply III”, noting that much has already been done in Serbia in the field of biomass.
State Secretary in the Ministry of Mining and Energy, Zoran Lakicevic, stated that his ministry has already taken concrete steps in that regard in the last year.
As he stated, the progress is visible, both in the household sector and in the public sector, but also in the district heating sector.
“In June, we published a public call for efficiency measures in all houses in Serbia, within which a measure is planned for the replacement of boilers and the transition to biomass, pellets and dry wood. This project refers to 67 municipalities in the country and contracts are currently being signed with the citizens, so we expect the first contracts to be signed in the coming months. We have over five thousand applications, so many households will take the first energy efficiency measures in their homes, including the replacement of boilers,” said Lakicevic.
He added that heating plants are being built at this moment, which will use biomass in Priboj and Mali Zvornik, and which will start working in the upcoming heating season.
According to him, the Ministry of Mining and Energy is currently working on a series of boiler replacement interventions in numerous heating plants throughout Serbia, in order for them to switch to biomass, and in that sense a completely new project with the European Development Bank (EBRD) is being made.
“Three heating plants under construction that will use biomass, they save so much on taxes for emitted carbon dioxide, that only the taxes will justify the entire investment in just 10 years. These are expensive projects, but when you take into account lower taxes and the issue of renewables source of energy – it is absolutely profitable,” said Lakicevic.
State Secretary at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Senad Mahmutovic stated that Serbia can be more and more proud of the results in food production from year to year, but also that serious consideration is already being given to how this development will affect the environment and energy consumption, and given that agriculture and the agro – industry sector are recognizable as large energy consumers.
“The energy transition process initiated by the Government of Serbia, its firm commitment and the Law on the Use of Renewable Energy Resources, have recognized agricultural and wood biomass as a significant potential and energy source. If we take into account the available quantities, opportunities and advantages of agricultural and wood biomass for production bioenergy, we are optimistic about the coming years, where with a clear strategy and precisely defined measures we could in the coming period, to become not only a significant consumer but also a producer of energy,” said Mahmutovic.
The executive director of the Public Company Srbijasume, Jesa Ercic, said that humanity has achieved a destructive productivity, and that highly developed technologies are the biggest polluters. According to his assessment, environmental protection can no longer be considered a charity, but a necessity.
“I think we need a new “Pin Code” of green energy and a new green agreement. Environmental protection used to be a rare word, and today it is the imperative and the most expensive global word. We must fulfill what is the obligation and responsibility of all of us who are dealing with this business, and that is to make as much energy from renewable resources as possible, to replace fossil fuels, in order to try to mitigate these cataclysmic consequences of climate change, and the role of the forestry sector in this whole business is very important,” Ercic said.
A member of the City Council for Communal Affairs of the City of Novi Sad, Zdravko Jelusic, pointed out that the only way to preserve the environment and natural potentials is the participation of everyone in it, from the state, the city to each individual.
He also emphasized that the City of Novi Sad invests a lot in environmental protection, trying to pursue a responsible environmental policy.
“We have long recognized the importance of the energy sector, and one of the biggest undertakings in that field is the Creative Center project, within which a 25-kilowatt solar power plant is being built on one facility,” Jelusic said.
He added that the Novi Sad school “Milan Petrović” received a green roof, a green wall and solar panels, and that the facades, roofs and carpentry of several schools and kindergartens were replaced.
He stated that the City of Novi Sad is actively working on preserving the energy efficiency of the City through investments in the construction and adaptation of public lighting, and that Novi Sad strives to be a “Green City”, which is supported by the purchase of 130 CNG buses and replacement of 70% of the vehicle fleet. The public city transport company, as well as the plan to purchase the first ten electric buses.
Natasa Rubezic from the National Biomass Association “SERBIO” stated that this organization is organizing the seventh international conference in the ninth year of its work and that it can boast of great results that have been visible on the field since 2012.
“Biomass has started to be used, it has got its purpose, and we can now say that we have a good market of biomass and energy that we got. Of course, that must be further improved,” said Natasa Rubezic.
She concluded that today’s conference is the largest so far, especially in terms of interest from numerous institutions, since over 160 participants are present at the conference, Dnevnik reports.

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