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Biofuels legislation in Croatia
08. July 2010
The Republic of Croatia has adopted the Act on biofuels in transport in May 2009. The purpose of this law is achieving the goals of sustainable development in the field of transport: reducing negative impacts on the environment, improving security of supply of fuel and fulfilling international commitments of the Republic of Croatia in the area of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases as well as encouraging the production and the use of biofuels in transport.
In order to support this Law, Croatian government will adopt series of ordinance and regulation in the field of production of biofuels, subsides, action plan for cites and counties and quantities of biofuels which distributors need to put on the market. Also, there will be some amendments on this Law because it was accepted before new DIRECTIVE 2009/28EC which say that biofuels production should be sustainable.
Croatia intends to expand domestic biofuels production and provides continuous education and expert support to all relevant actors in the field of biofuels. BIOSIRE workshop titled: “Biofuels - Production, Distribution and Incentives” will be held in June in order to improve knowledge on legislation concerning biofuels production and distribution.
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 Electric car from Croatia
30. May 2010
Sector which consumes the largest quantities of fossil fuels and has the fastest growing greenhouse gas emissions is transport sector. In order to decarbonise the transport sector, Europe is started to develop clean and electric cars. At the moment each big car company has its own concept of electric vehicles which are ready to put on the market. Following the environmental trends and new technologies, a private company from Croatia, which mainly produces special vehicles for demining, fire fighting and underground mining, has developed a small urban electric car which codename is “XD”. The XD is a concept electric vehicle that seats three adults and has a powerful electric engine that is capable of achieving 0-100 km/hr in 7.7 seconds. The XD combines the most attractive features of a city car in an attractive package. The small length (2.8 meters), comfortable interior (width 1. 7 meters, height 1.6 meters), and performance of a compact sports vehicle (0-100 km/hr in 7.7 seconds) is sure to get the attention of investors and car enthusiasts alike. The charge time of the battery which is used in this concept is eight hour if we use standard household socket (220V) for charging. More information about this concept can be found at the web page of DOK-ING company, http://doking.xdconcept.com/ , or on the web page http://xdconcept.com/ which have all news release and media clips about “XD” concept. |
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 1st local workshop in Croatia: Biodiesel as a Factor of Sustainable Development of Croatian Tourism
28. August 2009
In the city of Mali Losinj on the Island of Losinj, UniZag-FSB has organised first workshop concerning biodiesel production from used cooking oil and its benefits for islands and local residents. Participants at the workshop represented different organisations such as:
1. Collectors of used cooking oil
2. Biodiesel producer
3. Representatives from Ministry of environmental protection and spatial planning
4. Representatives from local government
5. Representatives from energy institutes
6. Representatives from hotels
7. Local radio station
8. Local residents
The main discussion at the workshop was about problems with the collection of used cooking oil and obtaining a licence for collecting used oil which can be obtained from the county and from the Found for Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency.
All participants at the workshop gave positive feedback about this kind of workshop and they all agreed that more workshops of this kind are needed to educate people about positive effect of collecting used cooking oil in Croatia.
The preparation of the 2nd workshop held in Dubrovnik is in the final phase as it will be a side event of Dubrovnik Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems.
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