Biomass-energy potential and CO{sub 2} mitigation in Slovak Republic
- State Forest Products Research Institute, Bratislava (Slovakia)
- Ministry of the Environment of Slovak Republic, Bratislava (Slovakia)
Serious ecological problems such as the pollution of soil, water, air and forest destruction, together with greenhouse gases production may cause climatic changes (greenhouse effect). Industrial countries are turning their attention to their utilisation of renewable sources energy-mainly biomass, which reduce CO{sub 2} emissions, because carbon cycle of bioenergy is closed. Support for the utilization of renewable sources of energy is in {open_quotes}Energy conception till year 2005{close_quotes} of Slovak government. The Slovak Republic`s share on global Anthropogenic greenhouse gases emission is approximately 0.2% with annual per capita emission 11 ton CO{sub 2} in 1990, it places Slovakia among 15 states with highest per capita emissions. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) represents international co-operation in the field of global climate change. The Slovak Parliament ratified the UN FCCC in 1994. The First Slovak National Communication was elaborated by experts coordinated by Ministry of Environment in May 1995. It contains all current information concerning FCCC implementation process in Slovakia according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) guidelines. Slovak Republic wants to take part in U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation, which promotes development and implementation of projects that substitute fossil fuels by biomass and another renewable energy sources and reduces greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change. The data on greenhouse gases emissions presented in this report cannot be considered as final. At present, a project is under work, financed from the Environmental Fund of the Slovak Republic, from the Ministry of Environment and from the USA support within the project Country studies.
- Research Organization:
- National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 115366
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/CP--200-8098; CONF-9508104--; ON: DE95009230
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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