Biogas obtained from corn silage and/or cow manure in the republic serbia as a road transport fuel

Abstract

Serbia has great potential for the production of the biogas, due to growing energy crops and livestock are the greatest potential of its agriculture. The use of biomass through anaerobic digestion to get the biogas, would reduce the need for the state to import energy, environmental protection should be raised to a higher level, the economy would be improved, unemployment in rural areas would be reduce and prevent migration of population from these regions. If we add to the fact that the European Union set itself the goal to 2020 year 20% of energy provided from renewable energy sources (at least 25% of bioenergy in the future can come from biogas produced from organic materials such as corn silage or animal manure), anaerobic digestion is imposed as a very acceptable technologies. In this paper, viewed as a potential production of biogas as a transportation fuel in the Republic of Serbia, which are the barriers that impede greater development of this branch of industry and suggestions on the experience of other countries to promote or encourage the same.