Status, development and prospects of using bioenergy crops in the World and in Serbia

Abstract

Utilization of agricultural crops for the production of bio-diesel and bio-ethanol is continually growing with the rate of 20-30% at the annual level, regardless of the global economic crisis. Also, utilization of various annual and perennial grasses is widely promoted. In the last few years, an intensive investigation is in progress of pyrolytic fluids obtained from various plant species and of their refinement, which should provide a significantly more efficient substitution of mineral fuels in small to large scale power generation systems. It is expected that the government, similarly to the governments of EU members, promote bio-energy crop cultivation in Serbia through certain subventions. Together with the profit, it is estimated that the possibility of realization of a high level energy independence of farms will be one of the main motives for the future utilization of these crops in Serbia.

Keywords

• straw of cereals
• wood mass
• bioethanol
• biodiesel
• miscanthus