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28 / 07 / 2010

Zeroemissions has carried out a project for the Republic of Serbia and the World Bank to assess the possibilities of biogas in farms

The study consisted of assessing the viability of implementing anaerobic digestion projects in Serbia.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry of the Republic of Serbia, together with the World Bank, decided that the main aim of this assessment is the financial, institutional and technical viability of biodigestion of manure and other animal waste in Serbia. The specific functions were decided beforehand with the World Bank, the project’s main promoter, last March. Zeroemissions’ biogas experts were then chosen to carry out this assessment.

Agriculture is the basic occupation of a large part of the Serbian population. In fact, almost half the total population (44%) live in rural areas, and most of these work in agriculture and related activities. Important environmental issues have arisen from this agricultural activity, related with shortcomings in the facilities used to store manure. Therefore, anaerobic digestion of manure is seen as an alternative that would reduce the load of nutrients dumped into the River Danube, through pig and cattle farms, as well as from slaughterhouses.

The Republic of Serbia has been part of the Kyoto Protocol as a non-Annex I country since 17 January 2008. This means CDM projects may be implemented in this country, although, at present, there aren’t any projects.

Zeroemissions, after observing different livestock farms and carrying out research into them, has established that there are potential biogas activities in Serbia. The feasibility study’s main conclusion is that, whilst biogas technology is a highly developed waste management system in the European Union, there is limited availability of these technologies in Serbia.

Through the economic analysis performed in the report, the benefits and investments needed that are expected for each candidate farm, it has been concluded that the introduction of biogas technology in farms with a certain amount of livestock could be a highly viable option. It is also believed that it would reduce pollution and that biogas projects could be a viable option in Serbia that could mean an improvement of present waste management practices.

This activity highlights one of Zeroemissions’ aims, which is to provide global solutions to climate change through the promotion and development of CDM projects to reduce GHG emissions.