Biogas Technology in Germany and Romania: Comparative Aspects and Achievements
Abstract
The European Union’s policies regarding the energy security impose to the European
countries to take urgent measures because of the global energy demand which is growing rapidly. The
ambitious target approved by the renewable energy directive is that 20 % of the final energy
consumption has to be provided by renewable sources by 2020. The technological transfer from west
to east Europe encourages the eastern countries with a high agricultural potential to develop political,
economical, and social strategies to replace the fossil resources with the renewable materials. The
main goal of the European countries is to promote the clean energy technologies. Thus, the share of
renewable resources such as wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, biogas, etc. has to be increases with 24
% of the final energy consumption compared to the overall EU target of 20 %. The current work
emphasize the technological state and perspectives of the biogas production of the Romanian country
in comparison with the leader country in Europe, Germany.
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