Potential uses for solid biofuels from non-food crops

Abstract

The Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of energy from renewable sources (RES), sets mandatory national targets so as to be able to achieve a 20% share of energy from renewable sources in gross final energy consumption in the Community in 2020, the aim of the Polish is to achieve by 2020 a 15% share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption. Thus, use of fossil fuels for energy production should you gradually reduced in favor of renewable energy sources. Usually, however, the change in the method of heating or design of installations using renewable energy sources to incur significant capital costs. In addition, the economic balance during the operation also sometimes detrimental to the modern great human and environmental technologies. Therefore, you should look for low-cost renewable fuels that may be used in particular in those households where there is no possibility of the use of gas or heat delivered from sources of power plants. This paper describes the possibility of using untreated plant biofuels. After the species were taken into account: Canadian goldenrod (Solidago canadensis L.) and mugwort wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.). These plants are considered weeds have many advantages enabling wider use for energy purposes.