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Socio-Economic Aspects of Biomass Usage Projects in Croatia

Economic development is closely correlated with the availability and utilisation of modern energy sources. It is now clear that current approaches to energy are unsustainable and not renewable. Together, with hydro, wind, solar and geothermal energy sources, biomass can be considered as essential key to future renewable energy strategies. Use of biomass and different biofuels for energy production can offer wide range of social and economic benefits and contribution, especially in remote and rural areas development. One of these additional benefits, which were gained attraction, is the opportunity to create new, local jobs. It is of course that high rate unemploymnet in most parts of Croatia and associated high costs and loses, should lead to increased interest in creating new permanent jobs that are economically and socially useful. There are many difficulties in summarising or comparing effects of biomass use due to differences in biofules supply systems, ways of calculation, definitions of limits, technology, etc. To calculate the manpower requirement in a new rapidly developing branch of bussines is no exact science, but rather a qualified estimate, especially in Croatian conditions. This paper deal with preliminary estimation of biomass usage contribution to creation of new jobs in Croatia. These results are a part of activities of BIOEN Program (National energy program of biomass and waste use) and they are recognised and evaluated in recently published Energy Strategy of the Republic of Croatia.

biomass; employment; energy

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