Biofuel is liquid fuel made from renewable energy source and added to the fossil fuels for the reducing greenhouse gases from transport. Biofuels are divided to the first and second generations (advance biofuels). First generation biofuels are usually made from crops, by fermentation of sugar and starch (bioethanol is added to the petrol) or by trans-esterification of oils and fats (biodiesel is added to the diesel).
Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute is an authorized organization by the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak republic, controls the activities of verifiers, their working procedures and methods and compliance with the legislations:
- Act no. 309/2009 Coll. on the promotion of renewable energy sources and high efficiency cogeneration as amended
- Decree of the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic no. 271/2011 Coll., laying down sustainability criteria and targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from fuels, as amended
SHMI responsibilities
- Controlling and evaluating of the data from proof of sustainable of biofuel or bioliquids (PoS) and from other reports
- Controlling and evaluating of the data from the Report on the greenhouse gas intensity from the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of all fuels and energy supplied
- Archiving copies of PoS
- Verifiers supervising
- Organizing training for verifies and economic operators
- Decision making in problematic cases in GHG calculations
- Publishing information on the geographical origin and type of raw materials used for the production of sustainable fuels for each PO or FO that markets a sustainable fuel. This information can be found here