EUEA exhibited its stand and shared information about the main activities of the European-Ukrainian Energy Agency in the sphere of alternative energy with participants and guests.  Discussed priority steps to stimulate alternative energy development.

As well Mr. Rehbock, member of the board of EUEA, was invited as speaker for the biomass section. In his speech “Opportunities and problems in using biogas from a legal point of view” he explained first of all the variety that biogas provides to the users (use of raw biogas, use of refined biogas, co-generation, use as biofuel for transport). The main obstacle for comprehensive using biogas at the moment is the absence of green tariff for electricity made of biogas from animal waste and the unclear situation concerning landfill gas. A significant regional development of biogas plants, according to Wolfram Rehbock, might be reached by means of a green tariff for the biogas itself (not only for electricity made of biogas), the more Ukraine is independent with regard to electricity, but not with regard to natural gas. Biogas might substitute step by step imported natural gas.