Podobnik: Slovenia Open for Alternative Energy Sources
Slovenia is perusing a policy of reducing its dependence on nuclear energy, Environment Minister Janez Podobnik stressed on the margins of a conference on modern waste management on Tuesday.
He backed his claim that Slovenia was looking for alternative energy sources by reminding that the project of building a chain of five hydroelectric power plants on the Sava river was underway.
The ministry is moreover funding projects aimed at increasing the production of biogas, Podobnik added.
While categorising the radioactive waste produced by the nuclear plant in Krsko as specific and the most contentious in terms of environmental concerns, Podobnik said his ministry was in the final phase of finding an appropriate site for storing such waste.
According to Podobnik, the amount of waste produced in Slovenia has stopped increasing, and at the same time the efficiency of its use is improving. Providing an example of best practice in producing energy from waste, Podobnik pointed to an incineration plant in Austria's Carinthia.
The minister said that in 2005 700,000 tonnes of communal, 95,000 tonnes of non-communal and 210,000 tonnes of industrial waste were produced in Slovenia.
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