Biofuels reach 2 percent share of market in Slovakia: 6 percent goal eyed as demand begins to ramp up

In Slovakia, the Slovak Oil-producers Association said that the country was the first of the Visegard countries – Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary – to meet the goal of increasing biofuels share to 2 percent of the total fuel market. Nearly all Slovakian production is exported to Germany and Austria. The country is committed to increasing biofuel’s share of market to 6 percent by 2010.

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