Energy Supply within Sustainable Agricultural Production: Challenges, Policies and Mechanisms

• Other Authors: Gradziuk, Piotr (Editor), Klepacki, Bogdan (Editor), Stolarski, Mariusz (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Environmental economics; agricultural biogas; bioenergy; biomethane; GHG emission; economic performance; regional analysis; Ukraine; biogas plant; energetic optimization; substrates; manure; wheat straw; rural areas; energy efficiency; photovoltaic systems; energy security; support mechanisms; public policy; energy policy; prosumer energy; single-family houses; food prices; crude oil prices; cointegration; vector autoregressive model; Granger causality; green agriculture; agri-environmental indicators; green performance index; taxonomic methods; zero unitarization method; comparative analysis; local investments; renewable energy sources; municipal economy; EU funds; Poland; biogas; biomass; data envelopment analysis (DEA); efficiency ranking; renewable energy; regional potential; EROI; edible energy; food production; direct energy use; energy consumption; agriculture; development strategies; EU countries; cost of capital; WACC; European energy sector; intra-industry analysis; external cost; opencast lignite; plant production; depression funnel; cereals; sugar beet; potatoes; distributed generation; settlement systems; local development; sustainable development; energy; the SDG 7; sectoral structure of production; European Union; animal production; investment attractiveness of regions; economic entities; sustainability; energy innovation; energy patents; convergence; club convergence; R&D expenditure; HRST; environmental policy stringency; local authorities; European Union funds; sustainable energy; energy poverty; Polish households; photovoltaic installations; solar installations; farmers' households; agricultural holding; agricultural production; investments in renewable energy sources; solid biomass; bioenergy potential; rural communities; forest residues; agricultural residues; straw; energy crops; GHG; farms; FADN; autonomous energy regions; PV systems; renewable energy resources; economic value; consumer behaviour; consumer innovativeness; renewable energy production; agricultural land; profit maximization; social welfare; greenhouse gas emissions; landscape; biodiversity; climate policy; GHGs emissions; PCA; IPCC; CSA; biofuels; biodiesel; legal sources on renewable energy; oilseeds and rape; profitability of production; crop rotation; beekeeping; short rotation coppice of willow/poplar; marginal land use; agricultural law; agricultural policy; economic profitability
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Providing the security of a broad-based energy and slowing the speed of climate change are the main challenges today of the basic of legal framework to stimulate the development of alternative energy sources. Energy from renewable sources is one part of the system, which not only enables to provide energy self-sufficiency, but also contributes to the reduction heating of the Earth's atmosphere. International climate agreements indicate the need to intensify the prevention of global warming and accelerate the reduction in CO2 emissions. The implementation of such challenging plans as outlined in the European Green Deal or "Fit for 55," among others, entails the almost complete elimination of GHG emissions in the energy sector, which can be very challenging for some member states. In the EU, the preferred direction of development of RES use is distributed generation and increasing the share of the use of by-products and organic waste for the production biofuels. This creates great opportunities for rural areas, which until the last century were identified with agriculture and the production of food or raw materials. While the role of agriculture will not diminish, as incomes are rising in relatively poor countries with a high elasticity of demand for food, these areas will increasingly perform a number of other important functions as well. The production of energy raw materials and energy, which is no longer a mere idea, but is becoming, thanks to the development of new technologies, a mainstream energy sector that can make contribution to improving energy security and achieving climate neutrality.