THE USE OF ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES AND EMPLOYMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol XIX (6) ◽  
pp. 92-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Gradziuk
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Labor Intensity ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Solid Biofuels ◽  
Installed Capacity ◽  
The Eu

The aim of the executed research is to determine the influence of harvesting renewable energy on the labour market. Eurostat Databases provided a source of empirical data concerning the amount of produced energy. The number of the employed and the performance of the installed equipment were determined thanks to reports drafted by EurObserv’ER or International Renewable Energy Agency (2016). The following sectors were considered: solid biofuels, biogas, liquid biofuels, geothermal, hydropower, municipal waste, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and wind power. The research concerned 28 member states of the EU between 2009 and 2015. The results presented were based on averaged data on both employment and the volume of primary energy production and installed capacity. The estimated models show that the solar and wind energy sectors were characterized by the highest labor intensity in the analyzed period.

scholarly journals ROLE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR IN SPECIFIC EUROPEAN UNION STATES, WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON POLAND

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirosław BICZKOWSKI ◽  
Aleksandra JEZIERSKA-THOLE ◽  
Anna DUBOWNIK
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
To Come ◽  
The Eu

At present, the energy from renewable sources is an important element of the sustainable development strategy of the European Union (strategy covering the period until 2020). The article presents the role of renewable energy in the structure of primary energy sources and total energy production. In order to evaluate the present-day role of the renewable energy sector, specific European Union states were analysed, with particular focus on Poland, the country whose results were juxtaposed with the average ratios established for the EU-28. A detailed analysis of the current facts was performed (also a forecast for the period running up to 2020 was made), where particular energy sources were distinguished in the renewable energy production structure. A special role among renewable energy sources was ascribed to solar energy, wind energy, hydropower, geothermal energy, biogases and biofuels. The conclusions drawn from the research point out to the fact that the development of renewable energy in Poland is growing slowly but surely. In 2011, the share was at 9.5% and by 2015 it grew to 11.8%, with the target set for 2020 being at the level of 15.0%. The production of energy from renewable sources is improving (from 7.5 to 8.1 Mtoe). Nevertheless, the share of primary energy obtained from renewable energy sources in the total primary energy is less than half of the EU share. The data showcase that the projected aim is likely to be achieved; however, the few years to come should envisage some intensification of activities oriented to this goal. Biomass now enjoys the dominant role but its significance is gradually waning, which favours wind energy and biofuels. The projected directions of renewable energy development indicate that this sector is going to be a significant factor in implementing the sustainable development policy in the years to come.

scholarly journals Application fields of wood as a renewable energy source in Europe

2012 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Nándor Csatári
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Short Rotation ◽  
Renewable Energy Production ◽  
Application Fields ◽  
The Eu

Fuelwood, and wood wastes provide almost half of the renewable energy production of the European Union. Enhancing the use of wood in renewable energy production has more constraint than wind- or solar energy. Forests in the EU member states are sustainably used, they are increasing both in terms of area, and growing stocks. There are possibilities to enhance the fallings and use more fuelwood. Short rotation coppices could fulfill the long term demand for fuelwood; because these plantations surpass the dendromass yield of forests.

scholarly journals Regional Factors Driving the Deployment of Wind Energy in Spain

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (14) ◽  
pp. 3590
Author(s):  
María-Jesús Gutiérrez-Pedrero ◽  
María J. Ruiz-Fuensanta ◽  
Miguel-Ángel Tarancón
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Wind Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Regional Level ◽  
Environmental Knowledge ◽  
Relative Positioning ◽  
Regional Heterogeneity ◽  
Renewable Energy Production ◽  
Regional Factors ◽  
Installed Capacity

There is significant regional heterogeneity in terms of relative positioning in relation to the issue of sustainability and, in particular, in relation to the implementation of renewable energy. For this reason, the aim of this work is to analyze whether these differences in attributes for each region are likely to condition the expansion of renewable energy production. In this paper, we focus on wind energy. Therefore, the evolution of the installed capacity of wind energy is studied for a set of Spanish regions over the period between 2004 and 2017. The results obtained confirm that, in effect, there are factors linked to investment and environmental knowledge capable of conditioning the deployment of wind energy at the regional level.

scholarly journals Subsidies as Financing Opportunities – the Development of Renewable Energy Sources in Poland

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 407-419
Author(s):  
Ewa W. Maruszewska ◽  
Kęstutis Navickas ◽  
Renata Navickienė
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Energy Investment ◽  
Prior Literature

AbstractAs Poland is considered a coal country, renewable energy resources still do not have a significant share in energy production. Further, 14% contribution of renewable energy to total primary energy production in 2020 is endangered. Thus, in order to speed up with renewable energy sources new actions should be stimulated. The aim of the article is to describe the most popular renewable energy installations in Poland and further to search for a case study indicating that an investment in renewable sources is profitable without financial support. The results indicate that prior literature does not present any analysis of profitable renewable energy investment without financial support. It states the need for regulators to implement additional financial support not only on the European Union level but also on the national one.

Do renewable energy production spillovers matter in the EU?

2020 ◽  
Vol 150 ◽  
pp. 786-796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rouhollah Shahnazi ◽  
Zahra Dehghan Shabani
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Renewable Energy Production ◽  
The Eu

THE CHALLENGES FOR THE BIOFUELS SECTOR IN THE CONTEXT OF THE EU CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICY

2017 ◽  
Vol XIX (2) ◽  
pp. 58-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Piotr Gradziuk ◽  
Błażej Jendrzejewski
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Policy ◽  
International Energy Agency ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Energy Agency ◽  
Central Statistical ◽  
Central Statistical Office ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Climate And Energy Policy ◽  
The Eu

The aim of this study was to assessment of the impact of EU climate and energy policy changes on the biofuels sector. The research was carried out on the basis of the reports of the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Energy Regulatory Office, the Central Statistical Office of Poland, the EU Commission, the International Renewable Energy Agency and the International Energy Agency. Tabular and descriptive methods were used. Analyzes covered the years 2007-2015 with perspective until 2030. The analyzes show that realization of assumed obligations in relation to the minimum share of renewable energy used by transportation according to the directive 2009/28/WE of 23 February 2017 may be difficult to be achieve within the proposed deadlines. Currently existing advanced biofuel installations are mainly small prototype devices. Commercialization of those installations would pose a number of threats which could make impossible to reach the assumed production capacity.

Renewable energy production support schemes for residential-scale solar photovoltaic systems in Nordic conditions

Energy Policy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 79 ◽  
pp. 72-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janne Hirvonen ◽  
Genku Kayo ◽  
Sunliang Cao ◽  
Ala Hasan ◽  
Kai Sirén
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Photovoltaic Systems ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Renewable Energy Production

scholarly journals Renewable Energy – Implications for Agriculture and Rural Development in Poland

2017 ◽  
pp. 121-146
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Bańkowska ◽  
Piotr Gradziuk
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Energy Production ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Significant Degree ◽  
Primary Energy ◽  
Economic Potential ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Alternative Sources

Due to their quantitative and qualitative potential, rural areas participate to a significant degree in the achievement of the indicative targets resulting from the climatic package. Thanks to the production of biomass and, increasingly often, energy itself during the 2005–2014 period, the share of RES (renewable energy sources) in the production of primary energy grew twofold from 5.8% to 12.1%. Biomass was the main source, but since 2010 the use of wind and sun in the production of energy has been growing rapidly. Given that the costs of alternative sources for energy production (mainly electricity) are considerably higher than in case of using raw fuels, the development of this market depends on the amount of subsidies. The system applied in Poland is widely criticized because it favours large hydroelectric power plants and co-combustion, which arouses considerable environmental, technical, market and strategic controversies. Maintaining the current support system could therefore have significant implications for the structure of the market, because it is not conducive to the development of energy, based on the initiative of citizens and their communities. It remains untapped economic potential also in industrial policy and services and, in particular, in case of RES small- and micro-installations.

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