Use of land, as a limited resource is gaining importance due to the rapid growth of Earth’s population, the subsequently increasing demand for energy and the presumed impact of climate changes. Despite of the land being a specific resource, as lots of experiences confirm, in most of the...

Biogas plants utilizing agricultural feedstock are one of the technologies generating energy from renewable sources. Energy production from biogas enables Poland to meet the National Indicator Target mandate and the obligations resulting from the Climate and Energy Agreement. The Agreement...

The aim of the paper is to present and analyse the most important undertakings in the sphere of market creation for the renewable energy produced in Poland from agricultural products. The demand for such energy is created as a result of legal regulations, which obligate the energy sector...

This paper presents the possible development scenario of the Polish agricultural sector till 2020. It also assesses the impact of macroeconomic growth, CAP reforms and worldwide policies towards the agriculture on this development. The scenario is build using an extended version of the Global...

There’s a strong link between the production of biofuels and energy crops. The first of these activities may contribute to the appearance of new products in agriculture, besides giving a boost to activities such as provision of services and aiding in the diversification of economic activities...

The article presents the potential of Zachodniopomorskie voivodeship in the field of acquiring biomass from various sources like energetic plants, municipal wastes, wood wastes and by-products of agricultural plant and animal production. Among all biomass types, the solid biomass has the largest...

Promotion of renewable sources of energy is one of main purposes of the EU energy policy. The article presents a comparison of financial support mechanisms for renewable energy in Poland and in selected European countries. It shows two main systems of support: green certificates and feed-in...

This article analyzes the legal forms of entities with a concession for the production of electricity – for example, the Zachodniopomorskie Voivodship on the basis of the Energy Regulatory Office, the National Court Register and the Central Register and Information on Business Activity. The...

The article examines the European share in large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper aims to identify correlation between biofuels policy and large-scale land acquisitions in Sub-Saharan Africa and the consequences of this phenomenon. It first identifies the backgrounds that...

The energy dependence of Ukraine necessitates finding alternative energy sources, which primarily should take into account the resources available, the possibility of prospective studies and cost-effectiveness of such developments. One of considered alternative sources is the potential of...