Contribution aspect of renewable energy resource usage in the context of Latvia's sustainable development
2011
Bronka, A., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics | Zvirbule-Berzina, A., Latvia Univ. of Agriculture, Jelgava (Latvia). Faculty of Economics
It is inaccurate to assume that the concept of sustainable development can be substituted with a concept of economic growth or sustainability. The economy is only a tool for reaching the goal of sustainable development, using the environment as a foundation, – to satisfy the current needs and provide the same possibility for future generations. The interaction of the economy, power industry, and quality of the environment is very close; this is proved by the interaction of Gross Domestic Product, total consumption of primary energy resources, emission of greenhouse effect gases, and the aggregate national consumption of electric power indicator. Moreover, it is not possible to develop such a model of the power industry sustainable development, which would provide availability of large amount of energy, acceptable price for consumers, and have little impact on the environment in energy production. Choosing the beneficial conditions only, in any case two of the aforementioned dimensions would be positive, yet one negative. An alternative solution is to focus on models of sustainable resource usage, including sustainable production and consumption of energy. On such condition, renewable energy resources are of great importance, the rational usage of which positively affects the agricultural sector and regional economy. This can be explained by the extraction of energy resources and decentralised energy production. Essential is also a condition that in the model of sustainable energy source usage not only institutional level resolutions are of great importance, but also the attitude of society and understanding of the power industry related questions.
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