Agricultural biogas production and the development of prosumer energy in Poland
2015
Golasa, P., Warsaw Univ. of Life Sciences (Poland). Faculty of Economic Sciences
The first part of the article presents basic information affecting the development of renewable energy sources (RES) and the theoretical basis for state activities resulting from the concept of external effects and public goods. In the second part data from the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture (ARMA) were used to estimate the possibility of establishing agricultural biogas plants on Polish territory as well as their current number and installed capacity. It has been found that the potential for production of agricultural biogas is used to a small degree and by very large installations, which is not conducive to the development of prosumer energy. Two reasons have been identified for the aforementioned situation: the high start-up costs of such operations and inconsistent state policy aimed at supporting RES. The situation is further worsened by a lack of RES legislation and the directions of proposed changes, which are shifting to support for large energy producers at the expense of prosumers.
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