Economic, Environmental and Moral Acceptance of Renewable Energy: A Case Study-The Agricultural Biogas Plant at Pěčín
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article
PubMed
28275935
DOI
10.1007/s11948-017-9881-7
PII: 10.1007/s11948-017-9881-7
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Environmental assessment, Financial analysis, Moral consideration, Process management, Renewable energy,
- MeSH
- Biofuels * MeSH
- Power Plants MeSH
- Financing, Government MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Morals MeSH
- Costs and Cost Analysis MeSH
- Industrial Waste * MeSH
- Technology * economics ethics MeSH
- Conservation of Natural Resources * MeSH
- Conservation of Energy Resources * MeSH
- Food Supply * economics ethics MeSH
- Crops, Agricultural MeSH
- Agriculture * economics ethics MeSH
- Environment MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic MeSH
- Names of Substances
- Biofuels * MeSH
- Industrial Waste * MeSH
The production of renewable energy in agricultural biogas plants is being widely criticized because-among other things-most of the feedstock comes from purpose-grown crops like maize. These activities (generously subsidized in the Czech Republic) generate competitive pressure to other crops that are used for feeding or food production, worsening their affordability. Unique pretreatment technology that allows substitution of the purpose-grown crops by farming residues (such as husk or straw) was built 6 years ago on a commercial basis in Pěčín (Czech Republic) under modest funding and without publicity. The design of the concept; financial assessment and moral viewpoint were analyzed based on practical operating data. It showed that the apparatus improves economic, environmental and moral acceptance as well. However, according to the government's view, public funding for this type of processing was shortened, "because waste materials represent a lower cost". The impact of such governance was analyzed as well.
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