Development of Solid Biomass Production in Poland, Especially Pellet, in the Context of the World’s and the European Union’s Climate and Energy Policies

Aneta Bełdycka-Bórawska, Piotr Bórawski, Michał Borychowski, Rafał Wyszomierski, Marek Bartłomiej Bórawski, Tomasz Rokicki, Luiza Ochnio, Krzysztof Jankowski, Bartosz Mickiewicz and James W. Dunn
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Aneta Bełdycka-Bórawska: Department of Agronomy and Agribusiness, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Piotr Bórawski: Department of Agronomy and Agribusiness, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Michał Borychowski: Department of Macroeconomics and Agricultural Economics, Poznań University of Economics and Business, 61-875 Poznan, Poland
Rafał Wyszomierski: Higher School of Agribusiness in Lomza, 18-402 Lomza, Poland
Marek Bartłomiej Bórawski: Department of Law and Administration, Warmia and Mazury University in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Tomasz Rokicki: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Luiza Ochnio: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Krzysztof Jankowski: Department of Agronomy and Agribusiness, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Bartosz Mickiewicz: Faculty of Economics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
James W. Dunn: Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802-5600, USA

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 12, 1-22

Abstract: The aim of this research was to present the changes in biomass production, especially pellets in Poland, in the context of world’s and European Union’s (EU) climate and energy policy, compared to other renewable energy sources. We also analyzed the law concerning the biomass production in the EU. Finally, we have elaborated the prognosis of the pellet production on the world scale. We have used different methods to achieve the goals, among which the most important are the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (GARCH model) and prognosis. We also compared the results of pellet production in different countries in the European Union. The results were presented in tabular and graphic form. We have received the data from Eurostat and the Main Statistical Office (MSO) in Poland. Our research proves the increase of biomass and pellet production on the global scale. Moreover, global wood pellet production increased by 972% in the years 2005–2018. We can conclude that this increase was the result of increasing demand for renewable energy sources. The first research hypothesis assumed that the changes in the European Union Policy have impacted the increase of biomass production in the world. Our prognosis confirmed the second hypothesis that the development of pellets will increase as the result of increasing global demand. The use of more renewable energy sources is necessary to decrease the degradation of the environment.

Keywords: biomass production; pellet production; Poland; climate and energy policy; renewable energy sources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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