Economic Conditions of Using Biodegradable Waste for Biogas Production, Using the Example of Poland and Germany

Anna Sobczak, Ewa Chomać-Pierzecka, Andrzej Kokiel, Monika Różycka, Jacek Stasiak and Dariusz Soboń
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Anna Sobczak: Faculty of Economics, The Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski, 66-400 Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Ewa Chomać-Pierzecka: Faculty of Economics, The Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski, 66-400 Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
Andrzej Kokiel: Faculty of Economics, The WSB University in Poznan, 61-895 Poznan, Poland
Monika Różycka: Faculty of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Szczecin, 70-453 Szczecin, Poland
Jacek Stasiak: Non-Public Health Care Centre Interschool Department of Rehabilitation and Correction Science and Research Center, 95-070 Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
Dariusz Soboń: Faculty of Economics, The Jacob of Paradies University in Gorzów Wielkopolski, 66-400 Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-18

Abstract: Biogas production is a process with great potential. It uses the biodegradable raw materials of animal, vegetable and municipal waste. The amount of municipal as well as agricultural waste is increasing every year. This waste is an unmanaged and nuisance waste, and using it in biogas plants reduces the amount of waste. Biogas production is part of the EU’s policy to reduce dependence on fossil fuels and use energy from renewable sources (diversification of energy sources). Its importance is certain to increase in the future as energy demand increases. This article deals with the economical use of biodegradable waste for biogas production in Poland and Germany. Both countries have a similar agricultural and municipal waste structure. An agricultural biogas plant is one way of obtaining energy based on renewable energy sources (RES). Energy production from agricultural biogas will allow Poland to meet the 32% obligation imposed by the EU and Germany to continue to be the market leader in biogas plants. The biogas market in Poland is growing, while in Germany, there is a decline in biogas installations. The article indicates what changes need to take place in agriculture and the use of municipal waste in these countries to sustain the development of biogas plants. Both countries should maintain animal husbandry to ensure continuous access to substrate and use waste for production rather than growing maize or other mixtures only for biogas plants. Due to the high price of chemical fertilisers, pulp from biogas plants should be an alternative to chemical fertilisers in both countries, which will contribute to greener crops. The governments of both countries should support such measures.

Keywords: biogas; energy; agricultural biogas plant (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: 2022
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