The Potential of Ukrainian Agriculture’s Biomass to Generate Renewable Energy in the Context of Climate and Political Challenges—The Case of the Kyiv Region

Adam Wąs (), Piotr Sulewski, Nataliia Gerasymchuk, Ludmila Stepasyuk, Vitaliy Krupin, Zoia Titenko and Kinga Pogodzińska
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Adam Wąs: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Piotr Sulewski: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland
Nataliia Gerasymchuk: Department of Marketing, Poltava State Agrarian University, 36003 Poltava, Ukraine
Ludmila Stepasyuk: Department of Economic, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, 03041 Kyiv, Ukraine
Zoia Titenko: Department of Finance, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, 03041 Kyiv, Ukraine
Kinga Pogodzińska: Institute of Economics and Finance, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 166, 02-787 Warsaw, Poland

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 18, 1-16

Abstract: Increasing the share of renewable energy in the final energy consumption is a way to ensure independence from external supplies of fossil fuels, which is a fundamental political and economic challenge for many countries nowadays. One such country is Ukraine, which depended on Russian gas supplies and energy (electricity) from nuclear power plants. Russian gas is not delivered anymore to Ukraine, and Russians have recently taken over some of the nuclear power plants. The changes in the political situation force Ukraine to search for alternative energy sources. In countries with high agricultural production potential, one of the basic options seems to be popularization of modern methods of obtaining energy from biomass (bioenergy), which so far has played a minor role in the country’s energy mix (less than 2% in the case of Ukraine). The analysis carried out on the case of the Kyiv Region indicates that the annual economic potential of biomass in the region is equivalent to 1743 thousand toe (tonnes of oil), and its use allows them to save about 43% of fossil fuel annually.

Keywords: biomass; energy potential; alternative energy sources; resources; enterprises; fuel (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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