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LOW-CARBON ECONOMY - A NEW CHALLENGE FOR RURALCOMMUNES
Author(s): Piotr Gradziuk, Barbara GradziukSubject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Rural and urban sociology
Published by: Instytut Rozwoju Wsi i Rolnictwa Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: low-carbon economy plan; low-carbon economy; rural communes; greenhouse gases; renewable energy sources
Summary/Abstract: The Authors present the results of research into the planned measures to reduceCO2 emissions by local communes. The research was conducted in 2015 in 12 rural com -munes located in Lubelskie voivodship, which have developed Low-Carbon Econo myPlans(LCEPs). According to the research, CO2 emissions (47%) in the analyzed com munescame mainly from the consumption of liquid fuels in transport (mainly transit) as wellas by tractors and self-propelled agricultural machinery. The remaining causes of theemissions (53%) included the use of fossil fuels such as coal (31%), natural gas and heatingoil (2% as well as electricity (20%) generated outside the area of the communes concerned.Among many various possibilities for reducing CO2 emissions identified in LCEPs the mostimportant will be the substitution of conventional energy sources with renewable ones,including mainly biomass and solar energy.
Journal: Wieś i Rolnictwo
- Issue Year: 170/2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 105-126
- Page Count: 22
- Language: Polish