FOREST STOCK AS A RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS OF THE CONCEPT OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN LATVIA: PROS AND CONS
FOREST STOCK AS A RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCE
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORKS OF THE CONCEPT OF
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN LATVIA: PROS AND CONS
Author(s): Yelena Popova, Marina Gunare, Sergejs POPOVSSubject(s): National Economy, Energy and Environmental Studies, Financial Markets
Published by: Univerzita J. Selyeho, Fakulta ekonómie a informatiky
Keywords: Renewable energy resources; Forests; Statistical analysis; Environmental performance index;
Summary/Abstract: The issue of Energy Efficiency is one of the most urgent for the contemporaryworld, and one of its components – renewable energy resources – is in the centre ofattention. Latvia, being one of the greenest countries in the world, uses renewableenergy resources intensively. Nevertheless, use of one of these resources, forests stock(firewood) seems to be quite dangerous for environmental health of the country.The goal of the research is to reveal some of pros and cons of using this resource forenergy production. The authors do not set the goal to show all advantages anddisadvantages of employing this renewable energy resource, but just to arise theproblem of double nature of using the renewable resources. The authors presentstatistical (correlation and regression) analysis, based on the data for years 2010to2018.
Journal: Acta Oeconomica Universitatis Selye
- Issue Year: 8/2019
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 127-137
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English