The evolution of agricultural energy transition in Eastern European Union countries between 1993 and 2022

• Autorzy: Memo Umutcan

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.34659/eis.2025.94.3.1046

Warianty tytułu

PL

Transformacja energetyczna rolnictwa w krajach Europy Wschodniej Unii Europejskiej: przegląd danych i trendów z lat 1993–2022

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The issue of greenhouse gas emissions from energy consumption has remained a major challenge for the European Union. In response, the EU has set itself the target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 and becoming completely carbon neutral by 2050. Energy transition is crucial for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, ensuring agricultural sustainability, and improving energy security. The main aim of this study is to assess the progress made in the transition to renewable energy sources in agriculture in the Eastern European Union countries. This study has used a data review method to examine the transition to renewable energy in agriculture in the Eastern European Union countries, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, for the period between 1993 and 2022. The results have shown that the transition to renewable energy in agriculture has been relatively slow in Romania, Croatia, Estonia, Bulgaria, and Hungary.

PL

Kwestia emisji gazów cieplarnianych wynikających ze zużycia energii pozostaje dużym wyzwaniem dla Unii Europejskiej. W odpowiedzi UE wyznaczyła sobie cel redukcji emisji gazów cieplarnianych o 55% do 2030 roku oraz osiągnięcia całkowitej neutralności węglowej do 2050 roku. Transformacja energetyczna jest kluczowa dla redukcji emisji gazów cieplarnianych, zapewnienia zrównoważonego rolnictwa oraz poprawy bezpieczeństwa energetycznego. Głównym celem niniejszego badania jest ocena postępów w przechodzeniu na odnawialne źródła energii w rolnictwie w krajach Europy Wschodniej należących do Unii Europejskiej. W badaniu zastosowano metodę przeglądu danych w celu analizy transformacji energetycznej w rolnictwie w krajach Europy Wschodniej UE, takich jak Bułgaria, Czechy, Estonia, Chorwacja, Łotwa, Litwa, Węgry, Polska, Rumunia i Słowacja, w okresie 1993–2022. Wyniki wykazały, że przechodzenie na odnawialne źródła energii w rolnictwie przebiegało stosunkowo wolno w Rumunii, Chorwacji, Estonii, Bułgarii i na Węgrzech.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

energy transition; agriculture; renewable energy; European Union

PL

transformacja energetyczna; rolnictwo; energia odnawialna; Unia Europejska

• Wydawca: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Ekonomistów Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych
• Czasopismo: Economics and Environment
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: No. 3
• Strony: art. no. 1046
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 45 poz., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Memo Umutcan

• Poznan University of Life Sciences, Doctoral School, Department of Economics and Finance, Wojska Polskiego Street 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-+0003-1412-3813

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