Spatial consequences of biogas production and agricultural changes in the Czech Republic after EU accession: mutual symbiosis, coexistence or parasitism?
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| Year of publication | 2013 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis Geographica |
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| Field | Earth magnetism, geography |
| Keywords | anaerobic digestion plants; agriculture; Czech Republic; spatial differentiation |
| Description | Renewable sources of energies and its support have been recently experiencing wide public debate in the Czech Republic that varies from agreement to complete denial. Nevertheless support from national and EU sources is factor that heavily infl uenced dynamic development of this sector in last decade. Anaerobic digestion plants are one of options for production of renewable energies (biogas in this case) that have experienced next to solar plants the most important increase of its installed capacities. This contribution fi rst aims to analyse phenomenon of anaerobic digestion plants, its legal, strategic support, supporting fi nancial incentives, individual types of such plants, and secondly based on available statistical data to analyse spatial distribution of agricultural anaerobic digestion plants. On basis of comparison of data for increasing biogas production and declining agriculture in regions of the Czech Republic basic consequences are deduced. In context of spatial distribution of agricultural anaerobic digestion plants structures of sowing areas and intensities of animal husbandry are shortly discussed. |