Abstract
Renewable energy applications were examined in animal farms. The investment support system for animal farms – which has renewable elements – has been summarized through analyzing the legislation and future prospects. The most important in this topic is the Animal Farm Modernization Support, which had several application periods during the 2007–2013 CAP budgets. For analyzing practical application of renewable energies interviews and farm visits have done in Hajdú-Bihar County. The questions covered the general attributes of the farms and the details of the (existing or planned) renewable energy application. In terms of economic analysis saving, the investment return time and the employment effect were examined. The results show wide variety of applied renewable energy application. The investment supports plays great role in renewable energy projects by lowering the return time; and through additional points in application assessing, which is an incentive for farmers to include renewable energy element in their modernization projects.
Highlights
The recent measures in the European Union promote the usage of renewable energies and enhancing the energy efficiency
I asked farms dealing with different animals, have different renewable energy application and these projects are in different status; in order to develop the questions for a later use
Investment support – Állattartó Telepek Korszerűsítése (ÁTK) The most important investment support program for animal farms is the Animal Farm Modernization Support. This program is founded by European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
Summary
The recent measures in the European Union promote the usage of renewable energies and enhancing the energy efficiency. In the 29/2009 EC directive the European community defined targets in this topic for 2020. To reach the community target, each member state has its own target value according to their opportunities (EC, 2009). According to the latest EUROSTAT figures the share of renewable energy was 13.0% of the EU 28 average, and the Hungarian share was 9.1% in 2011 (Eurostat, 2013). There is another trend related to the topic: the introduction of cross compliance regulations in agriculture. As a part of this measure the nitrate directive sets instructions on manure usage and handling, biogas production can offer a solution for this
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