Biogas enterprises: A chance or a challenge for rural development?

Chodkowska-Miszczuk, JustynaNicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland (author)

Biogas enterprises : A chance or a challenge for rural development?

Copenhagen :University of Copenhagen – Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management,2018
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This paper addresses the question whether biogas plants (businesses based on renewable energy) often marketed as a great opportunity for rural development can at the same time pose a hidden challenge. Departing from the concept of embeddedness of enterprises in the local environment, our objective is realized with the help of two models of biogas plants. In the first model, biogas plants operate as an integral part of agricultural farms (biogas on-farm model); in the second model, they operate as independent companies established through investments by external entrepreneurs (biogas off-farm model). The two models have proven to affect the economies of particular biogas enterprises very differently. In the first model, the support of existing agricultural farms is of great importance as those usually are important for local stakeholders. In the second model, biogas plants that emerge as new external investments must build interactions with local entities from scratch. From an economic point of view, the lack of functioning mechanisms in this sense may influence further directions of development for many rural areas traditionally associated with agriculture.

Biegańska, JadwigaUniversity of Gothenburg, Sweden (author)
Martinat, StanislavInstitute of Geonics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic (author)
Dymitrow, MirekGothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Mistra Urban Futures,Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle, Kulturgeografi,Department of Economy and Society, Unit for Human Geography,University of Gothenburg, Sweden(Swepub:gu)xdymmi (author)
Rogatka, KrzysztofNicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Polan (author)
Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, PolandUniversity of Gothenburg, Sweden (creator_code:org_t)

In:Challenged RuralitiesCopenhagen : University of Copenhagen – Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management
In:5th Nordic Conference for Rural Research: “Challenged ruralities: Nordic welfare states under pressure”, 14–16 May, 2018, Vingsted, DenmarkCopenhagen : University of Copenhagen – Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management9788779037922

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