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Abandoned agricultural land for renewable energy use: comparative analysis of Lithuania and Latvia

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ISSN:2029-7092
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TUMELIENĖ Eglė¹^ORCID,SUŽIEDELYTĖ VISOCKIENĖ Jūratė²^ORCID,GURSKIENĖ Virginija³^ORCID,MALIENĖ Vida⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Land Use Planning and Geomatics, Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, Studentu 11, Akademija, LT-53361 Kaunas district, Lithuania; Department of Geodesy and Cadastre, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio av. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania

2. Department of Geodesy and Cadastre, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Sauletekio av. 11, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania

3. Department of Land Use Planning and Geomatics, Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, Studentu 11, Akademija, LT-53361 Kaunas district, Lithuania

4. Department of Land Use Planning and Geomatics, Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, Studentu 11, Akademija, LT-53361 Kaunas district, Lithuania; School of Civil Engineering and Built Environment, Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Research Institute, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK

Abstract

The Abandoned Agricultural Land (AAL), which has been left overgrown with bushes, trees and invasive plants, has a negative impact on the environment and socio-economic development. As Lithuania and Latvia have a significant amount of AAL and a great demand for energy supply in autumn-spring periods, both countries have been chosen for analyses. The research aim was to assess the use of AAL for Renewable Energy (RE), such as Wind Energy (WE) and Solar Energy (SE). The dynamics of AAL in Lithuania and Latvia have been evaluated. The Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis has been applied to examine the AAL’s use for RE in both countries. The use of AAL for RE in both countries despite higher seasonality and low wind and solar potential, especially in territories where land abandonment is prevalent, may be a profitable option to combining these two types of RE or creating an energy mix along with other energy sources.

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VILNIUS TECH

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