Abstract:
Participation of Poland in European Union structures force to activities
aimed at increasing the share of renewable energy source (RES) in Polish
energy balance according to idea of sustainable development. It is anticipated,
that environmental friendly companies will forcefully expand in the near
future, as a result of ecological awareness growth and law regulations
connected with environmental requirements. RES are the alternative for
traditional energy sources and using them not only does not exhaust limited
fossil fuel sources but also reduces emission to environment. One of the
renewable energy source is energy obtained from landfill biogas. This article
presents environmental and economic aspects of landfill biogas usage. The
author goal is not only purposefulness evaluation of landfill biogas usage but
also indication of so far less known and recognized elements of economical
efficiency investment calculus in that field (in accordance with the generally
accepted methodology).