This paper presents the possibilities of using renewable sources of energy in Podlaskie Province. It shows the structure of acquisition of renewable sources of energy in the European Union, Poland, and Podlaskie province. In Podlaskie, windpower can be developed in its northern part, while hydropower can be acquired across the region. However, the greatest opportunities are connected with biofuels. Since supply of solid biomass from the four national parks and food-and-agricultural processing is limited, it is necessary to foster cultivation of energy plants as well as to use municipal waste as a source of energy. In the future, Podlaskie province should become a region of innovative economy pursuant to the provisions of the Innovative Energy program. Energetic Agriculture, liquid biofuels will be gradually replaced by gas biofuels generated by biological methods.
In the paper two directions of economic development of north-eastern Poland have been presented: • the production of healthy and medicinal food, • use of renewable energy resources. There are the least degraded areas in the north-eastern Poland and that’s why Podlasie province is the best for the production of healthy and medicinal food. The following renewable energy resources should be used: photovoltaic systems, small vertical-axis wind turbines and agricultural biogas power plants. The suggested activities have many advantages: • sustainable economic development without degradation of Podlasie province, • creating new jobs (several thousand in the whole province), • new health and leisure centres (using healthy and medicinal food) will be attractive for tourists and sick people from Poland and the abroad.
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