Perspectives of Renewable Energy in the Danube Region
Editors
Willington Ortiz Márta Somogyvári
Viktor Varjú István Fodor Stefan Lechtenböhmer
Institute for Regional Studies Centre for Economic and Regional Studies
Hungarian Academy of Sciences Pécs, 5
The Perspectives of Renewable Energy in the Danube Region Conference (26–27 March 2015) and this book of proceedings were financed by the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU) and co-organised by the Wuppertal Institute, the Institute for Regional Studies of CERS HAS (with its own contribution and partial scientific support from OTKA – Hungarian Scientific Research Fund grant #NK 104985: New driving forces of spatial restructuring and regional development paths in Eastern Europe at the beginning of 21st century) and the Regional Committee of Pécs, HAS.
Peer reviewers: LászlóBerényi, Nikolett Deutsch, István Fodor, Willington Ortiz, ÉvaPintér, GáborPintér, Damir Šljivac, MártaSomogyvári, Dobi IldikóWantuchné
ISBN 978 963 9899 91 9
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CONTENTS
Preface... 9
INTRODUCTION
The Signs of Post-Fossil Transition in the Energy Landscapes along the River Danube
Márta Somogyvári ... 19 SYSTEMIC COMPONENTS AND CONSTRAINS
The Role of Renewable Energy in the Energy Network System of the Danube Region
Tamás János Katona ... 35 Modelling the Integration of Large Energy Storage in the Alpine Region
Mathis Buddeke, Christine Krüger, Arjuna Nebel, Frank Merten ... 46 Ideas of the Renewable Energy in Climate-Strategies of Medium-Size
Hungarian Cities
Edit Hoyk, András Donát Kovács and Jenő Zsolt Farkas ... 55 Overview and Perspectives of Renewable Energy Sources in the Danube
Region in Croatia
Anton Spajić, Stanislav Vezmar, Danijel Topić and Damir Šljivac ... 64 SOCIAL DOMAIN
Social Aspects and Challenges of Renewable Energy Usage
László Berényi... 81 The Theory of Environmental Modernization and its Feasibility
Application in Capitalist Economy. The Case of Renewable Energy Diffusion in Romania
Dragos Constantin Sanda... 88 An analysis of Social Effects of Climate and Energy Usage Moderni-
zation: Romanian Green Labor Market
Alexandra Luana Sanda (Smarandoiu) ... 96
ECONOMIC DOMAIN
Note on the Economics of Renewable Energy Technologies in the Danube region
Nikolett Deutsch, Éva Pintér ... 107
Romanian Electricity Market in the Light of Fast Development of Renewable Energies: General Presentation and Critical Assessment Sorin Cebotari ... 113 Joint Renewable Energy Support Schemes in the Visegrád Countries
Éva Szabina Somossy, Tamás Tóth... 125 HYDROPOWER POTENTIAL
Hydro Energy Potential in the Danube Region and in Hungary
István Szeredi ... 139 WIND RESOURCES
Perspectives of Wind Energy in the Danube Region
Dr. Ildikó Dobi Wantuch ... 151 Optimization of Wind Farm Location Planning with GIS Methods Based
on a Hungarian Case Study Area (Csongrád County)
Nándor Csikós, Péter Szilassi ... 154 The Limits to Wind Energy in Hungary the Geographical Aspect
Béla Munkácsy, Ádám Harmat, Dániel Meleg ... 166 Statistical Estimation of the Next Day’s Average Wind Speed and
Wind Power
Károly Tar, István Lázárand Renáta Gyarmati ... 174 GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
Untapped Potentials and Enhanced Use of Deep Geothermal Energy in the Danube Region
Annamária Nádor, Szilárd Árvay ... 195 General overview of RES, focusing on the geothermal energy
Klára Szita Tóth, Anna Vizkeleti ... 204 Geothermal energy applications developed in Bihor County and
at University of Oradea
Mircea Gordan, Cristian Vancea, Cornelia Gordan,
Maria Bittenbinder, Monica Costea ... 216 Thermal Water Utilization and its Possible Development in the Early
21stCentury in Hajdúság, East Hungary Erika Bódi, Tamás Buday, Réka Lilla Kovács,
Richard William McIntosh and Miklós Kozák ... 227 Effect of the Solar Radiation on Underground Temperature Values
and Heat Supply Around a Ground Coupled Heat Pump Based on Meteorological Data, Debrecen
Tamás Buday, István Lázár, Gergely Csákberényi-Nagy, Erika Bódi
and Tamás Tóth ... 239
Utilizing Geothermal Energy in Hungary Today
Lajos Göőz ... 251
SOLAR RESOURCES
Solar Energy Resources in the Danube Region
Damir Šljivac ... 257 Decreasing negative ecological impacts of PV farms: identification of
suitable areas in Hungary
Lea Végh... 267 Cost-Benefit Analysis of Different Photovoltaic Systems in Croatia,
Hungary, Serbia and Slovenia
Denis Pelin, Sándor Zsolt Kovács, Andrea Suvák, Damir Šljivac,
Danijel Topić ... 278 Applying Solar Energy for Water Heating – a Case Study at a Secondary
School in Croatia
Marinko Stojkov, Krunoslav Hornung, Ante Čikić, Dražan Kozak,
Damir Šljivac, Danijel Topić ... 291 BIOMASS RESOURCES
Sugar Beet as a Potential Energy Crop in the Danube Region
László Potyondi ... 307 Reed as a Biomass Resource in the Danube Region – An Assessment
of Potentials and Different Utilization Possibilities for Energy Production in Austria
Jürgen Krail, Hannes Kitzler, Georg Beckmann, Helmut Plank,
Christoph Pfeifer and Doris Rixrath ... 318 Evaluating the Market Competitiveness of Reed Based Biofuels
Doris Rixrath, Jürgen Krailand Arne Ragossnig ... 335 Biomass transportation into power plants – calculation method of
transportation distances
Gábor Pintér ... 348 Editors ... 357