Considerations of Regional Coherences for the Development of Renewable Energy Technologies Used in South Part of Transdanubian Region of Hungary

Zoltan Illes; Peter Szendro; Janosne Unk

doi:10.1556/446.15.2019.1.5

Progress in Agricultural Engineering Sciences

Volume/Issue:: Volume 15: Issue 1

Considerations of Regional Coherences for the Development of Renewable Energy Technologies Used in South Part of Transdanubian Region of Hungary

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Zoltan Illes

Zoltan Illes Central European University (CEU), H-1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9, Hungary

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Peter Szendro Szent Istvan University (SZIE), Godollo

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Janosne Unk

Janosne Unk Energy Development, Urban and Regional Development Institute (VATI), Budapest

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Pages:: 71–98

Online Publication Date:: Dec 2019

Publication Date:: 01 Dec 2019

Article Category:: Research Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/446.15.2019.1.5

Keywords:: renewable energy; geothermal; biomass; hydroelectric; solar

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Abstract

The existing effective domestic regional development framework requires analyses for increasingly wider areas (micro, meso and even macro regions) before operational – short-term – local developments to be prepared and implemented.

Such comprehensive complex studies or larger-term programmes may demonstrate the profitability of the given project and can complement it with combined utilization technologies; in the case of Himesháza several locally known renewable energy sources could facilitate geothermal heat, later electricity supply, e.g. local biomass (biogas-based) recovery technology (organic waste of the local pig farm) and, for example, the construction of a low-power “dwarf” hydroelectric power plant chain based on rich watercourses of the region (the “southern dwarves” in Hungary) and the connection of existing solar utility facilities to a modern “smart grid” system in the longer term.

Himesháza, located in southern Hungary in Baranya county, is developing; it has a detailed feasibility study of a thermal energy supply network and an energy supply development plan.

Based on the geothermal characteristics of Baranya county it would be reasonable to encourage the development of smaller-scale, decentralized heating systems for dynamic settlements. Several settlements in close proximity to Himesháza have already explored thermal wells. Power generation with a small scale, closed-loop system can be used in the project region for thermal water with an outflow temperature of 90 °C. The heating system may also be able to fulfill the needs of recreational, vacation-based or complex thermal spa facilities formerly planned in the region. Moreover, the system could also be capable of utilizing a larger spectrum of renewable energy through its combination with photovoltaic technology.

Due to the country's favorable agricultural characteristics, Hungary's biomass potential is higher than the European average. The utilization of organic waste from agricultural and farming sectors is highly recommended in Baranya county; biogas production seems to be the most suitable in the region of Himesháza too, broadening the utilization of renewable resources.

The realization of the current project could contribute to shifting the energy resource sector in a more modern, environmentally conscious direction.

The background for shorter-term plans and investment (carried out within the framework of operational programs) necessary for the optimal operation and maintenance of longer-term (25–50 years) energy development strategies is created by the analysis (at multiple scales) of complex regional characteristics and future potential, and the selection of optimal sites.

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Progress in Agricultural Engineering Sciences

Print ISSN:: 1786-335X

Online ISSN:: 1787-0321

Editorial Board

Beke, János (Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineerin, Gödöllő – Hungary)
Fenyvesi, László (Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gödöllő – Hungary)
Szendrő, Péter (Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gödöllő – Hungary)
Felföldi, József (Szent István University, Faculty of Food Science, Budapest – Hungary)

Advisory Board

De Baerdemaeker, Josse (KU Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Leuven - Belgium)
Funk, David B. (United States Department of Agriculture | USDA • Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), Kansas City – USA
Geyer, Martin (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Department of Horticultural Engineering, Potsdam - Germany)
Janik, József (Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gödöllő – Hungary)
Kutzbach, Heinz D. (Institut für Agrartechnik, Fg. Grundlagen der Agrartechnik, Universität Hohenheim – Germany)
Mizrach, Amos (Institute of Agricultural Engineering. ARO, the Volcani Center, Bet Dagan – Israel)
Neményi, Miklós (Széchenyi University, Department of Biosystems and Food Engineering, Győr – Hungary)
Schulze-Lammers, Peter (University of Bonn, Institute of Agricultural Engineering (ILT), Bonn – Germany)
Sitkei, György (University of Sopron, Institute of Wood Engineering, Sopron – Hungary)
Sun, Da-Wen (University College Dublin, School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, Agriculture and Food Science, Dublin – Ireland)
Tóth, László (Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gödöllő – Hungary)

Prof. Felföldi, József
Institute: MATE - Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Department of Measurements and Process Control
Address: 1118 Budapest Somlói út 14-16
E-mail: felfoldi.jozsef@uni-mate.hu

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