Effects of renewable energy resources on the landscape
One of the most important prerequisites of the sustenance of modern societies is the safe energy supply. An energy supply system, which is currently based mainly on fossil energy resources cannot be maintained even in the medium-term, at least not longer than for a few decades. Therefore, the applic...
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| description | One of the most important prerequisites of the sustenance of modern societies is the safe energy supply. An energy supply system, which is currently based mainly on fossil energy resources cannot be maintained even in the medium-term, at least not longer than for a few decades. Therefore, the application of renewable energy resources will play a significant role in forming our energy future. Most of them except geothermal and tide energies, use directly or indirectly solar energy. In this paper, the direct use of solar energy, wind energy, biomass and hydropower will be discussed. It will be shown that the widespread application and the broad expansion of any of the renewable energy resources and the large-scale production of renewable energies are always connected with serious environmental impacts, whichever of the resources is used. They all require a relatively large area for use in the case of producing a significant amount of energy. Renewable energy production methods will be an important factor of landscape change, and will have a strong influence on landscape management. In this study, particularly, hydropower will be investigated. In the typical case of the Gabčikovo Hydropower Station on the Danube the influences on the landscape structure and functions will be demonstrated. It will be shown that intensive human use and alteration (river engineering, the constructions of dams and hydroelectric power plants) of riverine landscapes have led to enormous degradation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e9d8dc01714943f2b78018f2ffde5c092022-12-22T01:24:18ZengResearch Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of SciencesHungarian Geographical Bulletin2064-50312064-51472014-04-0163151610.15201/hungeobull.63.1.12875Effects of renewable energy resources on the landscapeMária Szabó0Ádám Kiss1Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Department of Environmental and Landscape Geography, Budapest, HungaryEötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Science, Institute of Physics, Department of Atomic PhysicsOne of the most important prerequisites of the sustenance of modern societies is the safe energy supply. An energy supply system, which is currently based mainly on fossil energy resources cannot be maintained even in the medium-term, at least not longer than for a few decades. Therefore, the application of renewable energy resources will play a significant role in forming our energy future. Most of them except geothermal and tide energies, use directly or indirectly solar energy. In this paper, the direct use of solar energy, wind energy, biomass and hydropower will be discussed. It will be shown that the widespread application and the broad expansion of any of the renewable energy resources and the large-scale production of renewable energies are always connected with serious environmental impacts, whichever of the resources is used. They all require a relatively large area for use in the case of producing a significant amount of energy. Renewable energy production methods will be an important factor of landscape change, and will have a strong influence on landscape management. In this study, particularly, hydropower will be investigated. In the typical case of the Gabčikovo Hydropower Station on the Danube the influences on the landscape structure and functions will be demonstrated. It will be shown that intensive human use and alteration (river engineering, the constructions of dams and hydroelectric power plants) of riverine landscapes have led to enormous degradation.https://ojs.mtak.hu/index.php/hungeobull/article/view/2875energy utilizationsolar energywind energybiomasshydropowerlandscape impacts |
| spellingShingle | Mária Szabó Ádám Kiss Effects of renewable energy resources on the landscape Hungarian Geographical Bulletin energy utilization solar energy wind energy biomass hydropower landscape impacts |
| title | Effects of renewable energy resources on the landscape |
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| title_short | Effects of renewable energy resources on the landscape |
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| topic | energy utilization solar energy wind energy biomass hydropower landscape impacts |
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