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Regional Diversification of Electricity Consumption in Rural Areas of Poland

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  • Paweł Siemiński

    (Department of Economics and Economic Polity in Agribusiness, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland)

  • Jakub Hadyński

    (Department of Economics and Economic Polity in Agribusiness, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland)

  • Jarosław Lira

    (Department of Economics and Economic Polity in Agribusiness, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznań, Poland)

  • Anna Rosa

    (Institute of Rural and Agriculture Development, Polish Academy of Sciences, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

Access to energy, including electricity, determines countries’ socio-economic development. The growing demand for electricity translates into environmental problems. Energy is therefore a crucial element of the European Union’s sustainable development strategy. This article aims to present the changes taking place in the electricity market in Poland considering the goals of the energy policy until 2040. This is the basis for the determination of the scale of processes taking place in the Polish energy sector from two perspectives, i.e., the production of electricity considering its level and energy carriers used, and the consumption of electricity in households depending on their location (rural vs. urban areas). The research was conducted at the regional level (NUTS 2 until 2017) in Poland. Secondary data from the Central Statistical Office (GUS) contained in the Local Data Bank were used, along with information from the European Commission and Eurostat websites. Results of the study made it possible to identify areas in which a greater environmental load is observed due to increasing electricity consumption. The coefficient of localization and concentration (by Florence) and the rate of change were applied. These results indicate that, in Poland, it is now the rural areas that have a greater negative environmental impact than urban areas, resulting from differences in unit energy consumption. Compared to the other provinces, rural areas of Podlaskie province had the highest rate of growth in energy consumption in the years 2004–2019, with an annual average of almost 20%.

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  • Paweł Siemiński & Jakub Hadyński & Jarosław Lira & Anna Rosa, 2021. "Regional Diversification of Electricity Consumption in Rural Areas of Poland," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(24), pages 1-21, December.
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