TY  - JOUR
A1  - Pollack, Moritz
A1  - Lück, Andrea
A1  - Wolf, Mario
A1  - Kraft, Eckhard
A1  - Völker, Conrad
T1  - Energy and Business Synergy: Leveraging Biogenic Resources from Agriculture, Waste, and Wastewater in German Rural Areas
JF  - Sustainability
N2  - The imperative to transform current energy provisions is widely acknowledged. However, scant attention has hitherto been directed toward rural municipalities and their innate resources, notably biogenic resources. In this paper, a methodological framework is developed to interconnect resources from waste, wastewater, and agricultural domains for energy utilization. This entails cataloging existing resources, delineating their potential via quantitative assessments utilizing diverse technologies, and encapsulating them in a conceptual model. The formulated models underwent iterative evaluation with engagement from diverse stakeholders. Consequently, 3 main concepts, complemented by 72 sub-concepts, were delineated, all fostering positive contributions to climate protection and providing heat supply in the rural study area. The outcomes’ replicability is underscored by the study area’s generic structure and the employed methodology. Through these inquiries, a framework for the requisite energy transition, with a pronounced emphasis on the coupling of waste, wastewater, and agriculture sectors in rural environments, is robustly analyzed.
KW  - Energiewende
KW  - Energieplanung
KW  - Abfallwirtschaft
KW  - organischer Abfall
KW  - Biomasse
KW  - Regionalentwicklung
KW  - biogene Abfallstoffe
KW  - Abwassermanagement
KW  - OA-Publikationsfonds2023
Y1  - 2023
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20231222-65172
UR  - https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/24/16573
VL  - 2023
IS  - volume 15, issue 24, article 16573
SP  - 1
EP  - 25
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -