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AL MANSOUR, F.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN AGRICULTURE
KOMUNALNA ENERGETIKA / POWER ENGINERING, 6
Strategic objectives of the EU energy-climate policies are achieving 20 percent energy saving, 20-percent share of renewable energy sources (RES) in final energy consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions for at least 20% by 2020. The agricultural sector is important in order to increase the use of renewable energy from biomass. The adopted National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency in Slovenia for the period 2008 - 2016 does not address energy efficiency in the agriculture sector. The article analyses the users (technology and processes) in agriculture and the proposed appropriate measures to improve their energy efficiency. It is established that there is sufficient potential to reduce energy consumption in agriculture: in buildings, land cultivation, milk production, animal breeding, drying of hay and grain and other measures.
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