SOCIO-ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIPS AS A BASIS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY

Abstract

The purpose of writing the article is the need to justify the importance of socio-economic aspects and ecological relationships, which have become the basis for the development and establishment of alternative energy in modern conditions on the territory of the European Union and Ukraine. Alternative energy, which includes energy sources that do not use traditional fossil fuels, is of great importance to the environment. First of all, alternative energy sources such as solar, wind, hydroelectric and geothermal significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, which are the main culprits of global warming. Traditional sources of energy, such as coal, oil and natural gas, emit a huge amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other pollutants when they are burned, which negatively affect the atmosphere and climate. Solar energy, for example, is obtained by converting sunlight into electricity using solar panels. Wind energy uses the force of the wind to generate electricity through wind turbines. Both of these energy sources are practically waste-free and do not pollute the atmosphere, which makes them environmentally friendly. It is also needed to say that areas polluted by the products of human life can also be cleaned due to organized processing points that will provide raw materials for stations that will process garbage into the energy we need so much today.