The Social Aspects and Public Acceptance of Biomass Giving the Example of a Hungarian Region

Biomass energy sources are the most promising, and most heavily subsidized renewable energy sources. The future of biomass energy in the global energy system depends on on many major factors, among others on the attitude of society to the biomass energy and the renewable energy resources. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the opportunities of utilization of biomass energy sources giving example of a Hungarian study area furthermore to study the public acceptance of renewable energy sources in a certain region. The study aims to explore the general knowledge, innovative attitude, acceptance and willingness of application as well as the estimation of the benefits of the use of RES within the inhabitants. Data collection has carried out by primary (questionnaire survey) and secondary ways in order to gain deep information from the target group (local people). The conclusion we can drawn from the analysis is that society take the biomass energy into consideration and its importance and responsibility is increasing. As far as the consciousness is concerned, the knowledge and the environmental friendly approach of inhabitants are also sufficient

The Social Aspects and Public Acceptance of Biomass Giving the Example of a Hungarian Region

Biomass energy sources are the most promising, and most heavily subsidized renewable energy sources. The future of biomass energy in the global energy system depends on on many major factors, among others on the attitude of society to the biomass energy and the renewable energy resources. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the opportunities of utilization of biomass energy sources giving example of a Hungarian study area furthermore to study the public acceptance of renewable energy sources in a certain region. The study aims to explore the general knowledge, innovative attitude, acceptance and willingness of application as well as the estimation of the benefits of the use of RES within the inhabitants. Data collection has carried out by primary (questionnaire survey) and secondary ways in order to gain deep information from the target group (local people). The conclusion we can drawn from the analysis is that society take the biomass energy into consideration and its importance and responsibility is increasing. As far as the consciousness is concerned, the knowledge and the environmental friendly approach of inhabitants are also sufficien

Assessment of fermentation results of Hanseniaspora (Kloeckera) strains isolated in Finger Lakes' wineries

Hanseniaspora (Kloeckera) yeast strains were isolated from several Finger Lakes' wineries (New York State, USA), which belonged to species H. uvarum and H. osmophila, and were examined by the ability of fermentation in Chardonnay grape juice and synthetic medium, respectively. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), post hoc range tests, and pairwise multiple comparison analysis were used to estimate the glucose, fructose consumption and the ethanol, acetic acid production after fermentation in both media. The strains of H. uvarum formed quite a large amount of acetic acid (average 0.753 g l-1) in the grape juice. The isolated H. osmophila strain (FL392) produced an average amount of 68.06 g l-1 of ethanol in the same medium. The compounds analyzed in synthetic medium for H. uvarum and H. osmophila isolates were observed in lesser amounts than in grape juice