THE NEEDS OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS IN DISTRIBUTED ENERGY
Agricultural Holdings are distributed agricultural enterprises, each part of which requires reliable provision of the necessary types of energy. At the same time, agricultural holdings have both energy needs and their own resources for its production. Effective use of these resources can solve several problems. This includes reducing the dependence of the agricultural holding on external sources of energy supply, reducing the environmental burden on the environment, and additional jobs in the regions. To assess the needs of agricultural holdings in distributed generation, it is necessary to understand the structure of the holdings and their territorial location, the possibilities of access to centralized energy supply systems and the composition, the volumes of resources that are promising for energy production. It is also necessary to assess the economic potential of using their own sources of generation, or the involvement of specialized organizations involved in the creation of small generation facilities and their maintenance. The needs of agricultural holdings in energy, its types and volumes directly depend on the specialization of the holding, the applied technological processes.