GEOSPATIAL ANALYSIS OF DEGRADED TERRITORIES IN LATVIA

In order to limit climate change, it is necessary to look for areas in each country where facilities for the production of electricity with renewable energy resources can be placed. In Latvia, agricultural and forest land areas are used for the realization of these goals. The aim of the study was to look for alternative areas, thus looking for opportunities to reduce the pressure on areas whose main purpose would be agricultural production. In the study, 297 geospatial analysis of land units on which municipal waste collection and storage sites of administrative territories of Latvian regions were historically located, which are considered polluted or potentially polluted territories. The cadastral information of the territories was viewed and analyzed. Geospatial measurements were made from the geometric center of the land units to the nearest public road, inhabited place, nature protection areas, as well as electrical network objects. The goal was to find out which units of land would be suitable for further detailed study of the construction sites of solar and wind power stations according to their area and geospatial location. The possible electricity production potential of the studied areas was calculated. It was determined that the state and the municipality own 66.3% of the land units included in the study. Of the land units included in the study, 6.7% would have potential for electricity production with renewable energy resources.