Geospatial analysis of the degraded areas of Vidzeme and Latgale regions of Latvia.

Abstract The rational use of the land must be the focus of attention when it is necessary to determine new territories for the placement of electricity production with renewable energy resources (sun, wind, etc.). The aim of the study was to find out which of the land units, on which the domestic waste collection and storage sites of rural areas were historically located, would be suitable for the possible construction of solar and wind power plants. In the study, 158 pcs. Geospatial analysis of land units containing contaminated or potentially contaminated territory. Measurements were made from the geometric center of the land unit to electrical networks, settlements, access roads, nature protection objects. It was determined that the state and the municipality own 71% of the land units with degraded territory. Of the land units included in the study, 6.3% have the potential for electricity generation with renewable energy resources.