IDENTIFICATION OF EXTERNAL RISK FACTORS: ON THE EXAMPLE OF PRODUCTION OF FERTILISERS BASED ON DIGESTATE

Abstract

In the era of renewable energy development, one of the most important problems is the utilisation of residues
of production of the so-called clean energy. In the case of biogas plants, the problem is the utilisation of waste
after the anaerobic methane fermentation process of the organic substrate. One of the ways to use it is to
produce organic and mineral fertilisers. However, the fertiliser plant may be exposed to a number of threats that
may prevent its functioning. To avoid this, the factors that carry the risk need to be identified. The purpose of the
article is to identify external risk factors for a fertiliser plant based on digestate. The following types of risk were
identified as a result of the research: risk of supplying fertiliser components of inadequate quality; risk of noncompliance
with deadlines for the delivery of raw materials or their total absence; risk of the presence of eggs
of parasites and pathogenic bacteria in fertiliser; price risk; cyclical risk; risk of competition; currency, credit and
interest rate risk.