Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/74179
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Nota di Lavoro No. 133.2005
Publisher: 
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milano
Abstract: 
By-products from agriculture and forestry can contribute to production of clean and cheap (bio)electricity. To assess the role of such multi-product crops in the response to climate policies, we present an applied general equilibrium model with special attention to biomass and multi-product crops for Poland. The potential to boost production of bioelectricity through the use of multi-product crops turns out to be limited to only 2-3% of total electricity production. Further expansion of the bioelectricity sector will have to be based on biomass crops explicitly grown for energy purposes. The competition between agriculture and biomass for scarce land remains limited, given the availability of relatively poor land types and substitution possibilities. The importance of indirect effects illustrates that the AGE framework is appropriate.
Subjects: 
Applied general equilibrium (AGE)
Biomass
Energy policy
Renewable energy
JEL: 
D58
H23
Q28
Q42
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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