Multi-Product Crops for Agricultural and Energy Production – an AGE Analysis for Poland

Arbeitspapier

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.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Nota di Lavoro ; No. 133.2005

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models ; Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies ; Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy ; Alternative Energy Sources
• Subject: Applied general equilibrium (AGE) ; Biomass ; Energy policy ; Renewable energy ; Bioenergie ; Förderung regenerativer Energien ; Pflanzenbauprodukt ; Allgemeines Gleichgewicht ; Polen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ignaciuk, Adriana ; Dellink, Rob B.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
• (where): Milano
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/74179
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET