Integrating biofuels into the DART model

Arbeitspapier

Biofuels and other forms of bioenergy have received increased attention in recent times: They have partly been acclaimed as an instrument to contribute to rural development, energy security and to fight global warming but have been increasingly come under attack for their potential to contribute to rising food prices. It has thus become clear that bioenergy cannot be evaluated independently of the rest of the economy and that national and international feedback effects are important. In this paper we describe how the CGE model DART is extended to include first-generation biofuel production technologies. DART can now be used to assess the efficiency of combined climate and bioenergy policies. As a first example the effects of a 10% biofuel target in the EU are analyzed.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Kiel Working Paper ; No. 1472

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Computable and Other Applied General Equilibrium Models ; Energy: Government Policy ; Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming
• Subject: Biofuels ; CGE model ; climate policy ; Bioenergie ; Allgemeines Gleichgewicht ; CGE-Modelling ; Klimaschutz ; EU-Staaten

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Kretschmer, Bettina ; Peterson, Sonja ; Ignaciuk, Adriana M.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW)
• (where): Kiel
• (when): 2008

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/24869
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET