Modelling regional maize market and transport distances for biogas production in Germany

Ruth Delzeit, Wolfgang Britz and Holm-Muller, Karin

No 53258, 49th Annual Conference, Kiel, Germany, September 30-October 2, 2009 from German Association of Agricultural Economists (GEWISOLA)

Abstract: Our location model aims to simulate location decisions for biogas plants based on profit maximisation to generate regional demand functions for maize and corresponding plant size structure and transport distances. By linking it with an agricultural sector model we derived regional maize markets. Comparing results for the REA with a scenario applying uniform per unit subsidy and producing the same energy, we see higher subsidy costs with the REA but lower transportation distances.

Keywords: Biogas; environmental effects; transport costs; choice of location; Agricultural Finance; Environmental Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2009-10

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