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

Adriana M. Ignaciuk and Rob Dellink

No 12119, International Energy Markets Working Papers from Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)

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.

Keywords: Resource/Energy; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.12119

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