Modelling sustainable bioenergy potentials from agriculture for Germany and Eastern European countries

This paper presents a model for analyzing the sustainable potential of agricultural biomass for energy production. Available land and residue potentials are assessed up to 2030 for Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Two scenarios are presented: a “business as usual” scenario is compare...

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Published in:	Biomass & bioenergy Vol. 33; no. 4; pp. 603 - 609
Main Authors:	Simon, Sonja, Wiegmann, Kirsten
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01-04-2009 Elsevier
Subjects:	agricultural subsidies agriculture Applied sciences Available area bioenergy biofuels Biomass Biomass potential conservation areas crop residues Economic data Energy Energy economics environmental protection Europe Exact sciences and technology extensive farming food availability General, economic and professional studies globalization international trade land use Natural energy renewable energy sources Residues Scenarios Sustainable sustainable development world food markets Poland Czech Republic Hungary Germany Europe Czech Rep Biomass potential Scenarios Residues Sustainable Europe Available area Script Power production Biomass Sustainable development Long term Modeling Energy plantation Production capacity Agricultural waste
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Summary:	This paper presents a model for analyzing the sustainable potential of agricultural biomass for energy production. Available land and residue potentials are assessed up to 2030 for Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Two scenarios are presented: a “business as usual” scenario is compared to a sustainability scenario. The latter implements a comprehensive sustainability strategy, taking also into account non-agricultural land use such as building activity and nature conservation. On the one hand our model quantifies the conflict of objectives between enhanced extensification in agriculture and increased area for nature conservation. On the other hand the synergies in restricting built up area and increased mobilisation of agricultural residues are assessed. Additionally the impact of reduced subsidized agricultural exports from the EU is calculated, also as an indicator for the influence of world food markets on bioenergy potentials. Our results show that the sustainable energy potential from agricultural biomass is strongly restricted for Germany and the Czech Republic compared to their energy demand. But in Poland and Hungary native agricultural biomass provides a much higher potential for energy supply, even if sustainability is comprehensively considered. However, this is strongly influenced by the amount of agricultural exports of each country. For bioenergy from agricultural cultivation to remain a sustainable option in the energy sector, its influence on the food markets must be respected more thoroughly and a comprehensive approach to sustainable development in land use is a prerequisite.
Bibliography:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.10.001 ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23
ISSN:	0961-9534 1873-2909
DOI:	10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.10.001