Eine gesicherte Versorgung mit umweltfreundlicher und preisgünstiger Energie ist für unser Leben unverzichtbar. Dabei erfordert das Ziel nachhaltiger Entwicklung insbesondere die Erschließung erneuerbarer Energien. Biomasse ist eine wirtschaftlich besonders günstig zu erschließende Quelle...

Agricultural and energy commodity prices have traditionally exhibited relatively low correlation. However, recent increases in biofuel production have altered the agriculture-energy relationship in a fundamental way. This increase has drawn on corn previously sold to other uses, as well as...

The share of U.S. corn production used to produce ethanol increased from 12.4% in the 2004/05 crop year to over 38.5% in the 2010/11 crop year, and remained at that high level in 2011/12. Even after accounting for return of by-products to the feed market, this is a large and persistent new...