In this paper we investigate how changes in the support scheme may affect electricity generation from agricultural Combined Heat and Power (CHP) biogas plants in Germany. A recursive Multi-Agent System (MAS) for investment decision-making is coupled with GIS data. The spatial-temporal diffusion...

We propose an agent-based model to simulate the diffusion of small PV systems among single- or two-family homes in Italy over the 2006-2026 period. To this end,we explicitly model the geographical distribution of the agents in order to account for regional differences across the country. The...

Biorefineries, especially if based on woody biomass, may cause significant changes to the forest and wood-based industry. The resulting changes may, in turn, affect the economic feasibility of lignocellulosic biofuels production. In this article, we introduce a spatial partial equilibrium model...

Dieser Bericht stellt ausgewählte Ergebnisse der Thünen-Baseline 2015 – 2025 sowie die zugrun-de liegenden Annahmen dar. Für die Erstellung der Thünen-Baseline wurden mehrere agraröko-nomische Modellen im Verbund eingesetzt. Die Projektionen beruhen auf den im Juli 2015 vorlie-genden...

Dieser Bericht stellt ausgewählte Ergebnisse der Thünen-Baseline 2017 - 2027 sowie die zugrunde liegenden Annahmen dar. Für die Erstellung der Thünen-Baseline wurden mehrere agrarökonomische Modelle im Verbund eingesetzt. Die Projektionen beruhen auf den im Juni 2017 vorliegenden Daten und...

Dieser Bericht stellt ausgewählte Ergebnisse der Thünen-Baseline 2020 2030 sowie die zugrunde liegenden Annahmen dar. Die Thünen-Baseline beschreibt die erwarteten Entwicklungen auf den Agrarmärkten bei einer Beibehaltung der derzeitigen Agrarpolitik und Umsetzung bereits beschlossener...

The EU Commission suggests to exclude CEC from the dynamic modulation mechanism, being part of the MTR package. This article looks at the distributional aspects of including the CEC into dynamic modulation. Under the current accession proposal the CEC would account for only 18% of the rural...

The introduction of the current Common European Agricultural Policy in ten new member states in central and eastern Europe will be a major financial challenge for the European Union. On the basis of the partial equilibrium model ESIM this article analyses potential consequences of different...

The complexity of agri-environmental economic issues is such that a model that is fully consistent at all levels of aggregation and all type of questions to be addressed is not available at the Agricultural Economics Research Institute in the Hague LEI. Such a model is probably also not...

This paper identifies major future trends and driving factors and perspectives and challenges resulting from them for European agriculture and food sectors until the year 2020. The focus of the paper is an analysis of key driving forces and the provision of a well developed reference scenario...