The aim of this work is to evaluate the impact of domestic and global biofuel policies on Germany's agricultural sector. The central part of our study is divided into four sections. Section 2 presents in detail the issues that make biofuels a debated topic in today's economic policies....

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...

GlobalGAP is an important private standard in the food sector. Our work consists of two essays. First essay investigates into geographic diffusion of GlobalGAP. We use a panel from 2008 to 2012 for 170 FAO member countries to analyze GlobalGAP diffusion in the agricultural sector as a whole as...

A Green Deal for Europe can set standards for ambitious climate protection, for an investment programme in future markets and for strengthening the European economy and European and non-European security. Climate protection and a sustainable energy transition not only create economic...

Nowadays, a process can be observed in Germany where electricity producing and trading firms react to the electricity market liberalisation by merging market shares, since the year 2000, which reduces the number of suppliers and influences production and consumer prices. This paper discusses...

The increased wind energy supplied to many electricity markets around the world has to be balanced by reliable back up units or other complementary measures when wind conditions are low. At the same time wind energy impacts both, the utilization of thermal power plants and the market prices....

Der europäische Strommarkt steht vor zwei wesentlichen Herausforderungen: Wettbewerb und Klimaschutz. Die Liberalisierung des Stromsektors in Europa hat seit der Einführung der Direktive der Europäischen Kommission im Jahre 1997 zu einem verstärkten Wettbewerb zwischen den Stromanbietern...

Der deutsche Strommarkt steht vor zwei großen Herausforderungen: Wettbewerb und Klimaschutz. Die Liberalisierung des Stromsektors in Europa gemäß den Richtlinien zum Binnenmarkt führt zu verstärktem Wettbewerb zwischen den Stromanbietern, und der Anfang 2005 begonnene Handel mit...