The role of farmers as future energy producers of China is explored within a fast changing rural economy. Data on rural households energy demand, socio-economic and environmental data are used from a household survey with a geographical spread over China. A concept of a more flexible energy...

The role of farmers as future energy producers of China is explored within a fast changing rural economy. Data on rural households energy demand, socio-economic and environmental data are used from a household survey with a geographical spread over China. A concept of a more flexible energy...

Für einen nachhaltigen Ausbau von Energie aus Biogasanlagen ist die Versorgung mit Substraten notwendig, die vielfach über entsprechende Lieferverträge geregelt wird. Nach Wissen der Autoren liegen bislang keine quantitativen Untersuchungen zur Analyse des Auswahlverhaltens von Landwirten in...

Das Thünen-Institut wurde vom Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (BMELV) gebeten, die volkswirtschaftliche Bedeutung der biobasierten Wirtschaft in Deutschland zu kalkulieren. Grundlage bildet die vom Bioökonomierat der Bundesregierung aufgestellte...

Heilongjiang is the most northeastern province of China. The climate of Heilongjiang consists of very cold winters, leading to large energy demands for space heating by local residents. Rich food crop yields in Heilongjiang results in large amounts of crop residues. To fully accommodate rural...

China’s energy consumption for agricultural production has relied on petroleum and coal with relatively low input from power and other types of energy for a long time. Projections indicate that as China’s existing development trend leads to substantial growth of energy demand for...

Yunnan is one of the less developed provinces in China, but has abundant energy resources, and is an ideal destination for tourists around the world due to its perfect climate and unique sightseeing resorts. However, energy consumption in rural households relies mainly on straw (12.15%),...

India’s rural energy challenges are formidable with the presence of majority energy poor. In 2005, out of a rural population of 809 million, 364 million lacked access to electricity and 726 million to modern cooking fuels. This indicates low effectiveness of government policies and programs of...