Our location model aims to simulate location decisions for biogas plants based on profit maximisation to generate regional demand...

In the context of energy security, climate protection and support of rural development, the production of bioenergy is promoted by...

The location of first generation processing plants for biogas using bulky inputs is a prominent example of locational decisions of...

Abstract: The Renewable Energy Source Act (EEG) promotes German biogas production in order to substitute fossil fuels, protect the...

The production of bioenergy is considered to be a promising energy source for a sustainable energy mix and it is politically promoted...

As part of its climate policy, Germany promotes the production of biogas via its so-called Renewable-Energy-Act (EEG). The resulting...

Potential trade-offs between providing sufficient food for a growing human population in the future and sustaining ecosystems and...

Growing demands for meat and dairy products (MDP), biofuels, and scarcity of agricultural land are drivers of global land use...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 27: Especially in developing countries, megacities are faced with increasing capacity constraints in their water...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 37: The European biofuel policy has been widely criticized because of the danger that biofuels may not really...

The production of bioenergy is considered to be a promising energy source for a sustainable energy mix and it is politically promoted...

The contribution of biofuels to reducing greenhouse gas emissions (emissions) has recently been questioned by leading scientists...

Global biofuel production has experienced a strong growth over the last years. The assessment of the impact of the promotion of...

The contribution of biofuels to save greenhouse gas emissions has been challenged over the last years. A still unresolved question is...

Global biomass demand is expected to roughly double between 2005 and 2050. Current studies suggest that agricultural intensification...

The contribution of biofuels to save greenhouse gas emissions has been challenged over the last years. A still unresolved question is...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 64: In their Kiel Policy Brief the IfW experts Ruth Delzeit, Gernot Klepper and Mareike Lange show that an...

Land use and land use change are determined as much by economic and institutional drivers as they depend on bio-physical conditions....

Kiel Policy Brief No. 113: Germany has to induce and develop action in climate policy soon in order to and reach future emission...