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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Land-use decisions are made at the local level. They are influenced both by local factors and by global drivers and trends. These will...

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

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

Kiel Policy Brief No. 109: The tendering system in accordance with the German EEG 2017 distinguishes between civil energy companies...

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

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

In the context of energy security and climate protection, biomass is given high importance. Nevertheless, land-use conflicts resulting...

Kiel Policy Brief No. 40: Maize cultivation has been increasing considerably over the last years in Germany. This trend is mainly...

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

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