Title:
Assessing Impact of Agro-Energy Crops
Author(s):
Bettini, G.
Document(s):
Paper
Poster
Abstract:
This study is the second contribution of PhD thesis research in Economics and Agricultural Policy and Food on the reconverting sugar plant to agro-energy in Italy. The scope of the study is to verify the sustainability of agro-energy sectors that will form above in terms of competitiveness with the agro-food chains. With the modelling of the linear programming the study provides the identification of the farm impact including agro-energy crops cultivation in the farm planning. This work is about to biomass fuelled power plants economic feasibility. In this case study the power plant, located on the Italian region of Emilia Romagna, has 12,5 MWe nominal capacity and it’s fuelled by fibre sorghum. The result of this study show: 4.400 hectare energy crops harvesting area, 97.000 t/year of biomass at 75% of dry matter need by plant. Linear Programming model is intended here mainly as a tool to estimate an agent’s cost/profit function for crops cultivation in the farm planning, also included fibre sorghum. The functions are estimated through the interpolation of the results of the parametrisation of this mathematical modelling. In the model, fibre sorghum enters in the optimum farm planning with increasing values up to meet the demands of biomass plant. Moreover, the function takes into consideration the risky choices at farm level through risk-aversion parameter. Optimization is performed in the modelling language of General Algebraic Modelling Systems (GAMS). In conclusion, for a biomass fuelled power plant, this analysis shows the optimal fibre sorghum commercial value to ensure the biomass provision local.
Keywords:
modelling, fibre sorghum, farm, project
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Biomass potentials and biomass mobilisation
Event:
23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
1CV.3.22
Pages:
282 - 284
ISBN:
978-88-89407-516
Paper DOI:
10.5071/23rdEUBCE2015-1CV.3.22
Price:
FREE
