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The mitigation potential and cost efficiency of abatement-based payments for the production of short-rotation coppices in Germany

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  • Henseler, Martin
  • Roder, Norbert
  • Kreins, Peter
  • Liebersbach, Horst
  • Osterburg, Bernhard

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In Northern and Central Europe, short-rotation coppices (SRC) have become a profitable agricultural production alternative, particularly for marginal fields with suitable groundwater levels. The replacement of fossil fuels by the wood chips produced in SRC contributes to the mitigation of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Due to heterogeneous regional production conditions, the impacts on economy, production and GHG mitigation vary. Previous studies investigate specific agronomic, environmental and economic aspects of SRC. This study complements the existing literature by estimating the economic mitigation potential from SRC in Germany. It presents an integrated modeling approach that considers agronomic and economic aspects and investigates the mitigation potential and the abatement cost efficiency arising from abatement-based payments. The simulation of different payment scenarios indicates that SRC could mitigate up to 15 % of the German agricultural sector’s GHG emissions. The integrated model approach links a site model and the agro-economic model RAUMIS and can be regarded as a fruitful development for addressing SRC-related research questions.

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  • Henseler, Martin & Roder, Norbert & Kreins, Peter & Liebersbach, Horst & Osterburg, Bernhard, 2015. "The mitigation potential and cost efficiency of abatement-based payments for the production of short-rotation coppices in Germany," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 212287, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:iaae15:212287
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.212287
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