Evaluation the potential economic impacts of Taiwanese biomass energy production

abstract

• The Taiwanese rice paddy land set-aside program diverts a substantial land area. Given today's high energy prices and interests in energy security, that set-aside area could be converted to produce bioenergy feedstocks. This study evaluates the economic and environmental impacts of such a policy change using a Taiwanese agricultural sector model. The results show that such a strategy provides increased farm revenue, increased rural employment, increased energy sufficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions but also increased government expenditures. These outcomes indicate that the agricultural sector could play a positive role by producing renewable energy. 2011 Elsevier Ltd.

authors

• Mccarl, Bruce

published proceedings

• BIOMASS & BIOENERGY

author list (cited authors)

• Chen, C., McCarl, B., Chang, C., & Tso, C.

citation count

• 34

complete list of authors

• Chen, Chi-Chung||McCarl, Bruce||Chang, Ching-Cheng||Tso, Chunto

publication date

• May 2011

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Biomass and Bioenergy  Journal

keywords

• Agricultural Sector Model
• Bioenergy
• Energy Sufficiency
• Ethanol
• Greenhouse Gases Emission
• Ipomoea Batatas

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.004

start page

• 1693

end page

• 1701

volume

• 35

issue

• 5

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2011.01.004

user-defined tag

• 13 Climate Action
• 7 Affordable and Clean Energy