La convenienza economica di un impianto agro energetico ad olio vegetale: un’opportunità per il settore agricolo

The development of agro-energy chains, in particular vegetable oil production, can represent, in Italy, an opportunity for the achievement of policy&rsquo;s objectives set by the European Union and for the agricultural sector.<br />The aim of this study is to verify the existence of the &ldquo;vegetable oil chain&rdquo; at national and regional level, taking into account the Marche Region scenario (centre of Italy), the number of plants and their connection with the agricultural sector. <br />From the methodological point of view, the paper evaluates trough a cost benefit analysis the economic performance of a vegetable oil plant, considering how the policies and the prices of raw materials affect it

La convenienza economica di un impianto agro energetico ad olio vegetale: un’opportunità di sviluppo per il settore agricolo

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BIOFUEL AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES: A FARM LEVEL ANALYSIS

Within the past years, there has been a significant movement in political consensus towards an energy future with a substantially larger renewable energy component both in Europe and Italy. The biofuel industry has been experiencing a period of extraordinary growth, fueled by a combination of high oil prices, and ambitious blending mandates, tax exemptions and import protection. The major drivers are the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and fossil fuel use, increased awareness of fossil fuels’ contribution to global climate change, the desire to promote economic revitalization in rural areas and the possibility to create new markets for agricultural products. This paper examines the history of European and Italian biodiesel policy and evaluates the economics of biodiesel production in today’s market environment in Italy. The aim is to shed light on the prospective of the industry and to understand the impacts of policy alternatives. The study is motivated by the increase in biodiesel production capacity realized in Italy in the past years, in contrast whit the actual scenario, emerged from Italian plant managers interviews. We develop an analysis at the firm level to review factors which have contributed to the boom in biodiesel production. The analysis is built upon the work developed by Tyner and Taheripuor for ethanol (2008). It’s based on a break-even comparison for combinations of rapeseed and biodiesel prices which keep a representative biodiesel plant at the zero profit condition. The aim is to examine the profitability of Italian biodiesel industry in 2004-2009

Valutazione degli investimenti nelle politiche strutturali per le energie rinnovabili da biomassa agricola

Obiettivo dello studio è focalizzare l'attenzione sulla quantificazione e qualificazione degli investimenti destinati alla produzione di energia rinnovabile nell'ambito delle politiche strutturali e di sviluppo rurale promosse dalla regione marche. Lo studio ha approfondito due casi di studio: olio vegetale e biogas attraverso la metodologia AM