Among renewablesourcesgiantreedhasattractedagrowinginterestasenergycropespeciallyin Southern Europe,thankstoitslowagronomicinputrequirements.Thispaperaimedatevaluatingthe economic feasibilityofintroductionofgiantreedplantationasenergycropintheSouthernItaly.In particular,aneconomicand financial analysiswasperformedbycomparinggiantreed(bothfor woodchip andchoppedforageproduction)withtraditionalcrops(pluriannualandannual)thatare currentlycultivatedinthesamearea,suchaswinegrape,melonandtomato.Resultsshowedthehighest profitability ofgiantreedrespecttoothercropswithcurrentmarketprices.Inparticular,giantreed destined towoodchipproductiondenotedthehighestannualgrossmarginwithavalueof647.10 € ha1, followedbygiantreedforsilageproduction(617.04 € ha1), winegrape(477.52 € ha1), melon(310.00 € ha1) andtomato(280.00 € ha1). However,itshouldbeconsideredthat,asthecultivationofenergycropssubtractsinevitablysurface to theagriculturalland,itwouldbedesirablethatthegiantreeddoesnotconflict withagri-foodpro- duction, butvalorizesmarginaland/orunproductiveareas.
Testa, R., Foderà, M., Di Trapani, A.M., Tudisca, S., Sgroi, F. (2016). Giant reedasenergycropforSouthernItaly: An economicfeasibilitystudy. RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS(58), 558-564 [10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.123].
Giant reedasenergycropforSouthernItaly: An economicfeasibilitystudy
DI TRAPANI, Anna Maria;TUDISCA, Salvatore;SGROI, Filippo
2016-01-01
Abstract
Among renewablesourcesgiantreedhasattractedagrowinginterestasenergycropespeciallyin Southern Europe,thankstoitslowagronomicinputrequirements.Thispaperaimedatevaluatingthe economic feasibilityofintroductionofgiantreedplantationasenergycropintheSouthernItaly.In particular,aneconomicand financial analysiswasperformedbycomparinggiantreed(bothfor woodchip andchoppedforageproduction)withtraditionalcrops(pluriannualandannual)thatare currentlycultivatedinthesamearea,suchaswinegrape,melonandtomato.Resultsshowedthehighest profitability ofgiantreedrespecttoothercropswithcurrentmarketprices.Inparticular,giantreed destined towoodchipproductiondenotedthehighestannualgrossmarginwithavalueof647.10 € ha1, followedbygiantreedforsilageproduction(617.04 € ha1), winegrape(477.52 € ha1), melon(310.00 € ha1) andtomato(280.00 € ha1). However,itshouldbeconsideredthat,asthecultivationofenergycropssubtractsinevitablysurface to theagriculturalland,itwouldbedesirablethatthegiantreeddoesnotconflict withagri-foodpro- duction, butvalorizesmarginaland/orunproductiveareas.
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