D4.4 – Final report on socio economic assessment

This report analyses the socio economic impacts of different options for the cultivation of perennial energy crops (grassy and woody biomass with up to 20 years rotation period) on marginal land. The profitability is assessed by means of life cycle costing (LCC), with a focus on the farmer’s perspective. The developed LCC model proved to be suitable for calculating the bioenergy costs for countries, regions and case studies under different boundary conditions.

Final report on socio economic assessment