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For the European Union, the increasing use of renewable energy sources is animportant instrument to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and to achievegreater independency from energy imports. Here, agriculture has the chanceto become an important contributor by the cultivation of bio-energy crops.In this paper, the potential role of irrigated cropland for the cultivationof silage maize for biogas production is analyzed on the European level. Amethodology is developed to identify suitable locations for maizecultivation and to evaluate their performance in respect of the amount ofirrigation water and land needed for energy production. For this purpose,GIS analysis techniques are combined with simulation results from theprocess-based vegetation model LPJmL for maize yields and irrigation waterrequirements. The generated information can serve as input for thedevelopment of European-scale bio-energy policies and for further analysisof the water footprint and energy balance of bio-energy systems

A model-based assessment of the potential role of irrigated cropland for biogas production in Europe