Abstract
Biofuels represent for the European Union an important energy source, and their production has been encouraged by a series of policies aimed at controlling oil prices, reaching the security of the energy supply and cutting the greenhouse gas emissions. This paper deals with the production of biofuels from the point of view of its economic sustainability and of the effects that the EU directives have had on the Italian productive context. Besides, this paper presents the outcome of an empiric study based on the economic sustainability of the production of rapeseed intended to fuel a new power plant. The study, conducted in the territory of the Viterbo Province (Italy), singles out the various types of rapeseed seeds that best adapt to the climatic-environmental features of the territory and, based on their yield and the production target of the new power plant, ascertains the land area to be reconverted or to be devoted to this type of crop.
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