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Joint research project: Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from rapeseed cultivation with special focus on nitrogen fertilization; Project part 1: Site-specific GHG-calculation of rapeseed cultivation
Project
Project code: TI-AT-08-PID1694
Contract period: 01.08.2015
- 31.12.2016
Purpose of research: Applied research
The European Union and Germany aim for significant fractions of fuel supply to be produced from biomass. Rapeseed oil is currently the most important renewable resource for biodiesel. Since 2011, the EU Renewable Energy Directive requires biofuels to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by 35 % compared to fossil fuels. This value increases to 50 % in 2017 and challenges the production of rapeseed as renewable energy resource. Whether production of biodiesel can achieve the obligatory reduction of greenhouse gas emission predominantly depends on rape yield and emissions from the agricultural production chain. Regionalised environmental impacts of energy crop production are calculated for five locations in Germany using LCA We use measured emission data (NH3, N2O, CH4, etc.) in order to derive regional-specific emission factors for various gases after digestate application that can be applied in LCA
Section overview
Subjects
- Crop Production
- Specialised crops
- Renewable Resources
- Climate Change
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Associated projects: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation with special reference to nitrogen fertilization
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation with special reference to nitrogen fertilization. Subproject 8: Field trials to GHG emissions at the site Berge
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation with special reference to nitrogen fertilization. Subproject 7:
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation with special reference to nitrogen fertilization. Subproject 6: Field trials to GHG emissions on site Hohenschulen, evaluation of climate change mitigation options and regional modeling
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation with special reference to nitrogen fertilization. Subproject 4: Analysis and evaluation of field trials at the site Merbitz
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation with special reference to nitrogen fertilization. Subproject 3: Field trials to GHG emissions at the site Merbitz
- Joint project: reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation with special reference to nitrogen fertilization; Project coordination, building a network and transnational data analysis and evaluation
- Joint project: reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation with special reference to nitrogen fertilization; Subproject 5: Evaluation of rapeseed crop rotations, taking into account reference farms and completed trials
- Collaborative project: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in rapeseed cultivation with special reference to nitrogen fertilization. Subproject 2: field trials to GHG emissions at the Dedelow site and analysis of humus effectiveness of rapeseed crop rotations