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Environmental assessment and scenario analysis of sugar beet transport in Scania, Sweden

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The aim was to assess the environmental sustainability of sugar beet transport in Scania, Sweden—estimating lorry travel distances, fuel use and air emissions. Scenario analyses measuring the same parameters for switching to newer vehicle types and differing ratios of biodiesel were also performed. The method applied for distance calculations was a GIS-based proximity analysis. Results revealed that 4 249 thousand km were traveled in the movement of beets to processing facilities. Results among others also showed that 2 200 m3 of diesel were consumed and 5 700 tons of CO2 were released. Scenario analyses revealed there is a potential to decrease fuel usage and transport emissions with the shift to newer vehicle types and bio-based fuels, but that the amount of land needed to grow the bio-based feedstock presents a large hindrance to wider scale use.

Avdelning/ar

Publiceringsår

2008

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

459-471

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Area

Volym

40

Issue

4

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

LAR

Ämne

  • Social Sciences Interdisciplinary

Nyckelord

  • sugar beet transport
  • Sweden
  • proximity analysis
  • sustainability
  • transport emissions
  • rapeseed methyl ester (RME)

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0004-0894