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