Renewable energy recovery potential towards sustainable cattle manure management in Buenos Aires Province: Site selection based on GIS spatial analysis and statistics

Abstract

The rise in GHG emissions associated with the combustion of fossil fuels for electricity generation, coupled with energy security issues and the likely future scarcity of non-renewable resources, has called the attention to explore the potential of renewable and clean energy alternatives. Argentina has enjoyed a rapid economic growth after the 2002 financial crisis. However, this economic recovery has caused a huge increase in energy demand that already surpassed the domestic production capacity and pushed the country to import natural gas for electricity production. As a consequence, currently more than two thirds of electricity is generated from natural gas and other fossil fuels that are causing not only an increase in GHG emissions but other pollutants as well. Taking advantage of its stunning cattle sector, this research explores the potential of biogas production in Argentina using Buenos Aires province, the province with the largest inventory, as a case study. Through the use of GIS suitability analysis, the study first identifies the potential sites for the location of the biogas plants based on geographical, environmental and socioeconomic criteria. The study couples these findings with the selection and identification of optimal sites through the use of spatial statistical analysis and taking into account cattle farm size and economically feasible transportation distances. In this step, the study proposes three different scenarios that range from onsite plants for large-scale farms to centralized biogas plants for small-scale

Alternative Management Systems of Beef Cattle Manure for Reducing Nitrogen Loadings: A Case-Study Approach

“…Despite numerous farm-level studies evaluating the technical feasibility, economic benefits, and/or environmental impacts of alternative manure management practices for individual farms [ 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 ], few studies have comprehensively investigated the critical factors affecting the choice and performance of such systems. The main objective of this study was to explore and understand the determining factors, and critical success and risk factors for alternative manure management systems.…”

Multi-criteria of PV solar site selection problem using GIS-intuitionistic fuzzy based approach in Erzurum province/Turkey

“…One of the most convenient methods is mapping techniques and these techniques and the developing technology have been adapted into a system namely GIS. Based on the literature, the integration of renewable energy into the GIS base worldwide has been done [23][24][25][26][27] . At the same time in the solar power plant 28,29 , wind power plants [30][31][32] and hybrid power plant in choice of place 33 made use of GIS and remote sensing infrastructure systems to make use of areas suitable for ecological criteria in Fig.…”

An Integrated Approach for the Assessment of Environmental Sustainability in Agro-Industrial Waste Management Practices: The Case of the Tequila Industry

“…as the spatial suitability for the implementation of management strategies and infrastructure for organic waste and wastewaters (Comber et al, 2015;Mukherjee et al, 2015;Venier and Yabar, 2017;Díaz-Vázquez et al, 2020). These parameters are further explained in the following paragraphs.…”