2012
DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2011.608890
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The potential role of biochar in combating climate change in Scotland: an analysis of feedstocks, life cycle assessment and spatial dimensions

Abstract: Pyrolysis 1 biochar systems (PBS) could assist in meeting the Scottish Government's target of a 42% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 relative to 1990. Drawing on literature review of land use and biomass availability in Scotland at present and in the future, and using established life cycle assessment models, we find that biochar could contribute between 0.4 and 2 MtCO 2 equivalent (e) abatement per year in Scotland now (2009), increasing to between 1.4 and 4.2 MtCO 2 e/yr by 2030 and to between 1… Show more

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“…The two families of methodologies have been combined in many different ways. In some cases, LC methodologies (LCA, LCC, sLCA, LCSA) are applied as a part of a multi-criterial framework, i.e., they provided insights that were later compared to others (see for example [87][88][89][90]). In other cases, MCDA methodologies are applied to LC evaluation frameworks to improve or facilitate some specific step, such as the selection of relevant scenarios to be assessed, the choice of impact categories or their weighting according to different criteria, sometimes recurring to stakeholders' participation (see for example [22,91,92]).…”
Section: Methodological Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The two families of methodologies have been combined in many different ways. In some cases, LC methodologies (LCA, LCC, sLCA, LCSA) are applied as a part of a multi-criterial framework, i.e., they provided insights that were later compared to others (see for example [87][88][89][90]). In other cases, MCDA methodologies are applied to LC evaluation frameworks to improve or facilitate some specific step, such as the selection of relevant scenarios to be assessed, the choice of impact categories or their weighting according to different criteria, sometimes recurring to stakeholders' participation (see for example [22,91,92]).…”
Section: Methodological Backgroundmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…According to Ahmed et al (2012), the ideal biochar (pyrolysis) system should fulfill three proximity criteria that are important in order to ensure economic viability and the positive climate impacts of biochar. First of all, the unit should be located close to the feedstock source.…”
Section: Figure 1 Scales Of Biochar Systemsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These studies incorporated nationally available datasets into GIS to quantify mass of organic waste streams at both regional [25][26][27][28][29] and national-scales [30][31][32]. Additionally, these studies included separate applications of LCA [26,29,33] and TEA [25,28,30,34] as well as their integrated applications [27,31,32] for assessing the feasibility of implementing commercially-available RRCC technologies such as anaerobic digestion. These data-driven tools provide the opportunity to cost-effectively assess the implementation of RRCC from organic waste utilizing open-source data and methods [35].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%