Essays about: "Frode Öckerman"

Found 1 essay containing the words Frode Öckerman.

  1. 1. Climate impact assessment of coupling biogas production to agricultural and energy systems: crop variety of Solaris energy tobacco in Marble Hall, South Africa

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Frode Öckerman; [2016]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; crop variety; agriculture and energy systems; biogas; energy tobacco; South Africa;

    Abstract : In the context of global energy shortage and climate change, developing local biogas plants coupled with agricultural systems can become an important strategy for cleaner rural energy and sustainable agriculture. In this research, a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method was applied to compare the climate impact of two essentially different systems: 1) Scenario I: an agricultural system based on the cultivation of 11 hectares of energy tobacco primarily for seed production; 2) Scenario II: a hypothetical Scenario Investigating the climate impact concerned with a crop variety – a higher yielding variety cultivated for both seed and biomass - and introducing biogas production. READ MORE