Life-Cycle Assessment of the Use of Peach Pruning Residues for Electricity Generation

Energies

Daniel García-Galindo¹  Techane Bosona²  Girma Gebresenbet²  EmiliaDen Boer³  Arkadiusz Dyjakon⁴  JanDen Boer⁴ 

[1] Avebiom–Spanish Biomass Association, 47004 Valladolid, Spain;Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75232 Uppsala, Sweden;Faculty of Environmental Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland;Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 51-630 Wroclaw, Poland;

关键词: peach pruning residues;    electricity production;    life cycle assessment;    LCA;    biomass-to-energy;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en13112734

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Biomass residues from permanent crops might be an alternative fuel for energy generation in a local market with limited transport distances. Moreover, as activities related to CO₂ reduction are of special attention in the European Union (EU), sustainable use of resources plays an important role in climate change mitigation. In this paper, a life-cycle assessment (LCA) of the integrated value chain from peach pruning residues for electricity generation is presented and compared with the common practice including the mulching process of the pruned biomass in an orchard. It was shown that biomass harvesting, chipping and its delivery to a power plant – the Pruning-to-Energy (PtE) scenario – is feasible from an environmental point of view. The total global warming potential (GWP) of this value chain was 200 kg CO₂ eq.·ha⁻¹ (or 27 kg CO₂ eq.·GJ⁻¹). In turn, the mulching and leaving of the pruned biomass in an orchard—the pruning-to-soil (PtS) scenario — is characterized by a CO₂ equivalent of 2360 kg·ha⁻¹. Other impact categories showed a lower environmental impact for the PtE scenario as well. When considering the Spanish electricity-mix instead of coal-based electricity, the PtS scenario score better in most impact categories, but the GWP for the PtE scenario remains lower.

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