Increasing low-carbon energy in Scottish agriculture through a whole systems approach
2024
Gill, Daisy | Peters, Eleanor | Tayla, David | Farrar, Lewis | Richardson, Joe | Hows-Marie, Sian | Rooney, Seamus | Freeman, Dave | Wood, Caroline
The Climate Change Plan update sets out targets to reduce emissions from the agriculture sector. Carbon dioxide emissions associated with stationary combustion sources and off-road machinery use in agriculture contribute significantly to agricultural emissions and have increased between 2020 and 2021. The impact of agriculture’s energy use can be difficult to account for, with emissions being captured within grouped sectors (electricity, gas and other) of the GHG inventory. This report examines the energy use and associated emissions baseline on farms and crofts in Scotland, and explores the potential for efficiency measures and new, low-carbon technologies to support energy emissions reductions in the longer term.
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