2020
1st International Conference of Soil and Agriculture:
TOWARDS SOIL SUSTAINABILITY
11–13 June 2024 • Lublin–Nałęczów, Poland
https://doi.org/10.24326/ICSA1.PP.33
Published online: 4 October 2024
Assessment of nitrous oxide emissions from crop cultivation in the sustainable production of biofuels
in Poland
Paweł Wiśniewski1*, Katarzyna Ochmańska2
1 Department of Spatial Planning and Tourism, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Lwowska 1,
87-100 Toruń, Poland
2 Faculty of Humanities, University of Szczecin, al. Piastów 40B, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland
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Abstract
Support for development of the use of renewable energy sources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emissions have become a very important objective within the EU. Biofuels play an important role in the structure of obtaining energy from renewable sources. Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (RED II directive) defines the levels of GHG emission savings from the use of biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. The greatest impact on the total GHG emissions from biomass production is caused by field emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O). Nitrous oxide is a very potent greenhouse gas whose concentration in the atmosphere is steadily increasing. Almost 80% of the annual N2O emissions in Poland originate from agriculture, and its main source is the use of agricultural soils. The aim of the study is to estimate GHG emission caused by cultivation of selected plants (wheat, triticale, rye and maize), used for sustainable production of biofuel production in Poland, as well as to recognize the structure of emission from biomass production. For this purpose, the methodology that was recommended by the certification system of sustainable biofuels and bioliquids production, as approved by the European Commission, was used, in line with the RED II directive and the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/996 of 14 June 2022 on rules to verify sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions saving criteria and low indirect land-use change-risk criteria.
Keywords: nitrous oxide, emission, agricultural soils, biofuels, RED II directive
How to cite
Wiśniewski P., Ochmańska K., 2024. Assessment of nitrous oxide emissions from crop cultivation in the sustainable production of biofuels in Poland. 1st International Conference of Soil and Agriculture: Towards Soil Sustainability. https://doi.org/10.24326/ICSA1.PP.33
