 Environmental analysis of the energy use of hemp – analysis of the comparative life cycle: diesel oil vs. hemp–dieselXaquin Acosta Casas and Joan Rieradevall i Pons International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2005, vol. 4, issue 2, 133-139 Abstract: Hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) is a herbaceous crop with a potential production of 12 tons of dry matter per hectare and a seed output of 0.5–2 tons per hectare, depending on its handling. The agro-ecological aspects and the high yield of vegetable biomass from hemp farming are the factors that indicate a possible interest in this plant from the point of view of energy use, but in order to validate this it is necessary to carry out a Life Cycle Analysis. It is to be observed that the hemp energy resources come from the vegetable biomass used as fuel, or by obtaining bio-diesel from the oil derived from its seeds. In order to carry out the environmental analysis of the energy use of hemp-diesel the Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) has been used as an environmental tool which has allowed for a comparison of the results obtained with those of diesel oil. Keywords: bio-diesel; diesel oil; energy use; environmental analysis; global warming; hemp; LCA; hemp–diesel; lifecycle analysis; lifecycle assessment; biomass; alternative fuels; transport energy consumption. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijarge:v:4:y:2005:i:2:p:133-139 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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